Luan Enjie, Chief Commander of China's lunar probe project, has been named an Outstanding Contributor to the Chang'e 2 Lunar Probe Project. Two hundred other staff who participated in the huge project were also given the title.

Luan, 70, received his bachelor's degree in navigation from the Harbin Institute of Technology and earned a master's degree in mechanics from Tsinghua University. He worked as researcher in China's aerospace industry after graduation, assumed the post of deputy director of China National Space Administration in 1993 and became its director from 1998 to 2004.

Luan was appointed chief commander of the Chang'e 1 lunar probe project in 2007 and retained in the position for the Chang'e 2 project, which was a great success.