Jing Haipeng (simplified Chinese: 景海鹏; traditional Chinese: 景海鵬; pinyin: Jǐng Hǎipéng; born 24 October 1966) is a major general of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF) in active service as a vice-commander of the 82nd Group Army.
Jing, along with Liu Boming and Zhai Zhigang were selected for the prime crew on Shenzhou 7 on 17 September 2008.
[3][4] Jing was selected as commander of Shenzhou 9, becoming the first repeat traveller of the Chinese program.
[5] He commanded[6] the first manned mission to dock with the first Chinese space station, Tiangong 1, with the first female astronaut, Liu Yang.
[7] On 15 October 2016, a press release indicated Jing Haipeng would be the commander of the Shenzhou 11 mission, that was slated for departure only two days later.