CONF LDENTIAL Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200310004-8 PAGE: 0003 ATTENDED THE INAUGURAL CELEBRATION FOR THE NEW CENTER. 3. (U) ACCORDING TO OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER CHINESE SOURCES (TKP, P. 5; WHB, P. 1), A HUMAN 8ODY ENGINEERING COURSE AND A HUMAN BODY ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER (STC 0086 7555. 1562 4453 1331 4282 4496 0022 1800) HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE HUMAN BODY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AT SHENZHKN UNIVERSITY, SHENZHEN//GEOCOORD: 2232N/ 11408E//. A. (U) A 3-YEAR COURSE IN HUMAN BODY ENGINEERING IS EXPECTED TO EDUCATE TALENTED PERSONNEL FOR A HUMAN BODY ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER WHICH IS DESIGNED TO BE CHINA'S CENTER OF RESEARCH ON EXTRAORDINARY CAPABILITIES OF THE HUMAN BODY. IN 1988 THE COURSE ACCEPTED ITS FIRST STUDENTS, AGED 16 TO 30, FROM ACROSS THE NATION (TKP REPORTED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AS 16; WHB REPORTED THE NUMBER AS 20). ALL STUDENTS HAVE EITHER DEMONSTRATED SOME SPECIAL ABILITY OR HAVE BEEN LEARNING QIGONG. THE CURRICULA INCLUDE A GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE ANQ WESTERN MEDICINES, THE YIJING (STC 2496 4842) (THE BOOK OF CHANGES, ONE OF THE FIVE CHINESE CLASSICS), BAGUA (STC 0360 0597) (THE EIGHT DIAGRAMS, EIGHT COMBINATIONS OF THREE WHOLE OR BROKEN LINES USED IN DIVINATION), COMPUTERS, AND QIGONG. B. (U) THE PRECURSOR TO THE HUMAN BODY ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER WAS THE QIGONG RESEARCH CENTER ESTABLISHED 2 YEARS EARLIER AT SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY. THE NEW FACILITY IS DESIGNED TO BE AN INTEGRATED BASE FOR EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, AND TRAINING. IT WILL DIAGNOSE AND TREAT PATIENTS USING CLAIRVOYANCE, ACUPUNCTURE, AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE. ((LUO)) ZHENGQI (STC 5012 1794 0796), PRESIDENT OF SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY, AND ((LIU)) HEQIAO (STC 0491 7729 5062), DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE GUANGZHOU MILITARY REGION, WERE AMONG THE GUESTS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE HUMAN BODY ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER. 4. (U) AN AUGUST 1988 CHINESE SOURCE (QZ, P. 353) REPORTED THAT CHINA'S QIGONG SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER (LOCATION NOT IDENTIFIED) WAS ESTABLISHED ON 26 MAY 1988 AS A SUBORDINATE ORGANIZATION OF THE CHINESE SOCIETY OF QIGONG SCIENCE. CHAIRMAN ZHANG ZHENHUAN OF THE LATTER ORGANIZATION BECAME DIRECTOR OF THE QIGONG SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER. THE MISSIONS OF THIS NEW CENTER ARE TO COORDINATE VARIOUS STUDIES ON QIGONG SCIENCE AND CONSTRUCT INFORMATION NETWORKS, EVALUATE AND DISSEMINATE QIGONG SCIENCE RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS, AND PROVIDE RELATED ADVICE AND SUGGESTIONS. 5. (UW) ACCORDING TO NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER CHINESE SOURCES (KR, P. 1: WWP, P. 1), ((ZHANG)) CHUNYAN (STC 1728 2504 1750) OF THE BEIJING ACADEMY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE, BEIJING, DISCOVERED A THIRD PATH THAT DIFFERS FROM THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND MERIDIAN SYSTEM (MAIN AND COLLATERAL VITAL ENERGY CHANNELS) IN THE BODY, WHICH IS PROVING TO BE OF GREAT VALUE IN TREATING HARD-TO-CURE DISEASES. ZHANG PRESENTED HIS HYPOTHESIS ABOUT THE THIRD PATH AT THE FIRST WORLD CONVENTION ON ACUPUNCTURE HELD IN OCTOBER 1987 (LOCATION NOT IDENTIFIED), GARNERING THE ATTENTION OF WORLD SPECIALISTS. 6. (U) A SEPTEMBER 1988 CHINESE SOURCE (ZQ, PP. 2-6) PUBLISHED THE FOLLOWING FIVE RECENT STUDIES ON QIGONG AND OTHER EXTRAORDINARY ABILITIES. A. (U) “EXPERIMENTS ON THE EFFECTS OF WAIQI (EXHALED “QI") ON THE MOLECULES OF A SUBSTANCE LOCATED 2000 KILOMETERS AWAY," BY A CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200310004-8