China Vitae

Biography

Yang Jiachi, male, Han nationality, is a native of Wujiang, Jiangsu Province. He graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 1941 and received his doctorate from Harvard University.

Yang is a researcher at the China Space Technology Research Institute. He supervised the development of instrument and control systems used in consecutive rocket and nuclear tests. For over thirty years, he also participated in scheme argumentation work of China's space program.

Among his other accomplishments, Yang supervised the research and development of a man-made satellite gesture control system and contributed significantly to the development of a three-axis stable retrievable satellite and scientific detecting satellite. Together with Wang Dahang, Wang Ganchang and Chen Yunfang, he submitted the proposal of developing high technology in China (the so-called "863 program") to the central government.

He was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980 and has received an award for his meritorious service to China.