Wu Bangguo (R, front), chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, attends the ceremony to see off three astronauts who are due to board the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft at the apartment compound called Wentiange, or "Ask-the-Sky Pavilion," in the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province, June 16, 2012. The three astronauts are Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang and Liu Yang. (Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng)

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