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SEQUENCE NR :
CSB90584863
USER
ID: 19320-91JUL22/17.06.01/A09
DOC REF:
INF CTY :
INF DATE:
CHINA LETTER (CNLTB), 90, NR 215, 3-5
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH) ; UNITED STATES (US)
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COSATI :
BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (05); GUIDED MISSILE
TECHNOLOGY ( 16)
UNCLASSIFIED
CLASSIF:
RELEASE:
NONE ( XX)
TEXT: EXTRACT.
FEW
OF CHINA'S SCIENTISTS ARE BETTER KNOWN INTERNATIONALLY THAN QIAN
XUESEN, A FORMER U. S. AIR FORCE OFFICER WHO IS GIVEN THE MOST CREDIT
FOR DEVELOPMENT
OF
CHINA'S NUCLEAR
WEAPONS
AND MISSILE DELIVERY
PROGRAMS .
SO,
WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT HIS COUNTRY'S PLANS AND PROGRESS
IN
SCIENCE
AND
TECHNOLOGY
IT IS WORTH LISTENING TO WHAT HE HAS TO
SAY.
ONE
OF
THE
THINGS
THAT HE HAD TO SAY RECENTLY CONCERNS THE
SHIFT
OF
EMPHASIS
FROM DEFENSE RELATED RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT TO
TECHNOLOGY
FOR
THE
CIVILIAN
COMMERCIAL SECTOR.
HE SAYS THERE ARE
TOW
KEY
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING METHODS USED FOR
DEVELOPMENT
OF
THE
DEFENSE
AND
SPECIFIC
PROJECT
ORGANIZATION.
AS
THE
THREE STEP STRATEGY FOR CHINA'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE
NEW SYSTEM TO CARRY OUT THIS STRATEGY AND COPE WITH THE
NEED
FOR
A
RAPID
AND
DRAMATIC
SOCIAL . AND
POLITICAL
CHANGES THAT ARE TAKING
SHAPE
IN
CHINA
AND
THE
REST OF THE WORLD.
THE FIRST STEP IS TO
DOUBLE
THE
1980
GROSS
NATIONAL
PRODUCT (GNP ) TO PROVIDE FOOD AND
CLOTHING
TO
THE
PEOPLE.
THIS HAS ESSENTIALLY BEEN REALIZED.
THE
NEXT
STEP
IS
TO
, MAKE
PEOPLE
LIVE COMFORTABLY BY THE END OF THIS
CENTURY .
THE
THIRD
STEP IS TO HAVE OUR GNP REACH THE LEVEL OF THE
AVERAGE DEVELOPED COUNTRY BY THE MIDDLE OF THE NEXT CENTURY.
PERSON :
PERS CTY :
PFN INFORMATION: PART 001
QIAN, XUESEN
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
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