Biographies of Shenzhou XIX crew

Wang Haoze, 34, a native of Hebei province, is a lieutenant colonel and the third Chinese woman to take part in a spaceflight.

She was a senior rocket engine researcher at China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's leading space contractor, before being recruited by the PLA Astronaut Division in September 2020 to join the third generation of astronauts.

Wang is now a fourth-grade astronaut in the division.