Jiang Yongchang's prototype is the first generation of astronauts. Jiang Yongchang is a character in the TV series "Ask for Heaven", which is the first TV series in China to show the aerospace industry in the new era. Jiang Yongchang was originally named "Ask Heaven", and Jiang Yongchang's prototype is the first generation of astronauts.

Astronauts, especially those who fly into space by spaceship in China, are also called astronauts abroad. Astronauts are divided into professional and non-professional categories, generally divided into pilots, mission experts and load experts, or commanders, pilots, airborne engineers and flight engineers. Recently, tourist astronauts have appeared for the purpose of tourism.