JIUQUAN - A China manned space program spokesperson said here Monday that China is going to conduct another manned space mission by 2012.

Spokeswoman Wu Ping said at a press briefing Monday morning that China plans to launch in 2012 spaceships Shenzhou-9 and Shenzhou-10, which are expected to dock with China's first space lab module, Tiangong-1.

"At least one mission of the two will be manned," Wu said.