The combination of the Tianzhou-10 cargo craft and a Long March-7 carrier rocket was vertically transferred to a launch site in the southern island province of Hainan on Friday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
The cargo spacecraft will be launched at a proper time in the coming days, the CMSA said.
Currently, the facilities and equipment at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site are in good condition, and comprehensive functionality checks and joint tests are scheduled to proceed as planned ahead of the launch, the CMSA added.
The cargo ship carries over 220 items of supplies weighing nearly 6.3 tons, including 700 kilograms of propellants, to support the Shenzhou-23 and Shenzhou-24 astronaut crews' on-orbit life and work.
Its predecessor Tianzhou-9 separated from the orbiting Tiangong space station combination on Wednesday and re-entered the atmosphere under controlled conditions on Thursday. The space station has thus cleared a docking port to make room for the Tianzhou-10, the CMSA noted.
China's Tianzhou-10 cargo craft transported to launch site
China's Tianzhou-10 cargo craft transported to launch site
China has firmly rejected the European Union's (EU) groundless designation of China as a so-called "high-risk country" and its decision to restrict funding support for projects using Chinese inverters, China's Ministry of Commerce spokesperson said on Thursday.
Inverters are devices that convert solar panels' direct current output into alternating current for use in homes and industrial facilities.
The spokesperson made the remarks in response to media reports that EU officials had stated the bloc would prohibit funding support for projects using inverters from "high-risk countries" such as China.
"Without any concrete evidence, the EU has, for the first time, designated China as a 'high-risk country' and, on that basis, banned funding for projects using Chinese inverters," the spokesperson said. "This constitutes an act of stigmatization against China and subjects Chinese products to unfair and discriminatory treatment. China rejects and firmly opposes this move."
China urges the EU to immediately cease the stigmatizing practice of listing China as a "high-risk country" and to withdraw the unfair, discriminatory measures against Chinese products, the spokesperson said, adding that China will closely monitor and carefully assess the impact of EU policies on the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises, as well as on China-EU industrial and supply chains.
Necessary actions will be taken to protect the lawful rights and interests of Chinese companies, according to the spokesperson.
China slams EU's discriminatory restrictions on Chinese inverters
