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		 ACADEMIC  EXCHANGE  INFORMATION  CENTER
			AEIC  News  Release  1039

                              August 20, 1992

			  Chinese Academic Link
			3640  Veazey Street, N.W.
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1. Special Panal Discussion on Mainland-Taiwan Relationship ..............12
2. Chinese State Science Commission Delegation to Meet CSS in NYC ........27
3. 1st Annual Conf. of Chinese Professionals in GIS Held at Buffalo ......61
4. Annual Reunion for North America PeiYang-Tianjin Univ Alumni ..........55
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1. Special Panal Discussion on Mainland-Taiwan Relationship ..............12
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From:   Dennis Xu <DENNIS@Venus.YCC.Yale.Edu>
Source: AEIC

Yale Mainland-Taiwan Society is to present a Special Panal Discussion Session
on Mainland-Taiwan Relationship. Invited speakers: Mr. Shen Chun-Shan,
Former Dean of School of Science and Professor of Physics at Tsinghua
University, Taiwan, Chairman of the Board of the Directors of Ying Chang-Chi
Foundation, Research Advisor of China Reunification Commission; Mr. Zhang
KaiYuan, President Emeritus and Professor of History at Central China Normal
University; Mr. John Fei, Fellow of National Academy at Taiwan, Professor of
Economics at Yale University. Time: 2:00 pm  Sunday Aug 23, 1992.  Place:
Room A51 Waston Center, Yale School of Organization Management, 52 Hillhouse
Ave.,  New Haven, CT.  A reception will follow immediately in Steinbach
Lounge, also at 52 Hillhouse Ave.  For more information, please send e-mail
to ymts@venus.ycc.yale.edu, or call 203-785-1774, 203-230-9685.

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2. Chinese State Science Commission Delegation to Meet CSS in NYC ........27
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From:   Guyang Huang <ghuang@spock.ecs.umass.edu>
Source: AEIC

Hui Yong-zheng, Deputy Director from the Chinese State Science Commission,
will lead a delegation to visit US this month. He is scheduled to meet
Chinese scholars and professionals at the Chinese Consulate in New York city
at 10:00 am, August 29. The agenda is to introduce the recent new reform
trend in China and to listen to CSS' opinions on various issues. Any CSS is
welcome to attend, especially those who have obtained degrees here. The
NYC Consulate Sci. & Tech. Section will send an invitation to those who send
in their names and addresses.

For efficient correspondence, please mail the following information to:
aeic@bnlux1.bnl.gov

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or contact Mr. Gu, Shenxing of the NY Chinese Consulate directly at
212-330-7419 (O) 212-502-0253 (fax)

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3. 1st Annual Conf. of Chinese Professionals in GIS Held at Buffalo ......61
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From:   Organizing Committee for CPGIS '92
        via Weihe Guan <GLLGUAN@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu>
Source: AEIC

CPGIS '92, the first annual conference of Chinese Professionals in
Geographic Information Systems, was held at the State University of New York
at Buffalo on August 15th and 16th, 1992. The conference was named The
Development and Potential of GIS: Outside and Inside China.

There were about 120 participants from Austrilia, Canada, Germany,
Netherland, United Kingdom, United States and China. Among these
participants, one third were directly from Mainland China.

Dr. Hui Lin acted as the Chair for the opening session. Dr. Stephen Dunnett,
Associate Provost for International Programs, State University of New York
at Buffalo, and Dr. Michael Batty, Associate Director of National Center for
Geographic Information and Analysis, gave welcoming addresses. Prof. Chen
Shupeng, President of Chinese Geographic Society, gave a keynote speak.
Prof. Wang Zhizhuo, Honourary President of Chinese Society of surveying and
Mapping, was not able to come to the conference to deliever his keynote
speech as planned, his speech was distributed in the conference as
print-out.

During the two days, there were 46 paper presentations in 17 technical
sessions. There were two panal disscussions in the conference, hosted by
Prof. He Jianbang and Prof. Zhang Zuxun, and by Dr. Xia Zhongguo and Dr.
Chen Zi-Tan, respectively. There were many interesting points, suggestions
and disscussion in the two panals. Several leading professors and experts in
GIS from China were also invited to give brief speeches on suggestions and
expectations for CPGIS in the future.

Based on the voting result for CPGIS Bylaw through CPGIS-L network and at
the conference, the CPGIS Bylaw was passed by all 53 votes.

