# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wang-yongzhi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:31:38.575Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wang-yongzhi"
name: "Wang Yongzhi"
slug: "wang-yongzhi"
description: "Wang Yongzhi was a Chinese aerospace scientist and academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a commissioner of the 11th National People's Political Consultative Conference. He is notable for serving as the general architect and designer of China's Shenzhou program from 1992 to 2006 overseeing the first six Shenzhou missions. In 2003, he was awarded the nation's highest scientific and technological prize, State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, by President Hu Jintao. Wang Yongzhi graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute in 1961. Wang died on 11 June 2024, at the age of 91."
tagline: "Chinese aerospace engineer (1932–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E7%8E%8B%E6%B0%B8%E5%BF%97%E9%99%A2%E5%A3%AB.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: "1932-11-17"
deathDate: "2024-06-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.689863842662632
  historical:           10.30162266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  214
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wang Yongzhi"
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    title: "Wang Yongzhi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Yongzhi"
    title: "Wang Yongzhi"
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    title: "Wang Yongzhi"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump