China National Space Administration

“ Article 17 The term for request of a research sample shall, in principle, not exceed one year. If it is absolutely necessary, the request can be renewed once for a period not exceeding six months. The requesting subject shall submit an application for renewal to LESEC at least thirty days before the expiration of the request.
Article 18 In view of the precious nature of lunar samples, the requested research samples shall be used sparingly. Destructive experiments on research samples shall be reduced to the minimum and demonstrated and explained in detail in the research plan. ”

“ Participating in the formulation of the standards and operating procedures related to lunar samples;
(2) Building and maintaining storage facilities; and
(3) Establishing a lunar sample information catalog to guarantee the security of lunar samples stored. ”