China Vitae : Biography of Sun Laiyan

Compiled from the following sources:

Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006

Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005

People's Daily Online

XINHUA Online (China View)

Revision History:

Biography Revised: 5/20/2010
Career Data Updated: 5/20/2010

Sun Laiyan 孙来燕

Chairman of the State-Owned Key Major Industry Supervision Council

Born: 1957

Birthplace: Beijing Municipality

Biography

Sun Laiyan, male, Han nationality, is a native of Beijing Municipality. He was born in 1957 and graduated from Xi’an Jiaotong University n 1982 with a Bachelor Degree. From 1987 to 1993, he studied at No.6 University of Paris and got his Doctorate Degree from this University in France in 1993. From 1999 to 2004 Sun served as Deputy Director of the China National Space Administration and from From 2004 to 2010 was Director of the China National Space Administration. Since April 2010, he serves as Chairman of State-Owned Key Major Industry Supervision Council under State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of State Council.

Career Data

2010—	Director, State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, State-Owned Key Major Industry Supervision Council
2008—2010	Deputy Director, State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND)
2008—2010	Member, State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) CPC, Leading Party Group
2004—2010	Director, China National Space Administration (CNSA)
2004—2008	Deputy Director, State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) (formerly known as the Commission on Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense COSTIND)
1999—2004	Deputy Director, China National Space Administration (CNSA)
1993—1999	Director, Beijing Institute of Satellite Environmental Engineering Beijing Municipality
1993—1999	Professor, Beijing Institute of Satellite Environmental Engineering Beijing Municipality
1987—1993	Student, University of Paris VI: Pierre et Marie Curie France, Paris (Received Doctorate)
1982—1987	Deputy Director, Beijing Institute of Satellite Environmental Engineering, Research Office Beijing Municipality
1978—1982	Student, Xi'an Jiaotong University Shaanxi Province, Xi'an City