birth_place fields name article_title citizenship alma_mater
liaoning province , fuxian county satellite design , rocket science qi faren qi faren
 cn beijing aviation institute
qi faren

qi faren -lrb- chinese : 戚发轫 -rrb- is the chief designer for chinese spacecraft since the launch of the prototype shenzhou manned spacecraft in 1999 .
he was born in 1933 and graduated from the beijing institute of aeronautics and astronautics in 1957 .
qi took part in the research and design of the people 's republic of china 's first satellite - the dong fang hong i , which was successfully launched , and stayed in orbit , in 1970 .
he was then appointed the general designer of china 's spacecraft in 1992 , following the retirement of tsien hsue-shen .
