CHENGDU, Dec. 27 (NBD) -- The State Council Information Office of China on Tuesday published a white paper on China's space activities in 2016 and major tasks for the next five years.

Picture from the website of State Council Information Office

According to the white paper, China will embrace a more open approach and carry out international exchanges and cooperation in key sectors of the space field.

To just name a few, key sectors include:

--Construction of "Belt and Road" space information corridor;

--Construction of BRIC remote sensing satellite constellation;

--Deep space detection in to the Moon and the Mars and other technical cooperation;

--Construction and application of manned space laboratory and space station;

--Engineering research on space science satellite, remote sensing satellite and payload.