The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) recently released a report, "Prospects for Chinese Space Science from 2016-2030," which outlines future roadmap for Chna's space science research. 

Dr. Wu Ji, director-general of the National Space Science Center (NSSC) under CAS, has collaborated with colleagues from across the country to provide a long-term vision for Chinese space science. They have assembled a list of scientiric programs to be studied before the year 2030, including black holes, celestial bodies and Mars. 

According to China's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020), other fields to be studied include the evolution of the universe, the structure of matter and the origin of life. 

It is expected that around 8 billion yuan will be invested in space scientific research during the 13th Five-Year Plan, 11.6 billion yuan during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) and 15.6 billion yuan during the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030). 

Following the successful launch of a dark matter detection satellite in 2015, China will launch Shijian-10 satellite, a quantum science satellite and a hard X-ray modulation telescope in 2016, added Wu.