Yang Liwei/kloc-0 joined the army in June, 1983, and/kloc-0 joined the party in September, 1988. At present, he is a third-class astronaut of the Astronaut Brigade of the China People's Liberation Army, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. 1992 and 1994 won the third-class merit twice.
Yang Liwei 1987 graduated from the Eighth Flying Academy of the Air Force. He used to be a pilot and squadron leader of a division of Air Force Aviation. Safe driving fighters, attack planes and other aircraft 1350 hours, was rated as a first-class pilot. Participated in astronaut selection from 1996, and officially became China from 1998 to 1. After more than five years of training, he has completed the training tasks of dozens of subjects in eight categories, including basic theory, aerospace environmental adaptability and professional technology. He passed the comprehensive assessment of astronauts' professional skills with excellent results and was selected as a member of the first flight echelon of China's first manned space flight.