Sun Laiyan

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Sun.

Sun Laiyan (simplified Chinese: 孙来燕; traditional Chinese: 孫來燕; pinyin: Sūn Láiyàn; born October 1957) is a Chinese scientist who served as the Administrator of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) from 2004 to 2010, when he was succeeded by Chen Qiufa.

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.

Chinese space program

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

Launch sites	Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Xichang Satellite Launch Center (include China Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site)

Scientists	Chen Qiufa Du Qinghua Hu Haichang Ma Xingrui Ouyang Ziyuan Qi Faren Qian Xuesen Sun Laiyan Wan Hu Wang Yongzhi Xu Dazhe Ye Peijian Zhao Jiuzhang Zhu Miaolong

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

China National Space Administration (CNSA)

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