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Opens with: THE FIRST WORLD MEDICAL QIGONG CONFERENCE
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* * * * Approved For Release 2000/08/16 : CIA-RDP96*00792R000200290003-2 UNCLASSIFIED 1989 * * * ** *** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SG1J SEQUENCE NR : CSB90617417 USER ID: 09856-92APR28/11.20.08/A01 TITLE: THE FIRST WORLD MEDICAL QIGONG CONFERENCE AUTHOR : HETING, GAO - DOC REF: CHINA PICTORIAL (CPCTA), 89, NR 2, 24-25 INF CTY : PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH) ; FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (GY ) INF LOC: BEIJING INF DATE: 89 COSATI : BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCES (06) CLASSIF : UNCLASSIFIED RELEASE : NONE ( XX ) TEXT: EXTRACT. DOCUMENT CONTAINS 7 PHOTOS. CONFERENCE. JOINTLY SPONSORED BY CHINA, JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES, ITALY, FRANCE, AUSTRALIA AND SINGAPORE, THE FIRST WORLD CONFERENCE FOR ACADEMIC EXCHANGES IN MEDICAL QIGONG WAS CONVENED IN BEIJING LAST OCTOBER. MORE THAN 600 SCHOLARS FROM 19 COUNTRIES PARTICIPATED, AND THEY SUBMITTED TO THE CONFERENCE SEVERAL HUNDRED RESEARCH PAPERS ON THE BIOLOGICAL, PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL FUNCTIONS OF QIGONG, ITS CLINICAL EFFECTS AND TRADITIONAL THEORIES. AT THE CONFERENCE, NEW INSTRUMENTS FOR QIGONG THERAPY WERE ALSO DISPLAYED. THE CONVENING OF THE CONFERENCE SHOWED THAT MEDICAL QIGONG HAS AROUSED POPULAR INTEREST WORLDWIDE. QIGONG HAS A HISTORY OF SEVERAL THOUSAND YEARS IN CHINA. IT HAS LONG BEEN USED FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS AND THE TREATMENT OF SOME ILLNESSES WITH MARVELOUS RESULTS . SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH REVEALS THAT QI ( VITAL ENERGY ) IS A REFINED SUBSTANCE OF ELECTRICITY, MAGNETISM, SOUND AND LIGHT. THE ART OF DIRECTING QI, THROUGH CONCENTRATION, TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY CAN PROMOTE PHYSIOLOGICAL WELL BEING, REGULATE METABOLISM AND ENHANCE IMMUNITY, THUS SLOWING DOWN THE SPEED OF AGING AND PROLONGING LIFE. PFN INFORMATION: PART 001 PERSON : PROTITLE: PERS CTY : HETING, GAO PRESIDENT USSR (UR) PFN INFORMATION: PART 002 RELATES : GISELA HILDENBRAND IS A MEMBER OF BONN UNIV. PERSON : PROTITLE: HILDENBRAND, GISELA DOCTOR, SCIENTIST * * ***** * * * * * * * UNCLASSIFIED PAGE * * * * ************** * * * * * Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200290003-2 79
* Approved For Release 2000/08/10 :* CIA-RDP96-00792R000200290003*2 * UNCLASSIFIED * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * *** * * SG1J SEQUENCE NR : CSB90617417 USER- ID: 09856-92APR28/11.20.08/A01 PERS CTY : FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (GY ) FACILITY : BONN UNIV FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (GY) FACL CTY : PFN INFORMATION: PART 003 FACILITY: QIGONG RESEARCH INST SUPERIOR : BEIJING MILITARY COMMAND FACL CTY : PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH) FACILITY SUBORDINATION DATA FSUBORD : . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 80 * * * * * * * * * * * * ********** * * Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200290003-2 ..