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Special report:
2nd manned space mission
BEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese President Hu
Jintao said here Saturday the perfect success of the Shenzhou VI mission is
another important contribution by the Chinese people to the peaceful utilizing
of outer space and will help drive up the Chinese nation's spirit.
Hu made the remarks at a grand gathering at the Great
Hall of the People in Beijing to mark the success of the Shenzhou VI manned
space mission, which was the country's first ever multi-person and multi-day
manned space mission that proved to be perfectly successful
During the gathering, attended by more than 3,000,
taikonaut Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng were awarded the title of "Hero
taikonaut" and given medals for the achievements in the country's landmark
Shenzhou VI manned space mission.
"The successful manned mission of Shenzhou VI has
displayed the great creativity spirit and excellent innovation capability of the
Chinese nation," said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
Wen said the success is of great significance in
enhancing China's overall national strength, accelerating the development of
China's science and technology and bracing the spirit of the Chinese nation.
Chinese President Hu Jintao awarded metals and
achievement certificates to the two taikonauts.
"The fact that China had realized the great jump from
one-person-one-day space flight to multi-person-multi-day space mission within
two years has marked a new landmark victory in China's manned space technology,"
said Hu Jintao.
Before Shenzhou VI, China successfully blast off a
Shenzhou V two years earlier, which marked the country's first ever step into
the outer space.
Hu said China's manned spaceflight engineering have
reached the advanced level of the world and a set of scientific management
theories and practices have also been formed to confirm with the actual
conditions of China's manned spaceflight undertakings.
Hu also urged the Chinese nation to learn from
aerospace workers at the meeting.
Aerospace workers have cultivated a spirit of "being
especially capable of bearing hardships, fighting, tackling key problems and
making contributions" since China's manned space flight program was initiated 13
years ago, Hu said.
Hu praised the workers for their love of the
motherland, sense of team work and quality of not seeking fame and wealth.
The spirit should be carried forward when we are
endeavoring to build a well-off society and pressing ahead with socialist
modernization, the president said. Enditem | 
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