Sun Laiyan
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Sun Laiyan (Chinese: 孙来燕; pinyin: Sūn Láiyàn; born October 1957 in Beijing) is the Administrator of the China National Space Administration (CNSA). He is married with one daughter.
He attended Xi'an Jiaotong University majoring in cryogenic engineering. After graduating in 1982, he joined the Beijing Institute of Satellite Environment Engineering as an Engineering Team Leader. From 1987 to 1993 he attended Paris No. 6 University and received a Ph.D.. Moving back to China, he became first the Deputy Director and the Director of the Institute of Satellite Environment Engineering. In 1999 he was made the Vice-Administrator of the CNSA and in 2001 the Secretary General of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND). In 2004 he was made Vice-Minister for COSTIND and Administrator for CNSA.
[edit] References
- "Administrators" from CNSA website. Accessed 24 July 2005.
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