The Chinese Embassy in Argentina came out to deny the United States accusation about the military use of the Neuquén station. In a series of tweets, he maintained that the base has "fully civil character and an open and transparent operating model" He also broadcast a documentary made in 2019 by Public Television.

There they stated that "the data obtained and analyzed in Neuqén allowed the Chinese space program to access the dark side of the Moon, and the CONAE to carry out research on space"