At a regular press conference on November 9, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun responded to a question regarding reports that a Pakistani astronaut will participate in the Shenzhou-24 crewed mission as a payload specialist, complete a short-term in-orbit flight and return aboard the Shenzhou-23 spacecraft. In response, Guo Jiakun said that exploring the vast universe and using outer space for peaceful purposes is a shared aspiration of humanity and bears on the common well-being of all. China has consistently advocated the peaceful use of outer space, actively carried out international space cooperation and promoted the building of a community with a shared future for mankind in the field of outer space. China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic cooperative partners. The Pakistani astronaut's participation in the mission will mark the first joint flight by Chinese and foreign astronauts in the history of China's manned space program and the first time China's space station has welcomed a foreign astronaut. This is another important achievement of China-Pakistan cooperation on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. China stands ready to work with Pakistan to carry forward the traditional friendship, deepen cooperation in space and other fields and bring the bilateral relations to new heights.