In the closing session, Yuemin Ding, on behave of the organizing committee
for CPGIS '92, declared the establishment of the Assocication of Chinese
Professionals in Geographic Information Systems (Abroad) on August 16th,
1992. The Chinese name of the Association is "Zhong1 Guo2 Hai3 Wai4 Di4 Li3
Xin4 Xi1 Xi4 Tong3 Xie2 Hui4". The short form is "CPGIS".

The organizing committee of the CPGIS'92 conference now works as the
transitional acting committee of the Association, for organizing an election
committee for CPGIS president and keeping the routine activities before the
election of the president. The 53 voters now are the first group of CPGIS
members. More people are expected to join in the association in the near
future.

Prof. Chen Shupeng gave an exciting address in the closing session and
proposed a project for CPGIS, which is to compile a GIS manual or handbook
in Chinese. He and other speakers expressed their congratulations to the
establishment of the CPGIS Association.

During the conference, two social events, a reception and a picnic (at Goat
Island, Niagara Falls), provided a very nice environment and oppertunities
for free talking and contacting among participants.

According to many responses, the conference was very successful and well
organized, especially on building a bridge for more understanding between
colleagues inside and outside of China.

The organizing committee appreciated Dr. Michael Batty, Director of NCGIA
-Buffalo, Dr. David Mark, Associate Director of NCGIA-Buffalo and Dr. A.
Stewart Fotheringham, Acting Chair of Department of Geography, SUNY/Buffalo.
for their participarting in the conference. Over a dozen co-sponsors, and
more than twenty local volunteers of the conference were also acknowledged.

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4. Annual Reunion for North America PeiYang-Tianjin Univ Alumni ..........55
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From:   Dennis Xu <DENNIS@Venus.YCC.Yale.Edu>
Source: AEIC

About 40 Alumni of PeiYang Univ. and Tianjin Univ. in North America gathered
in Yale University last Sunday, Aug. 16, for the annual reunion. Among them
were four PeiYang University graduates. One Tianjin U alumnus came all the
way from British Clumbia, Canada.

The Association has a membership of more than 200 alumni in North America,
including 80 PeiYang U alumni and 130 Tianjin U alumni.

The President of Tianjin Univ., Prof YongShi Wu, and the Chiarman of General
Association for PeiYang-Tianjin Univ Alumni, Prof ShaoXi Shi, sent a
congradulation fax to this reunion event. In their fax, it is mentioned that
the third internation meeting for the PeiYang-Tianjin U alumni will be hold
in ShenZhen in Sept. 1993.

The current Chairman of North America Association, Dr. DeChang Chen also
send a congradulation letter.

In the reunion, the current Vice Chairman, Dr. Dennis Xu presented a report
on the work of Association for the last two years. The Acting Treasure, Mr.
TaiPing Zhang presented the financial report. He pointed out that the
association is seriously short of fund and he appealed to the alumni to make
generous donation and support.

The new committee of the assocation was also elected in the meeting. It is
composed of the following people:

Chairman: Dennis Xu, Ph.D (83, BS, Automation Eng.) Assistant Director,
Science and Engineer Computing Facilities, P.O.Box 1968, Yale University,
New Haven, CT 06520.

Vice Chairman Chong Chiang Tsui (47, BS, Civil Eng) P.O.Box 411, Church
Street, STA, New York, NY 10008.

Vice Chairman ZhenWu Lin, Ph.D (83, BS, 86, MS, Chemical Eng), Manager, R&D,
LSR Tech. Inc., 2352 Main St., Concord, MA 01742.

Treasurer TaiPing Zhang (86, MS, Thermal Eng.) Ph.D Candidate, Dept of
Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Ave., New Haven, CT 06511.

Some resolutions are also approved in the meeting, they are:

(1). The association appeals and encourages more connection among alumni in
North America, to help each other in career and everyday life.

(2). From 1993, those alumni older than 60 years could choose to pay a
lifetime membership fee of $100; those younger than 60 years should pay
annual memeber fee of $20. Students are not required to pay the fee, but
donations are very welcome. Please send your cheques to the treasurer.

(3) The association will start to set up Alumni Foundation soon. The money
will be used to provide scholarship for the student studying in Tianjin
University.

After the reunion meeting, the alumni had a short tour around the beautiful
campus of Yale University.

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