Yang Liwei 1983 was admitted to the Eighth Flight Academy of the Air Force after graduating from high school. 1987 obtained a bachelor's degree from the Air Force Aviation University of the People's Liberation Army, and was later assigned to a certain unit of the China People's Liberation Army Air Force, and successively became a fighter pilot and fighter pilot of a certain division of the Air Force; 1988 * * Joined China.

1992 troops were streamlined and reorganized and transferred to a certain regiment of Sichuan Airlines; 1996 participated in the selection of astronauts in China; 1998 was selected as the first generation astronaut in People's Republic of China (PRC).

In 2003, he was promoted to the rank of Colonel of China People's Liberation Army. In September, he was confirmed as a member of the first flight echelon of China's first manned space flight. On June 65438+/KOOC-0/October/KOOC-0/5, the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft carried by the Long March II F rocket went into space. After completing a 23-minute space flight of 2/KOOC-0/hour, it returned to land in central Inner Mongolia on June 65438+/KOOC-0/October/KOOC-0/6.

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20 10 in March, Yang Liwei talked about the requirements of the motherland for contemporary college students at the "Proud of the Motherland" report meeting of Beijing Jiaotong University. He said: both the aerospace industry of the motherland and other posts need talents with both knowledge, ability and will. Contemporary college students should cherish college life, not only by learning knowledge, but also by learning methods.

To learn to be a man and do things, we should be concerned about the motherland, love the people, be down-to-earth, and be diligent and self-reliant. There is still a certain gap between China's space technology and the world's top level, which requires contemporary college students to work harder and innovate for the honor of China.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yang Liwei