In this Dec 17, 2020 file photo, technicians check the Chang'e 5 reentry capsule after it touched down at its preset landing site in Siziwang Banner of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. (WANG JIANGBO / FOR CHINA DAILY)

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping met representatives of space scientists and engineers who participated in the research and development of the Chang'e-5 lunar mission at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, also visited an exhibition on the lunar samples brought back by the Chang'e-5 probe and the achievements of China's lunar explorations.

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