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Beihang, which was previously known as Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, has made a series of such artistic works as musicals and stage plays in recent years to carry forward the sheer tenacity and patriotism of these pioneers who dedicated themselves to the rise of the country’s space industry.

For instance, an original musical that tells the story of Luo Yang, general director of the J-15 fighter jet research team who, in 2012, died of cardiac arrest while working, was produced by Beihang last year. Luo, a graduate of the university, showed selfless devotion to his duty and is qualified to be regarded as “a hero of China’s space industry”.