Sun Laiyan

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Sun Laiyan (simplified Chinese: 孙来燕; traditional Chinese: 孫來燕; pinyin: Sūn Láiyàn; born October 1957) is the current Administrator of the China National Space Administration (CNSA). He was appointed to this position in 2004.

Biography

Sun Laiyan was born in Beijing in October 1957. 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 appointed Vice-Minister for COSTIND and Administrator for CNSA.

He is married with one daughter.

References

"Administrators" from CNSA website. Accessed 24 July 2005.

v t e Chinese space program

Space programs	Beidou Navigation Satellite System Chinese anti-satellite missile test Chinese space station CBERS CLEP (Chang'e) Dong Fang Hong Double Star Fanhui Shi Weixing Fengyun Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope Kuafu Long March Project 921-3 Shenzhou program Shuguang Space Solar Telescope Tiangong program Tianlian I Yaogan Yinghuo-1

Launch sites	Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Wenchang Satellite Launch Center Xichang Satellite Launch Center

Scientists	Du Qinghua Hu Haichang Ouyang Ziyuan Qi Faren Qian Xuesen Sun Laiyan Wan Hu Wang Yongzhi Ye Peijian Zhao Jiuzhang Zhu Miaolong

Astronauts	Fei Junlong Jing Haipeng Liu Boming Liu Yang Liu Wang Nie Haisheng Taylor Wang Yang Liwei Zhai Zhigang Zhang Xiaoguang Wang Yaping

China National Space Administration (CNSA)

Persondata
Name	Sun Laiyan
Alternative names
Short description	Chinese scientist
Date of birth	1957-10-00
Place of birth	Beijing, China
Date of death
Place of death

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