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                   ACADEMIC EXCHANGE INFORMATION CENTER
                  AEIC News Release Special Edition 92-02
                            December 12, 1992

                          Chinese Academic Link
                         3640 Veazey Street, N.W.
                         Washington, D.C. 20008
                            aeic@wam.umd.edu

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      |Report of the Second CAL Delegate to China: Beijing and Shanghai|
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                         (Nov. 16 -- Nov. 24, 1992)

                         by Toni Ni, CAL President
                                  and
               Guyang Huang, CAL Vice President and AEIC Director
                                 (Part Two)

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                    III.  Prospective Projects

1. Publishing CAL's 10 Review Books

        The publication of 10 review books, proposed by Dr. Wu, Yegang,
was discussed with China Sci & Tech. Press (STP).  STP's two senior editors
expressed their view, in my opinion, based on their experience of Chinese market
these days.

        They would like to have these 10 books to be "high level" popular
scientific reading materials (gao1 ji2 ke1 pu3).  The aimed readers are
college students, teachers and researchers.  Any contents deeper and beyond
such level would severely reduce the readership.  The topics could be decided
from the discussion between CAL and some domestic units, such as the State
Science Commission.  The topics would easily go too broad and unspecified if
only decided by domestic people, they said.

        They planned to have a chief editor to oversee the whole project (from
CAL side), and one coordinator for each book.  The compilation of 10 books
should go simultaneously and published at once as a collection, or as 5
series, two of each (vol.1 and vol.2), to create a sentiment.  The authors can
expected some financial return as loyalties of copy rights, which is about 5-
7% of the profit of book sale.  The money, as it can't be exchanged into hard
currency, will be sent to the authors' relatives in China who they specified.

         The only difficulties we encountered is that STP insisted to have
these 10 books entirely written in Chinese, except for special nomenclatures.
After Guyang argued, we reached a bottom line that it can be considered to have
Chinese-English editions (zhong1 ying1 wen2 dui4 zhao4 ben3) or English
editions besides the Chinese edition.  It is understandable of their
difficulties to organize a translation effort.

2. Collaboration with "Chinese Scholars Overseas" Magazine

        In the Shen2 Zhou1 Xue2 Ren2 editorial office, we met with the Deputy
Director and Editor-in-chief Li, Changfa, Deputy Director of Editorial Dept.
Xu, Long and Reporter Wang, Qi who is in charge of reporting overseas CSS.

        For the magazine to carry a report on CAL, they would like to have a
roster of CAL board of directors' duty and addresses, hard copies of AEIC NR
and a brief introduction of CAL president stating CAL's goals and activities
(these for Wang, Qi).  Also Xu, Long is very interested in getting a copy of
our undergraduate aid.

        This monthly magazine is run by the State Education Commission, and
claims to aims to introduce domestic information to overseas CSS and promote
information and academic exchange.  The current circulation is 6-7,000/mo. and
it costs 2 yuan RMB to publish each copy but 8-10 yuan to distribute each copy
overseas.  However, in US most copies have been sat in Chinese consulate
without ever getting to CSS. Thus, they wish CAL could help to allocate some
agencies which take the print and distribution directly in US, like the
"People's Daily".  They will pay for the whole operation and send offset via
airlines so that the print agency could print directly.  The current
subscription is $2.50/issue, containing 48 pages + 2 pages of covers.

3. Technology/Business Training Class for Chinese Entrepreneur

        In both Shanghai Asso. of Sci. & Tech. (SAST) and China Asso. of Sci.
& Tech. (CAST), we were suggested to hold some technology, management or
business training or study classes for Chinese entrepreneurs, technological
exports and industrial administrators in US.  These kind of training classes
have been getting popular these years by some Chinese ventures in US.

        The curriculum of these training classes can be rural development and
modern agriculture operation and management, export economy (wai4 xiang4 xing4
jing1 ji4), introduction of US market including tax, good in favor, etc.,
business finance including future market and company shares, social security,
health plans, retirement plans, etc.  The hosts of these training programs
have to be seasoned and well established enterprises which offers real
training, not working projects.  The tuition has to be reasonable.  Living
should be flexible to allow self-cooking.  Each class should get opportunity
to visit 4-5 US enterprises.

        The CAST contact person for CAL to operate these training classes is
Kang, Nan, Chief of Division of Europe and America of the Dept. of
International Affairs.  The SAST contact person is Wang, Luning, the Director
of International Dept.

4. Technology/Investment Tour for US Entrepreneur

        Also both in SAST and CAST, we were made suggestion to recruit some
professional tour groups from US which specializes in sci. & tech., business
and trade.  Only 30% of the tour will be for sightseeing but 70% of trip will
be visiting scientific institutions, technological enterprises to stimulate
prospective cooperations.  The formality can be very flexible like those
"people to people" tours.  SAST guarantees lowest package prices for CAL.

5. Computer Freeware Catalog

        Guyang presented an idea proposed in the AEIC computer division to
compile a list of freewares and sharewares through the netlands.  CAST is very
glad to take the catalog and allocate recipients accordingly.  The contact
person is also Kang, Nan, Chief of Division of Europe and America of the Dept.
of International Affairs.


                    IV.  Long Term Collaboration with CAST

        A number of cooperative projects between CAST and CAL were discussed
with Lu, Jingting, the Director of Dept. of International Affairs of CAST and
Liu, Su, the Secretary of CAST (former secretary of GanSu province).

        CAST takes charge of all national non-humanities academic and
professional societies.  There are 165 societies registered with CAST and the
number is keeping growing.  CAST will give brief introductions of these
societies to CAL and CAL will broadcast them in AEIC News Releases.  Likewise,
CAST will help promote CAL in China.

        CAST will provide English brochures of international symposia and
conferences in China for AEIC NR to carry.  CAL will provide articles
introducing newest development and trend in science and technology to CAST's
publications, such as the "China Science and Technology" (newspaper),
"Science and Technology Herald" (journal) and "Modernization" (magazine).

        Clearly, the atmosphere in China these days is all about economical
development.  Most of the institutes we visited asked CAL for cooperation in
these aspects, including technology transfer and information exchange.  CAST
wishes CAL to give information on international trade and new technology to
CAST's "International Business and Trade Express" (a weekly newsletter) and
also to help CAST to establish contacts with some business newsletters in US.

        CAST's Secretary Liu, Su asked possibility for CAST's newspaper "CAST"
(ke1 xie2 bao4) to publish an overseas edition.  At least it welcomes our
articles.

        One of the tough problems CAST encounters these days are the shrinking
circulation and distribution of academic periodicals (xue2 bao4) of
universities and academic societies.  CAST badly needs help to get
subscriptions overseas.  They are more than eager to learn the feasibility to
have some overseas agents to help the distribution of these journals.

        An international young Chinese symposium was discussed in CAST. It
will be a grand and comprehensive conference with a number of subjects, aimed
in 93-94.  Participants will have to be under 40 and submit papers.  The
international travel fare will be self-sponsored in principle and CAST will
offer a very low budget registration, lodging and food in China.  Some visit
tours will be arranged as part of the package.  CAL was asked to look into the
feasibility and scale of such a symposium for CSS in US to attend.

                                                    (end of report)

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