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, such as basic theory, spatial environment 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.