Over 50 Indian youths on Thursday attended a dialogue with Chinese astronauts     1     board the orbiting Chinese Tiangong space station.

The event “Tiangong Dialogue-SCO students talk with astronauts of Shenzhou-15 spaceship”     2     (organize) by China’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Committee. Teachers and students from SCO member countries were invited     3     (attend) the interaction through virtual mode. During the dialogue, Chinese astronauts at the Tiangong space station answered questions of the participants, including those     4     (raise) by Indian youths.

The Indian young people were welcomed into the dialogue by Ma Jia, an officer of the Chinese Embassy in India. She introduced achievement s of China’s space industry while     5     (note) that India has made great progress in     6     field of space.

India is the sixth country in the world to launch a satellite in geosynchronous orbit on its own, the first in Asia and the fourth in the world to     7     (successful) explore Mars. It shocked the world with its record-breaking launch of 104 satellites on one rocket.

Ma said that both China and India are committed to the national     8     (develop) and rejuvenation (复兴). She added that the two countries have great potential for exchange and cooperation in     9     (vary) fields including space science, and     10     the youth from the two neighbouring countries can promote the exchange among civilizations for a bright future for all.