# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wang-xiji
# Generated: 2026-09-02T06:03:51.949Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wang-xiji"
name: "Wang Xiji"
slug: "wang-xiji"
description: "Wang Xiji is a Chinese aerospace engineer. The chief designer of China's first sounding rocket (T-7), first space launch vehicle and first recoverable satellites, he was awarded the Two Bombs, One Satellite Meritorious Medal in 1999. He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the International Academy of Astronautics, and was inducted into the International Astronautical Federation Hall of Fame in 2016. Wang turned 100 in July 2021."
tagline: "Chinese aerospace engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wang_Xiji.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1921-07-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.82
  momentum:             0.4914004914004914
  historical:           6.364077333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%8B%E5%B8%8C%E5%AD%A3"
    title: "王希季"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%DA%86%D9%89"
    title: "وانج كسيچى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Xiji"
    title: "Wang Xiji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Xiji"
    title: "Wang Xiji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Xiji"
    title: "Wang Xiji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Xiji"
    title: "Wang Xiji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B7%D0%B8"
    title: "Ван Сицзи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9065276"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump