Wang Yongzhi | |||||||
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王永志 | |||||||
| Born | 17 November 1932 | ||||||
| Alma mater | Tsinghua University Moscow Aviation Institute | ||||||
| Awards | Highest Science and Technology Award (2003) | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Space technology | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 王永志 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 王永誌 | ||||||
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Wang Yongzhi (Chinese: 王永志; born 17 November 1932) is a Chinese aerospace scientist and academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a commissioner of the 11th National People's Political Consultative Conference.[1] He is notable for serving as the general architect and designer of China's Shenzhou program from 1992 to 2006 overseeing the first six Shenzhou missions. In 2003, he was awarded the nation's highest scientific and technological prize, State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, by President Hu Jintao. Wang Yongzhi graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute in 1961.
References
- ↑ 第十一届全国政协委员名单. 新华社北京1月25日电 中国人民政治协商会议第十一届全国委员会委员名单(共2237人，2008年1月25日政协第十届全国委员会常务委员会第二十次会议通过). 2008-01-25. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
External links
- Wang Yongzhi's info on the Chinese Academy of Engineering website
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