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The Chang'e-5 spacecraft has landed on the near side of the moon and sent back images.
During the landing process, the cameras aboard the lander took images of the landing area.
He Jun is deputy director of Beijing Aerospace Control Center.
He says the landing is important for the spacecraft's work in the next two days.
"The landing is controlled with a high level of accuracy. It lays a solid foundation for the spacecraft's work on the surface of the moon, rendezvous and docking, and its returning to Earth."
About 2 kg of samples are expected to be collected.
Chang'e-5 is the world's first moon-sample mission in more than 40 years.
The mission will be the third ever to bring back soil or rock samples from the moon.
The Chinese President has sent a congratulatory message to a meeting held by the United Nations on Tuesday to observe the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Xi Jinping has suggested that the international community adhere to the two-state solution and make efforts to promote the peace process in the Middle East on the basis of UN resolutions and the "land for peace" principle.
He says China supports the just cause of the Palestinian people to restore the legitimate rights of their nation as well as efforts conducive to the peaceful settlement of the Palestinian issue.
Under current circumstances, the Chinese President says the international community should pay more attention to the grave challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic to Palestine and help the Palestinian people fight against the coronavirus disease.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi says cooperation far outweighs differences between China and the European Union.
He made the remarks during a telephone conversation with Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Anze Logar.
Slovenia will assume the rotating presidency of the EU in the second half of next year.
Wang Yi says China and the EU should work to provide a better business environment for enterprises of both sides.
Logar says Slovenia has been committed to promoting cooperation between China and countries in Central and Eastern Europe, which is conducive to promote cooperation between China and the European Union.
A Chinese official says the maintenance and implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action should be the basic prerequisite for any political solution to the Iran nuclear issue.
Foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying also says China will attend a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission at the political director level in Vienna later this month.
The spokesperson says participants will evaluate the current state of the issue and coordinate the next steps.
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration says the agency screened roughly 9.5 million passengers during the 10-day Thanksgiving holiday travel period.
The TSA says the total travel volume during the period ranges from 35 percent to 45 percent of 2019 volumes.
Health officials and experts have urged Americans to refrain from traveling for the holiday and warned against traditional gatherings with families and friends.
U.S. COVID-19 deaths surpassed 270,000 on Tuesday, with the national caseload topping 13.6 million.
An updated model forecast by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington projected more than 470,000 COVID-19 deaths in the United States by March 1, 2021, based on current projection scenario.
U.S. Attorney General William Barr says the Department of Justice has not seen evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
Barr told The Associated Press in an interview that they have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has projected the pandemic to slash the world economy by 4.2 percent this year.
That's better than a previous estimate of 4.5 percent contraction.
In its Economic Outlook report released on Tuesday, the OECD forecasted the global growth "to gain momentum only gradually, as vaccines are deployed throughout OECD countries in the course of 2021."
The organization predicts the world GDP to reach pre-pandemic level by the end of next year and China is expected to account for over a third of the world economic expansion.
