Wang Yongfeng (

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: 王勇峰,

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: ''Wáng Yŏngfēng'') (born 1963) is a

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and the assistant secretary-general of China mountain climbing association. He is also the captain of the Chinese Mountaineering Team. Wang and his partner,

Li Zhixin Li Zhixin (; born 1962) is a leading Chinese mountaineer and director of the Mountaineering Sports Administrative Center (MSAC) of the State General Administration of Sports. He is also the executive vice-president of the Chinese Mountaineering A ...

(李致新), became the first Chinese couple to climb the "

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" on June 23, 1999.

Biography

Wang Yongfeng was born in

Jining District Jining District (Mongolian script: ; ) is an urban district that serves as the administrative seat of Ulanqab, a region governed as a prefecture-level city in the mid-western part of Inner Mongolia, China. It has an area of approximately 114.2& ...

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. He entered the Wuhan College of Geology in 1980. Wang and Li Zhixin became friends in this Institute and they were elected to the Wuhan Institute of Geology Mountaineering Team together in 1984. He started his mountaineering career from then on. In 2008, the Beijing Olympic flame was brought to the top of Mt. Qomolangma, and Wang Yongfeng was the head of that mountaineering team as well as the second torchbearer on the peak.

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