More than 10 people from Hong Kong and Macau have entered the stage of reciprocating the reserve of Chinese preparatory astronauts.

Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency and Dagong Wenhui All Media reported that Lin Xiqiang, a spokesman for China Manned Aerospace Engineering and Deputy Director of the Engineering Office on Monday (May 29), said at the press conference that the fourth batchThe selection of preparatory astronauts has been fully launched in 2022. It is planned to select 12 to 14 preparatory astronauts, including astronaut drivers, aerospace flight engineers, and loading experts.

Lin Xiqiang introduced that the selection of spacemen is divided into three stages: preliminary selection, selection and final selection. At present, the selection of the primaries has been completed. A total of more than 100 candidate objects have entered the reciprocity stage, of which aerospace will be completed. Among them, aerospaceThe driver comes from active pilots in the three military and air and air forces. Aerospace flight engineers and carrier experts are mainly from industrial departments and colleges and universities, of which more than 10 candidates from Hong Kong and Macau have entered the re -election.

Lin Xiqiang also said that the fourth batch of preparatory astronaut plans to complete all selection by the end of this year.If Hong Kong and Macau candidates are re -elected and fixed, they can enter the Aerospace Scientific Research Training Center for training early next year.