Ouyang Ziyuan, chief scientist of the country's lunar project, said the Mars programme will focus on creating space probes on the red planet.

中国月球探测工程首席科学家欧阳自远透露，火星计划主要目的在于，在这颗红色星球上建立中国的空间探测器。

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It plans an unmanned mission to the Moon, according to Ouyang Ziyuan, chief scientist in the country's lunar programme, who spoke to BBC News Online last year.

BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | China manned space mission nears