Liu Jiyuan

Liu Jiyuan (; 1 August 1933 – 17 August 2026), born Chen Jiyuan , was a Chinese authority in missile and rocket control technology as well as aerospace system engineering and management.

Life and career Liu Jiyuan was born on 1 August 1933, and was from Xing County, Shanxi Province. He was the son of Liu Yaxiong and Chen Yuandao, and grandson of .

He became a member of the Chinese Communist Party in July 1952 and graduated from Beijing 101 Middle School in 1953. In May 1960, Liu graduated from Bauman Moscow State Technical University in Moscow with a specialization in automated control and was subsequently posted to the Second Branch of the Fifth Academy of the Ministry of National Defense (MND) that same year. In 1978, Liu Jiyuan was appointed deputy director of the Research Laboratory of the Ministry of VII Mechanisms, subsequently becoming deputy director and then director of the Research Institute. In May 1983, he was appointed deputy president of the First Academy of the Ministry of Space. In April 1984, he ascended to vice minister of the Ministry of Aerospace Industry, and in April 1988, he became vice minister of the Ministry of Aeronautics and Astronautics. On 21 September 1992, he was designated deputy commander-in-chief of the crewed spaceflight project, “Project 921.” From April 1993 to January 1999, he served as general manager of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. In March 1998, he was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress during the inaugural session of the 9th National People's Congress. He retired from this role in 1999.

Liu died in Beijing on 17 August 2026, at the age of 93.