UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200580004-9 PAGE: 0014 COMMAND, TROOP TRAINING, POLITICAL WORK, MILITARY LOGISTICS, MILITARY GEOGRAPHY, MILITARY HISTORY, AND THE MILITARY SYSTEM. AMS IS NOW DEALING WITH NUMEROUS COMPLICATED PROBLEMS CONFRONTING THE PLA AS A RESULT OF GREAT CHANGES IN THE WORLD'S STRATEGIC PATTERNS AND RAPID S AND T DEVELOPMENTS. AMS IS SERVING AS A "THINK TANK", "BRAINTRUST", AND "COMMAND DEPT" TO IMPROVE DEFENSE STRATEGIES, ARMY BUILDING, AND PREDICTIVE RESEARCH ON IMPORTANT ISSUES OF FUTURE WARFARE. THE ACADEMY IS "LOOKING TO THE FUTURE" IN APPLYING SUCII MODERN S§ AND T METHODS AS CYBERNETICS, SYSTEMATOLOGY, INFORMATION SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND AUTOMATION IN ITS RESEARCH IN SIMULATED OPERATIONS, COMMAND AUTOMATION, MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE, AND MILITARY DATA BANKS. AMS HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED OVER 1,000 STRATEGIC, CAMPAIGN, AND TACTICAL RESEARCH MODELS, SIMULATIONS SYSTEMS, AND SPECIAL MODELS TO AID IT IN ITS RESEARCH WORK. B. UI AIR FORCE RI AND BEIJING FIRE BRIGADE DEVELOP "TURBOJET TAIL GAS/WATER MIST FIRE ENGINE" (LAD, 25 OCT). THIS HIGH EFFICIENCY FIRE-FIGHTING VEHICLE WAS DEVELOPED USING A DECOMMISSIONED TURBOJET ENGINE FROM A PLA AIR FORCE FIGHTER. DURING RECENT APPRAISAL TESTING, THE ENGINE EXTINGUISHED A BLAZING FIRE IN AN 80 SQUARE M OIL POOL IN UNDER 10 SECONDS. THE NEW SYSTEM WILL BRING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN CHINA'S FIRE-FIGHTING CAPABILITIES. C. SHENYANG MR TRAINING SIMULATION EQUIPMENT RI TRANSFERS MILITARY LASER TECHNOLOGY TO ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY (LAD, 26 OCT). THE RI APPLIED ITS LASER SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY TO BUILD A HIGH TECH AMUSEMENT PARK CALLED "LASER GUNFIGHTER CITY" IN YINGKOU IN LIAONING PROVINCE. THE PARK WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT THE RI NOW HAS CONTRACTS TO BUILD SIMILAR PARKS IN SHENYANG, DALIAN, LUOYANG, AND CHENGDU, WHICH WILL EARN IT A PROFIT OF OVER 1.6 MILLION YUAN. D. GLD HEALTH DEPT SETS UP RESEARCH FUND FOR MILITARY MEDICAL PERSONNEL RETURNING FROM STUDIES ABROAD (LAD, 27 OCT). MILITARY MEDICAL PERSONNEL UNDER 45 YEARS OF AGE, WHO HAVE STUDIED ABROAD FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS AND HAVE RETURNED TO CHINA FOR LESS THAN 1 YEAR, ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE FUND WITH WHICH TO CARRY OUT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTS. NINETEEN RETURNING STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY OBTAINED ASSISTANCE FROM THE FUND, WITH 13 OF THEIR RESEARCH PROJECTS IN THE HIGH TECH BIOLOGICAL FIELD. E. GLD ORDNANCE RI SENIOR ENGINEER DEVELOPS "RADAR DEFECTS AUTOMATIC MONITORING DEVICE" (LAD, 29 OCT). ((ZHANG)) XINGYUAN (STC 1728/5281/0356) HAS DEVELOPED AN "ELECTRONIC DOCTOR" WHICH CAN AUTOMATICALLY MONITOR DEFECTS IN RADAR SYSTEMS, GIVE A WARNING ALARM, AND UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200580004-9
UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200580004-9 PAGE: 0015 ISSUE APPROPRIATE GUIDANCE TO REPAIR THE DEFECT. THE DEVICE RECENTLY WON A STATE S AND T PROGRESS AWARD AND IS BEING INTRODUCED THROUGHOUT THE ARMY. F. PLA AIR FORCE NUMBER 1 AERONAUTICS RI DEVELOPS HIGH TECH EQUIPMENT FOR LATEST COMBAT AIRCRAFT (LAD, 30 OCT). THE RI'S LATEST DEVELOPMENT IS THE BASIC PROTOTYPE OF A NEW "LASER RANGEFINDER" FOR A SPECIAL AIRCRAFT. IT HAS ALSO DEVELOPED A "SPECIAL RADAR INTERFACE" AND AN ACCOMPANYING "INTERFERENCE PRODUCING UNIT", WHICH ADAPTS ADVANCED FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY TO GREATLY IMPROVE THE CONCEALABILITY OF PLA AIR FORCE COMBAT AIRCRAFT IN A FUTURE WAR. THE RI IS CREDITED WITH DEVELOPING A SERIES OF LASER FIRING SIMULATORS FOR A VARIETY OF AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT, WHICH HAVE EFFECTIVELY IMPROVED AIRCRAFT TRAINING THROUGHOUT THE AIR FORCE. OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS, THE RI HAS COMPLETED 58 AWARD WINNING PROJECTS, 85 PERCENT OF WHICH HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED, AND 60 PERCENT OF WHICH HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE AIR FORCE'S EQUIPMENT INVENTORY. 11. DEFENSE CONFERENCES AND EXHIBITIONS A. MINISTRY OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS AND TRADE (MOFERT) PLANS HIGH TECH EXHIBITION AT START OF 1993 (CD, 24 OCT). MOFERT PLANS AN EXHIBITION OF STATE-OF-THE-ART DOMESTIC PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY FROM 30 DEC 92 TO 5 JAM 93 IN THE PLA MUSEUM IN BEIJING. PRODUCTS WILL BE SHOWN WHICH MOFERT BELIEVES ARE INTERNATIONALLY COMPETITIVE AND DEMONSTRATE THAT CHINA IS READY TO ENTER THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFF AND TRADE (GATT). MOFERT ALSO PLANS A SEMINAR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXHIBITION TO EXPLAIN CHINA'S PLANS FOR ENTRY INTO GATT, AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESSES. B. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE (CAS) HOSTS VISIT OF RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE (HAS) DELEGATION TO CHINA (CD, 26 OCT). GAS PRESIDENT ((ZHOU)) GUANGZHAO HELD TALKS WITH HIS HAS COUNTERPART, LURII ((OSIPOV)), IN BEIJING ON 24 OCT. THE TWO PRESIDENTS PLEDGED TO EXPAND S AND T EXCHANGES AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. C. COSTIND PRESENTS RESULTS OF "HUMAN PARANORMAL CAPABILITIES STUDY" AT "SOMATIC SCIENCE CONVENTION" (TKP, 28 OCT). OVER 60 RESEARCH PAPERS AND ACHIEVEMENTS WERE PRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE, WHICH ENDED IN BEIJING ON 27 OCT. MORE THAN 200 SCHOLARS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM SSTC, COSTIND, MPH, THE U.S. AND JAPAN ATTENDED WHAT HAS BILLED AS THE "SECOND CHINA CONVENTION AND THIRD SEMINAR ON SOMATIC SCIENCE". ((ZHANG)) ZHENHUA (STC 1728/7201/1403), CHAIRMAN OF THE CHINA SOMATIC SCIENCE SOCIETY, TOLD ATTENDEES THAT CHINA HAS MADE GRATIFYING PROGRESS IN DETERMINING THE ACCURACY OF STUDIES ON HUMAN PARANORMAL CAPABILITIES UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200580004-9
UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200580004-9 PAGE: 0016 AND THEIR APPLICATIONS. CURRENTLY, THE CHINA SOMATICS SCIENCE RI AND THE SOMATIC SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER ARE UNDERTAKING A NUMBER OF RESEARCH PROJECTS AT THE STATE, PROVINCIAL, AND MUNICIPAL LEVELS. D. CHINA NATIONAL DEFENSE S AND T INFORMATION CENTER TO SPONSOR "NATIONAL MEETING ON TRANSFER OF MILITARY TECHNOLOGY TO CIVILIAN USE" (LAD, 30 OCT). THE MEETING WILL BE HELD IN BAODING, SOUTH OF BEIJING IN HEBEL PROVINCE, ON 15 NOV. THE SESSION WILL INTRODUCE MORE THAN 50,000 NEW HIGH MILITARY TECHNOLOGY ACHIEVEMENTS FROM SEVERAL HUNDRED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING THAT MUST BE TRANSFERRED TO CIVILIAN USE. COMMENTS: 1. (SOURCE COMMENTS) GLD'S XINXING CORP HAS FOLLOWED COSTIND IN EXPLOITING HONG KONG'S INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS. THE 1-15 OCT 92 DSTI REPORT INDICATED THAT COSTIND WAS EXPANDING ITS CONCEPT OF "WINDOW ENTERPRISES", WHICH IT HAD BEEN SETTING UP IN THE SHENZHEN SEZ FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, INTO HONG KONG. "WINDOW ENTERPRISES" GENERALLY ARE SINO-FOREIGN JV FACTORIES, WHICH PRODUCE HIGH TECH CIVILIAN GOODS FOR MARKETING OVERSEAS. COSTIND MAINTAINS IT HAS HAD CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS INDUCING FOREIGN COMPANIES TO INVEST FUNDS AND THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN SUCH OPERATIONS AND NOW HOPES TO FURTHER EXPAND ITS NETWORK INTO HONG KONG, ALTHOUGH THE TERRITORY DOES NOT REVERT TO CHINA UNTIL 1997. NOW, GLD'S MARKETING ARM, XINXING, HAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH HONG KONG'S MOST SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR, ((LI)) KASHING, UNDER WHICH HIS FLAGSHIP, CHEUNG KONG HOLDINGS, WILL ATTEMPT TO EXPLOIT THE TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCTION OF GLD FACTORIES (PARA 3A). CHINA'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES ARE ANXIOUS TO CONVERT AS MUCH OF THEIR MILITARY PRODUCTION CAPACITY AS POSSIBLE TO CIVILIAN GOODS BEFORE THE END OF THE CENTURY TO MEET NATIONAL ECONOMIC GOALS. THEY ARE ALSO NOT AVERSE TO OBTAINING COLLATERAL FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY PROVIDED BY OVERSEAS FIRMS INVOLVED IN SINO-FOREIGN JVS, WHICH MAY ALSO BE USED TO ENHANCE PLA MILITARY EQUIPMENT DEVELOPMENT. 2. CHINA SHIP NEWS PROFILED FIVE KEY NAVAL ENGINEERING CENTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CHINESE WARSHIPS IN ITS 30 OCT EDITION. MOST OF THE CENTERS ARE IN THE GREATER SHANGHAI AREA, AS IT IS AT THE SHANGHAI SHIPYARDS THAT MOST PLA NAVY WARSHIPS ARE BUILT. THE JIANGSU AUTOMATION RI HAS APPARENTLY DESIGNED THE UNMANNED ENGINE ROOMS AND COMPLEX COMMAND SYSTEMS FOR THE NAVY'S NEWEST FRIGATES (PARA 6G). THE SHIPBUILDING RI UNDER THE HUDONG SHIPYARD, WHERE. THE NEW FRIGATES ARE BUILT, DESIGNED THE OVER-PRESSURE SYSTEMS ON THE FRIGATES, WHICH THE NAVY CLAIMS ARE "FULLY SEALED" AGAINST CHEMICAL OR NUCLEAR ATTACK (PARA UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200580004-9
UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200580004-9 PAGE: 0017 6J). THE WUHAN SHIPPING DESIGN RI SEEMS TO BE A KEY PLAYER IN EFFORTS TO UPGRADE SOME OF THE NAVY'S EXISTING MEDIUM SIZE WARSHIPS (PARA 6H). THE SICHUAN RI, RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING LARGE TRANSMISSION AND GEAR SYSTEMS, HAS APPARENTLY CONTRIBUTED TO DESIGN OF PROPULSION SYSTEMS FOR THE NAVY AND FOR ARMORED VEHICLES FOR THE GROUND FORCES (PARA 61). FINALLY, THE JIANGSU ELECTRONICS FACTORY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING SONAR EQUIPMENT FOR THE NAVY (PARA 6K). 3. AN AIR FORCE RI IN BEIJING HAS APPARENTLY EXPLOITED THE PROPELLING FORCE OF A JET ENGINE TO DEVELOP A VERY SPECIAL FIRE TRUCK FOR EXTINGUISHING PETROLEUM FIRES, WHICH DO NOT RESPOND TO NORMAL FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND TECHNIQUES (PARA LOB). THE RI SAVED FUNDS BY DEVELOPING THE SYSTEM USING AN OBSOLETE JET ENGINE FROM A DECOMMISSIONED AIR FORCE FIGHTER. THE SOVIET ARMY DEVELOPED A CHEMICAL AGENT DECONTAMINATION SPRAY TRUCK IN THE 1960S USING THE SAME TYPE OF ENGINE. THE TECHNIQUE FOR THE FIRE-FIGHTING ENGINE IS PROBABLY SIMILAR TO THE ONES USED BY CHINA'S ANTI-CHEMICAL WARFARE UNITS. 4, MOFERT IS PLANNING AN EARLY JAN 93 EXHIBITION TO POPULARIZE CHINA'S LATEST HIGH TECH DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CIVILIAN PRODUCTS LINE (PARA LLA). THE SHOW HAS OSTENSIBLY BEEN SET UP TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT CHINA IS NOT SUCH A BACKWARD THIRD WORLD COUNTRY AND IS READY FOR ENTRY INTO GATT. THE FACT THAT THE SHOW WILL BE IN THE PLA MUSEUM SUGGESTS THAT MANY OF THE GOODS ON DISPLAY WILL HAVE BEEN PRODUCED BY DEFENSE INDUSTRIES. THE EXHIBITION IS CLEARLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF FOREIGN LEADERS; HOWEVER, A CONCURRENT SEMINAR ON THE IMPACT OF GATT ENTRY ON CHINA'S ENTERPRISES AND BUSINESSES IS PRIMARILY FOR DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION. LARGE SEGMENTS OF CHINA'S HUGE STATE-OWNED INDUSTRIAL SECTOR HAVE EXPRESSED GRAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR VIABILITY IF CHINA COMPLIES WITH GATT FREE TRADE REQUIREMENTS. MMBEI IN PARTICULAR, WHICH CONTROLS THE LARGEST SEGMENT OF STATE-OWNED FACTORIES, IS PUSHING FOR SPECIAL TARIFFS AND QUOTAS TO PROTECT ITS LOSS-MAKING FIRMS FROM FOREIGN COMPETITION (SEE 1-15 OCT 92 DSTI REPORT). PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS FROM THE STATE COUNCIL ARE THAT THESE INDUSTRIES SHOULD NOT ANTICIPATE SUCH PROTECTION AND MUST MAKE EFFORTS TO BUILD PRODUCTS THAT ARE COMPETITIVE ON INTERNATIONAL MARKETS. 5. (FIELD GOMMENTS) A NORTH SEA FLEET UNIT HAS IDENTIFIED WITH MUCD 37003 (PARA 7F). 6. DIA MESSAGE 160013Z DEG 92 IN AN UNCLASSIFIED PARAGRAPH DISCUSSES CHINESE PLANS TO BUILD A 600-MW "POOR MAN'S" NUCLEAR REACTOR. KNOWN AS AN ADVANCED PRESSURIZED-WATER REACTOR, IT WAS REPORTED THAT IT MIGHT BE DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH A U.S. FIRM. UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200580004-9