2006年以来，中国积极开展多种形式的国际空间交流与合作，与多个国家、空间机构和国际组织签署多项和平利用外层空间的合作协定或谅解备忘录，参与联合国及相关国际组织开展的有关活动，支持国际空间商业合作，取得了积极成果。

    双边合作

    ——中国与俄罗斯在总理定期会晤委员会航天合作分委会机制下，确定长期合作计划，双方已在空间科学、深空探测等领域签署多项合作协议。中国与俄罗斯互设国家航天局代表处。中俄双方在载人航天领域也开展了多项合作。

Since 2006, China has implemented international space exchanges and cooperation in various forms. It has signed a number of cooperation agreements and memoranda on the peaceful utilization of outer space with a host of countries, space agencies and international organizations. China has taken part in relevant activities sponsored by the United Nations and other relevant international organizations and supported international space commercial cooperation. These measures have yielded positive results. 

Bilateral cooperation

-- China has established a long-term cooperation plan with Russia through the mechanism of the Space Cooperation Sub-committee under the Prime Ministers' Meeting between Russia and China. The two nations have signed a number of cooperation agreements on space science, deep-space exploration and other areas, and their national space administrations have opened representative offices mutually. In the field of human spaceflight, the two nations have also carried out many cooperation projects.

    ——中国与乌克兰在中乌合作委员会航天合作分委会机制下，开展广泛合作，共同签署《中乌航天合作大纲》。

    ——中国与欧洲空间局在中欧航天合作联合委员会机制下，共同签署《中欧航天合作现状和合作计划议定书》。在“嫦娥一号”、“嫦娥二号”月球探测任务实施期间，双方开展紧密合作。2011年9月，中国与欧洲空间局签署《关于测控网络及操作相互支持的协议》。

-- China has undertaken extensive cooperation with Ukraine under the Space Cooperation Sub-committee mechanism of the Sino-Ukrainian Cooperation Commission, and the two sides have signed the "Sino-Ukrainian Space Cooperation Program."

-- China and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed the "Status Quo of China-Europe Space Cooperation and the Cooperation Plan Protocol" under the mechanism of the China-Europe Joint Commission on Space Cooperation. The two sides cooperated closely during the lunar exploration missions of Chang'e-1 and Chang'e-2, and signed the "Agreement on Mutual Support for the TT&C Network and Operation" in September 2011.