Feng Wei gestures that he's ready to take off. [Photo provided by Procuratorate Daily]

Feng Wei checks an aircraft before taking off. [Photo provided by Procuratorate Daily]

From a student in flight college to a cadet pilot, and now deputy commander of a flight unit of the Western Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force, Feng Wei has made steady progress in his military career through his courage, bravery and unremitting efforts.

As a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), he has put forward several valuable suggestions, such as enhancing the long-distance transport capacity of warplanes and safeguarding the rights and interests of servicemen and their families.

In the PLA Air Force pilot school, he passed the systematic and rigorous training, technically, theoretically, mentally and physically. Then, in Feburary 2002, he started flying the primary trainer aircraft CJ-6 with an instructor and  conducted solo flight  a month later, a challenging period that Feng said he still remembers vividly today.

Feng felt very excited when the Air Force scouted pilots for Y-20 in 2015, he submitted his application three times and eventually became a pilot of the advanced, heavy transport aircraft, which joined the Air Force in July 2016.

At this new starting point, Feng and other pilots worked closely with the Y-20 design team to learn everything about the aircraft, find solutions to problems and ensure sound progress.

Over the years, his unit has participated in multiple record-setting missions including the transportation of medical personnel and supplies to COVID-19-hit Wuhan in Central China's Hubei province in February 2020.

In his capacity as a national lawmaker from 2018, he has also been committed to making new accomplishments. He has visited soldiers of other army units many times, to listen to their voices and concerns. 

One of the topics he has focused on is priority services that military personnel can enjoy at civil airports, railway stations, passenger stations and other public transport hubs, as stipulated by law in China. He has urged public transport operators to shoulder the responsibility of enforcing this provision, such as informing passengers and improving signs for their check-in priority.

During an inspection of judicial system reform in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province in July 2018, he suggested that procuratorial organs should raise awareness of the rule of law in educational institutions, the military, enterprises and public institutions.

As an NPC deputy, Feng said it's important to use the law as the criterion to assess what's right and wrong, so as to effectively solve problems and to make progress at work through legal channels. He also said he hopes to contribute to China's aviation industry and help it scale new heights.