Wang Haoze was born in 1990 in
Luanping County,
Chengde,
Hebei Province, China, to a father employed as a traffic police officer and a mother who worked as a middle school teacher. Upon her admission to
Southeast University, where she majored in Thermal and Power Engineering, Wang joined the
Chinese Communist Party in December 2009. She also participated in the university's track and field team, frequently representing Southeast University at the
Jiangsu Provincial Games, while consistently achieving excellent academic results. Consequently, she was assured admission to pursue a master's degree in Engineering Thermal Physics, specialising in plasma detonation. Before completing her master's degree, she joined the China Aerospace Science and Technology Group (CASTG) to engage in the preliminary research of rocket engines. Subsequently, she participated in the third cohort of China's astronaut selection and was officially chosen as one of the astronauts in September 2020. In 2023, she was chosen for the
Shenzhou 19 crew, becoming China's first female aerospace flight engineer and the nation's third female astronaut, as well as the second astronaut and first female astronaut from an ethnic minority, following
Zhang Xiaoguang, who is also
Manchu. == See also ==