China Vitae : Biography of Liu Jiyuan

Compiled from the following sources:

Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006

Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005

Zhongguo Gongchandang Lijie Zhongyang Weiyuan Dacidian, 1921-2003
Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi chubanshe 2004

Revision History:

Biography Revised: 6/23/2003
Career Data Updated: 7/5/2007

Liu Jiyuan 刘济源

General Manger of the China Aerospace Corporation

Born: 1933

Birthplace: Shanxi Province, Xingxian County

Biography

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.

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 Aerospace Administration
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
1978—1983	Director, Ministry of Astronautics Industry, No. 1 Research Academy
1965—1978	Senior Engineer, Seventh Ministry of Machine-Building Industry, No. 1 Research Academy, No. 12 Research Institute
1965—1978	Director, Seventh Ministry of Machine-Building Industry, No. 1 Research Academy, No. 12 Research Institute
1965—1978	Deputy Director, Seventh Ministry of Machine-Building Industry, No. 1 Research Academy, No. 12 Research Institute
1960—1965	Technician, Ministry of National Defense, No. 5 Research Academy
1960	(Graduated from a technological college in Moscow, USSR)
1952	Joined, CPC