According to reports, China will test 3D printing technology to build habitats on the moon.
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By 2030, China, which accomplished its first lunar landing in 2013, hopes to send an astronaut there.
The official China Daily stated on Monday that China will investigate using 3D printing technology to create structures on the moon as Beijing finalizes its plans for long-term lunar colonization.
The first lunar soil samples from China were brought back to Earth by an unmanned probe in the 2020 Chang'e 5 lunar mission, which was named after the lunar goddess of Chinese mythology. China, which accomplished its first lunar landing in 2013, has aspirations of sending an astronaut there by the year 2030.
China will launch the Chang'e 6, 7, and 8 missions between now and then, with the last being entrusted with looking for recoverable resources on the moon for long-term human habitation.
Wu suggested that in order to build stations utilizing the moon's own resources and remain there for an extended period of time.
Chinese media stated earlier this month that China aims to begin constructing a lunar base using lunar soil in five years.
An analyst from the Chinese Academy of Engineering predicts that during the Chang'e 8 mission, around 2028, a robot charged with creating "lunar soil bricks" will be launched.
In recent years, especially with the United States, the competition to land on the moon has gotten more intense.
Four astronauts were named this month for the Artemis II mission, which is scheduled for late 2024 and will be the first manned lunar flyby in many years.
