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China's Shenzhou-12, which means "Divine Ship", will lift off from the Gobi Desert on a Long March rocket in the coming days.
The plane is known to be carrying three men into a module in space for a three-month mission.
The mission will be the first time China has sent humans into space in more than five years.
The ship will be the third of a total of 11 missions that the Chinese space station needs to complete by 2022.
Previously, China's rocket plunged uncontrollably toward Earth after circling around the Earth. The rocket is also part of these 11 missions.
At least four of the 11 missions will involve humans. A total of the four missions will launch 12 Chinese astronauts into space.
This figure is actually more than the 11 astronauts China has sent into space since 2003.
China is known to have ambitions to become the world's largest space power before 2030.
Then last May he became the second country to successfully place a rover, two years after sending the first spacecraft on the other side of the Moon.
Zhang Rongqiao, one of China's National Space Administration officials and chief planner of the Tianwen 1 Mars mission, said China would not be satisfied with just one success.
"Our main future plan for interplanetary exploration is the Jupiter mission. Humanity still lacks comprehensive knowledge of the Jovian system, and has only carried out a few operations there," Zhang was quoted as saying by The Star , Wednesday (16/06/2021).
The gas giant planet, said Zahang, has great opportunities for scientific research as well as other discoveries.
In addition to its scientific value, the expedition to Jupiter will be directed to the development of new discoveries and technologies.
"Such a mission would require us to develop new technologies such as spacecraft, better tracking and control, and improved energy sources," he said.
"In short, this will boost our space exploration capabilities significantly," he stressed.
Zhang did not add detailed information on the planned mission, schedule, and exploration methods.
For information, the first spacecraft to visit Jupiter was Pioneer 10 belonging to the United States, in 1973.
Since then, the planet has been visited by a number of passing probes and orbiters. Most recently , NASA's Juno spacecraft took a rare and recent portrait of Jupiter's largest satellite, Ganymede .
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