China has ramped up plans to achieve its "space dream" under President Xi Jinping. Its space program was the third to put humans in orbit and has also landed robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon.
Crewed by teams of three astronauts that are rotated every six months, the Tiangong space station is the program's crown jewel.
Xinhua later said the spaceship had "made a fast, automated rendezvous and docking with the front port of the space station's core module Tianhe at 11:00 am", and that the trio would then enter the module.
Cai, a 48-year-old former air force pilot, brings experience from a previous stint aboard Tiangong as part of the Shenzhou-14 mission in 2022.
"Having been selected for the new crew, taking on a new role, facing new tasks and new challenges, I feel the honor of my mission with a great responsibility," said Cai.
The aerospace veteran added that the crew was now "fully prepared mentally, technically, physically and psychologically" for the mission ahead.
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