China not planning to send women to space
(Agencies/Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-08-12 10:04

China's space agency says it is not planning to send women into space in the near future, Xinhua reported Wednesday.

However, Sun Laiyan, director of the China National Space Administration, reaffirmed his nation's intent to consider a plan to select woman candidates and train them for space missions.

China has followed a policy of gender equality since New China was founded in 1949, said Sun.

Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei returned safely to Earth Oct. 16, 2003, aboard the Shenzhou-5 after orbiting Earth 14 times on a 21-hour mission, making China the third country after Russia and the United States to send people into space.

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