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SEQUENCE NR: CSB92549290 USER- ID: 09651-92AUG13/09.51.33/AO-l
TITLE: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO QIAN XUESEN
DOC REP: BEIJING REVIEW (PPAOD), 91, VOL 34, NR 48, 16
INF CTY: P LIC OF CHINA (CH)
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INF DATE: 911202-911208
                 COSATI: 11 DUSTRIAL, CIVIL AND MARINE ENGINEERING
(13);BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (05); PHYSICS (20);
MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTER SCIENCES (12)
CLASSIF: UNCLASSIFIED
RELEASE: NONE (XX)
TEXT: EXTRACT.
BORN IN 1911 IN HANGZHOU CITY OF ZHEJIAN PROVINCE, QIAN IS A RENOWN
SCIENTIST IN APPLIED MECHANICS, ENGINEERING CONTROL THEORY, AND
SYSTEM ENGINEERING. IN 1934, HE GRADUATED FROM JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
IN SHANGHAI, MAJORING IN RAILROAD MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. IN 1936,
HE WENT TO THE UNITED STATES TO CONTINUE HIS STUDY, WHERE HE
OBTAINED THE TITLE OF M.S. AFTER RETURNING TO CHINA IN 1956, HE
BECAME THE DIRECTOR OF THE MECHANICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE
CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, VICE MINISTER OF THE SEVENTH MINISTRY
OF MACHINEHEAD OF THE COMMISSION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF
NATIONAL DEFENSE. HE HAS MADE MANY VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE FIELDS OF AERODYNAMICS, AERONAUTICAL
ENGINEERING, JET ROCKET PROPELLANTS AND ENGINEERING CONTROL THEORY,
AND ESPECIALLY IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA'S
ROCKETS AND GUIDED MISSILES AND SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. HIS
ELABORATED THEORY OF ENGINEERING CONTROL HAS NOW BEEN DEVELOPED INTO
A THEORY OF SYSTEM PROJECTS AND BEEN APPLIED WIDELY TO MILITARY
OPERATIONS, AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY AND TO VARIOUS OTHER SECTORS OF
THE NATIONAL ECONOMY.
PFN INFORMATION: PART 001
                 RELATES: XUESEN QIAN IS A MEMBER OF MECHANICS RESEARCH INST
(CHINESE ACAD OF SCIENCES).
PERSON:      QIAN, XUESEN
             

PROTITLE:    DIRECTOR
             

PERS CTY:    PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
             

PERSDATA:    BIOGRAPHIC DATA
             

PFN DATE:    1956
             

FACILITY:    MECHANICS RESEARCH INST
             

SUPERIOR:    CHINESE ACAD OF SCIENCES
             

FACL CTY:    PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
             

FSUBORD:     FACILITY SUBORDINATION DATA
             

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PFN INFORMATION: PART 002 SG1J
                  RELATES: XUESEN QIAN IS A MEMBER OF SEVENTH MIN OF MACHINE
BUILDING INDUSTRY AND COMMISSION OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
AND INDUSTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENCE.
PERSON:      QIAN, XUESEN
             

PROTITLE:    DEPUTY MINISTER, DEPUTY HEAD
             

PERS CTY:    PEOPLES REPU13LIC OF CHINA (CH)
             

PERSDATA:    BIOGRAPHIC DATA
             

PFN DATE:    1956
             

FACILITY:    SEVENTH MIN OF MACHINE BUILDING INDUSTRY
             

FACL CTY:    PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
             

                  FACILITY: COMMISSION OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY OF NATIONAL
DEFENCE
FACL CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
PFN INFORMATION: PART 003
                  RELATES: XUESEN QIAN IS A MEMBER OF COMMITTEE OF SCIENCE AND
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (COMMISSION OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
AND INDUSTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE).
PERSON: QIAN, XUESEN
PROTITLE: DEPUTY DIRECTOR
PERS CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
FACILITY: COMMITTEE OF SCIENCE AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
                  SUPERIOR: COMMISSION OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY OF NATIONAL
DEFENSE
FACL CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
FSUBORD: FACILITY SUBORDINATION DATA
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