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Biography Highlight

Wang Xiji, male, Han nationality, is a native of Dali, Yunnan Province. He graduated from Southwest China United University and received a master's from the Virginia Institute of Technology. During the 1960s Wang directed the successful development of twelve types of rockets, including meteorology, air sounding, biology and sampling rockets. He also led the formulation of the research on the overall scheme and scheme stages of China's first satellite-carrying rocket. He was also one of the founders of China's space program and the first chief designer of retrievable satellites in China.

Recent Career Data

1993—	Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences
	Researcher, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, China Space Technology Research Institute
	Advisor, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, China Space Technology Research Institute
1949	Graduate, (Received Master's Degree: Virginia Institute of Technology)
1942	Graduate, Southwest China United University