*Ap&o*veb Pot Mel6age'20'01103/07 "C1A!RbPb6'-067§2P'0b0@0b UNCLA'SSIFIED SG1J SEQUENCE NR: CSB91668032 _USER- ID: 43070-92APR28/10.52.06/AOi TITLE: LIGHT OF INTELLIGENCE DOC REF: JIEFANGJUN HUABAO (JIHUD), 91, NR 8, 12-13 P INF CTY: PLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH) INF DATE: 91 4@;E 5HA COSATI: EHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (05); PHYSICS (20) CLASSIF: UNCLASSIFIED RELEASE: NONE (XX) TEXT: EXTRACT. DOCUMENT CONTAINS 5 PHOTOS. QIAN XUELIN'S ANCESTORS WERE FROM HANGZHOU. HE WAS BORN -IN SHANGHAI ON 11 DECEMBER, 1914. HE LATER STUDIED AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL ATTACHED TO BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY. IN 1934 HE GRADUATED FROM SHANGHAI JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY WITH A DEGREE IN RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. IN 1935 HE WENT TO THE UNITED STATES TO STUDY AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING AT MIT. TWO YEARS LATER HE RECEIVED HIS MASTERS THERE. IN 1936, HE WENT TO CALIFORNIA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY. HE RECEIVED DOCTORATES IN AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS FROM THAT UNIVERSITY IN 1939. HIS TEACHER THERE WAS ONE OF THE MEN WHO LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR DYNAMICS, T. VON KAMEN. QIAN XUELIN WAS AN IMPORTANT MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY JET PROPULSION CENTER, ONE OF THE EARLIEST ROCKET RESEARCH AGENCIES IN THE UNITED STATES. HE WAS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTER AT ONE TIME. DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1947 TO 1955, HE TAUGHT. AT MIT AND CALIFORNIA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY AS A PROFESSOR. IN APRIL OF 1956, QIAN XUELIN BEGAN A LONG PERIOD WHERE HE PROVIDED THE TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP FOR CHINA'S ROCKET, MISSILE AND SPACE DEVELOPMENT. HE RECENTLY PRESENTED A PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA'S ROCKET AND MISSILE TECHNOLOGY. PFN INFORMATION: PART 001 RELATES: XUESEN QIAN IS A MEMBER OF FIFTH INST (MIN OF NATIONAL DEFENSE) AND DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS (ACAD SINICA). PERSON: QIAN, XUESEN PROTITLE: VICE PRESIDENT PERS CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH) PERSDATA: PHOTO, BIOGRAPHIC DATA FACILITY: FIFTH INST SUPERIOR: MIN OF NATIONAL DEFENSE FACL CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH) FACILITY: DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS PAG E -INCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2001/03/07 CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0200090003-4 *'&1Ap)r6Aveb @d Fte I gage '20'0 11010*7 -*QjA, ')@O@W-06762hobo@obobobO-4 r'NCLAS SG1J SEQUENCE NR: CSB91668032 USER ID: 43070-92APR28/10.52.06,/AO1 SUPERIOR: ACAD SINICA FACL CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH) FSUBORD: FAdILITY SUBORDINATION DATA PFN INFORMATION: PART 002 NOMN: U/I (UI) MISSILE NOMN CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH) NOMNDATA: PHOTO PFN INFORMATION: PART 003 RELATES: XUESEN QIAN IS A MEMBER OF SEVENTH MIN OF THE MACHINE INDUSTRY, NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE AND NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COMMITTEE. PERSON: QIAN, XUESEN PROTITLE: DEPUTY MINISTER, DIRECTOR PERS CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH) PERSDATA: BIOGRAPHIC DATA FACILITY: SEVENTH MIN OF THE MACHINE INDUSTRY FACL CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH) FACILITY: NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE FACL CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH) FACILITY: NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COMMITTEE FACL CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH) UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 20 Approved For Release 2001/03/07 CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0200090003-4