On April 24, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced that scientists from institutions in France, Germany, Japan, Pakistan, the United Kingdom and the United States have been granted the opportunity to borrow lunar samples collected by the Chang'e-5 mission for scientific research.

The authorized institutions include the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) in France, the University of Cologne in Germany, Osaka University in Japan, the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), the Open University in the UK, Brown University in the U.S., and the State University of New York at Stony Brook in the U.S.