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 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: BE 7J ING
 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: HETING, GAO
 PROTITLE: PRESIDENT
 PERS CTY: USSR (UR)
 PFN INFORMATION: PART 002
 RELATES: GISELA HILDENBRAND IS A MEMBER OF BONN UNIV.
 PERSON: HILDENBRAND, GISELA
 PROTITLE: DOCTOR, SCIENTIST
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   FACILITY: BONN UNIV
   FACL CTY: FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (GY)
   PFN INFORMATION: PART 003
   FACILITY: QIGONG RESEARCH INST
   SUPERIOR: BEIJING MILITARY COMMAND
   FACL CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
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