China will transmit 30 pieces of Chinese music to the Earth from its first lunar satellite set to be launched next year.
The Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense said that it is seeking recommendations from the public on which tunes to play in a bid to increase public awareness of China's space program.
The public will be able to choose from a list of 150 songs put forward by the commission's Lunar Probe Engineering Center, which includes music from the country's 56 ethnic groups, pop music from the mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong and opera soundtracks.
The center said the public can vote on the Web sites of the TV Guide published by the country's biggest broadcaster, CCTV, and the center before August 9.
The final results will be made public in October, said the center.
Huang Qiang, spokesperson of the commission, said the satellite project was approved by the Chinese central authorities in 2004 as part of the three-stage Chang'e Program. The project has a budget of 1.4 billion yuan ($170 million).
The program, named 'Chang'e' after the legendary Chinese goddess who flew to the moon, aims to eventually place an unmanned vehicle on the moon by 2010.
The successful launch of the country's first satellite in 1970 made China the fifth country in the world capable of developing and launching a satellite on its own. The other countries were the Soviet Union, the US, France and Japan.
China to transmit music from lunar satellite
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