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Liu Jiyuan, male, Han nationality, is a native of Xingxian County, Shanxi Province. He was born in 1933, joined the CPC in 1952, and graduated from a technological college in Moscow, USSR in 1960.

Liu Jiyuan has been involved in the astronautics and aerospace industry his entire career. He served as a vice-minister of the Ministry of Astronautics Industry in 1984 and a vice-minister of the Ministry of Aerospace Industry in 1988. He contributed to the design of the control system of long-range carrier rockets. He was a member of the 14th and 15th CPC Central Committees and member of the standing committee of the 9th NPC.

Liu is the general manager of the China Aerospace Corporation, a post he has held since 1993.

Recent Career Data

1998—2003	Member, 9th Standing Committee of the NPC
1997—2002	Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1997	Academician, Russian Academy of Navigation
1993—	General Manager, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
1993—1998	Director, China National Space Administration (CNSA)
1992—1997	Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee
1989—1993	Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Aerospace Industry CPC, Leading Party Group
1989—1993	Vice-Minister, Ministry of Aerospace Industry
1988—1989	Vice-Minister, Ministry of Astronautics Industry
	President, Chinese Astronautics Society