China's Long March-7 rocket and Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft being readied for launch in Wenchang, Hainan province, on 17 April 2017 (China Daily/Reuters).
SCMP: China’s next space goal: to target a dangerous asteroid and nudge it off course
* Space official says scientists will look at near-Earth asteroids over the next few years and aim for the most threatening
* The fourth phase of the lunar exploration programme also gets under way this year, with plans for a station on the moon
China plans to hit an asteroid and change its orbit in the next few years in another bold step for the nation's space programme, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
CNSA vice administrator Wu Yanhua said the country had started building a defence system against near-Earth asteroids that risked hitting the planet.
He said China aimed to conduct close observation of a threatening asteroid and "implement an asteroid impact" to change its orbit "at the end of the 14th five-year plan (2021-2025), or 2025, 2026".
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