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{{Short description|Chinese astronaut}}
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'''Li Qinglong''' ({{zh|s=李庆龙|t=李慶龍|p=Lǐ Qìnglóng}}; born August 1962) is a [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] [[aviator|pilot]] selected as part of the [[Shenzhou spacecraft|Shenzhou program]].
==Biography==
Li Qinglong was born in [[Dingyuan County|Dingyuan]], [[Anhui]] province, China. In 1987 he graduated from the [[People's Liberation Army Air Force]] (PLAAF) Missile College and later the PLAAF Flight College. A [[fighter aircraft|fighter]] pilot in the PLAAF, he had accumulated 1230 flight-hours.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/li_qinglong.htm|title=Taikonaut (yuhangyuan) Biography: Li Qinglong|last=Becker|first=Joachim|website=www.spacefacts.de|access-date=2016-12-27}}</ref><ref name="astronautix">{{Cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/l/liqinglong.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227202125/http://astronautix.com/l/liqinglong.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 27, 2016|title=Li Qinglong|last=|first=|date=|website=www.astronautix.com|publisher=[[Encyclopedia Astronautica]]|access-date=2016-12-27}}</ref>
In November 1996, Li Qinglong and [[Wu Jie]] started training at the Russian [[Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center]].<ref name="astronautix"/> Along with the 12 candidates selected in 1998, they formed Group 1 of the [[People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps]].<ref name="Xi2003">{{cite news |last1=Xi |first1=Qixin |last2=Fan |first2=Juwein |last3=Liu |first3=Cheng |date=2003-10-17 |title=中国航天员诞生记 |trans-title=Birth of Chinese Astronauts |website=[[People's Daily]] |agency=[[Xinhua]] |editor-last=Xu |editor-first=Dongmei |url=http://www.people.com.cn/GB/keji/1059/2139570.html |access-date=2018-11-11 |archive-date=2012-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520145712/http://www.people.com.cn/GB/keji/1059/2139570.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In January 2003 it was reported by a [[Hong Kong]] [[newspaper]] that Chen Long would make the first manned Shenzhou flight. Then in March 2003, it was reported that Li Qinglong would make the first manned flight. It was thought that "Chen Long" was a misspelling of "Qinglong", a fact confirmed by the newspaper a couple of days before the launch of [[Shenzhou 5]], which was flown by [[Yang Liwei]].<ref name="astronautix" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2829349.stm|title=BBC NEWS {{!}} Science/Nature {{!}} China's first astronaut revealed|website=news.bbc.co.uk|date=7 March 2003 |access-date=2016-12-27}}</ref>
Li Qinglong retired from the Astronaut Corps in 2014.<ref name="Xue2018">{{Cite news |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/mil/2018-01/23/c_129797343.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112101237/http://www.xinhuanet.com/mil/2018-01/23/c_129797343.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 12, 2018 |title=中国航天员:矢志飞天 初心不改 |last=Xue |first=Yanwen |date=2018-01-24 |access-date=2018-11-11 |agency=Xinhua News Agency |last2=Shan |first2=Ruchao |editor-last=Yang |editor-first=Ru |trans-title=Chinese Astronauts: Dedicated to Space Flight, Remain True to Original Intention |last3=Li |first3=Xiaofan}}</ref>
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