UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200480001-3 PAGE:0013 BRAZILIAN FREIGHTER. THE DALIAN PLANT HAS ALREADY BUILT A 9,650 HP MARINE DIESEL ENGINE FOR SULZER, WHICH WAS INSTALLED IN A 30,000 TON GERMAN VESSEL. CSSC'S SHANGHAI SHIPYARD HAS ALSO BUILT A 9,650 HP DIESEL ENGINE FOR SULZER TO BE INSTALLED ON A SIMILAR GERMAN SHIP, SHANGHAI IS NOW BUILDING TWO 10,360 HP MARINE DIESEL ENGINES USING SULZER BLUEPRINTS. CSSC CLAIMS 60 TO 90 PERCENT OF THE COMPONENTS FOR THESE MASSIVE ENGINES ARE MADE IN CHINA. (NOTE -- SEE ALSO 16-31 MAY 91 DSTI REPORT. ) G. CSSC'S DALIAN SHIPYARD SIGNS CONTRACT TO BUILD 35,000 TON OIL TANKER FOR INDONESIA'S PERTAMINA CORP (NCNA, 24 OCT). INDONESIA WILL PAY USD 30 MILLION FOR AN OIL TANKER OF ADVANCED DESIGN AS WELL AS THE SHIPBUILDING TECHNOLOGY TO BUILD SIMILAR VESSELS IN INDONESIA. CHINESE ENGINEERS WILL GO TO INDONESIAN SHIPYARDS TO TRAIN LOCAL ENGINEERS ON HOW TO BUILD THEIR OWN VESSELS. THIS IS THE FIRST SHIP BUILDING CONTRACT SIGNED BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES SINCE THEY RESTORED RELATIONS IN 1990. 7. MINISTRY OF MACHINE BUILDING/ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY (MMBEI) A. UI MASI AEROSPACE BASE RI DEVELOPS “Ws2400 SERIES CHASSIS" FOR HEAVY-DUTY FIELD TRUCKS (CHINA MACHINERY/ELECTRONICS JOURNAL - CMEJ, 18 OCT). THE NEW CHASSIS I$ DESIGNED TO CARRY LOADS UP TO 20 TONS AND CAN OPERATE IN DESERTS, MOUNTAINS, MARSHLANDS, AND UNDER EXTREME COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS. IT RECENTLY PASSED TECHNICAL APPRAISAL TESTS. B. SHANGHAI XINNING AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR FACTORY DEVELOPS ELECTRIC POWER DRIVEN PASSENGER SEDAN (CMJE, 22 OCT). THE SEDAN, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE SHANGHAT KELIAN ELECTRIC-POWER VEHICLE AND VESSELS COMPANY, CAN ACHIEVE SPEEDS OF 80 TO 100 KM/HOUR AND HAS A RANGE OF 80 TO 100 KM ON ONE BATTERY CHARGE. THE NEW VEHICLE WAS DISPLAYED AT THE RECENT SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION. C. DALIAN PASSENGER COACH FACTORY AND ZHONGXIN MACHINE BUILDING & ELECTRONICS COMPANY BUILD "JT6120 LUXURY BUSES" FOR EXPORT (STD, 25 OCT). DEVELOPMENT OF THE JT6120 WAS A KEY 7TH FYP PROJECT ACCOMPLISHED BY THE DALIAN FACTORY WITH ASSISTANCE FROM RI'S IN YANGZHOU AND CHANGSHE. THE AIR-COOLED COACH CAN ACHIEVE A MAXIMUM SPEED OF 120 KM/HOUR AND CAN CARRY 49 PASSENGERS. THE BUSES ARE NOW BEING ASSEMBLED BY THE ZHONGXIN COMPANY, LOCATED IN JIANGXIAN COUNTY IN SHANXT PROVINCE. ZHONGXIN WAS FORMERLY A BACKBONE DEFENSE INDUSTRY, UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200480001-3
UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200480001-3 PAGE:0014 PRODUCING TANKS AND OTHER MILITARY VEHICLES. THE FACTORY WILL PRODUCE 50 BUSES IN 1991, 500 IN 1992, AND HOPES TO REACH A PRODUCTION RATE OF 3,000 PER YEAR BY 1995. THE FACTORY 1S NOW OPERATED BY THE CHINA INTERNATIONAL TRUST AND INVESTMENT CORP (CITIC). CITIC INVESTED 80 MILLION YUAN IN MODERNIZATION OF THE DEFENSE PLANT TO SATISFY AN URGENT NEED FOR BUSES IDENTIFIED BY THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNCATIONS. THE FIRST BUSES PRODUCED ARE BEING PURCHASED BY THE MINISTRY TO RELIEVE CONGESTION ON CHINA'S OVERBURDENED RAILWAY SYSTEM. THE J16120 PASSED TECHNICAL APPRAISAL TESTS IN FEB 91. (NOTE -- SEE ALSO 16-31 MAR 91 DSTI REPORT.) D. MMBEI ANNOUNCES PLANS TO DOUBLE PRODUCTION OF PASSENGER SEDANS DURING 1992 (CD, 28 OCT). THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY EXPECTS TO PRODUCE 63,000 SEDANS DURING 1991; AND PLANS TO INCREASE PRODUCTION TO AT LEAST 120,000 DURING 1992. SEDANS WILL REPRESENT 20 PERCENT OF TOTAL AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE PRODUCTION FOR 1992, WHICH IS SET AT 600,000. THE DOMESTIC DEMAND FOR SEDANS HAS EXCEEDED 100,000 DURING 1991, AND MMBEI HOPES TO MEET DEMAND DURING 1992 TO AVOID ANY NEED TO IMPORT SEDANS. THE INDUSTRY PLANS TO INCREASE ANNUAL PRODUCTION TO 240,000 SEDANS BY 1995, AND 600,000 BY THE YEAR 2000. PRICES ON LUXURY SEDANS MADE BY SINO-FOREIGN JOINT VENTURES (JV) ARE EXPECTED TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLY IN 1992. FOR EXAMPLE, SHANGHAI'S SANTANA SEDAN WILL SELL AT 190,000 YUAN FOR A BASIC MODEL, COMPARED WITH THE CURRENT PRICE OF 170,000 YUAN. (NOTE -- SEE ALSO 16-31 MAR 91 DSTI REPORT.) 8. COMMUNICATIONS, COMMAND, AND CONTROL DEVELOPMENTS A. MINISTRY OF POSTS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS (MPT) INITIATES BELGIUM-SPONSORED "$1240 PROGRAM-CONTROLLED TELEPHONE PROJECT" IN LHASA (TIBET DAILY, 9 OCT). THE CEREMONY TO BEGIN WORK ON THIS 53 MILLION BELGIAN FRANCS PROJECT WAS HELD IN LHASA ON 8 OCT. THE NEW SYSTEM, WITH 5,000 GATES, WILL DOUBLE LHASA'S TELEPHONE COMMICATIONS CAPACITY AND IMPROVE THE CITY'S DOMESTIC AND LONG-DISTANCE TELEPHONE SERVICES. B. SSTC INAUGURATES KEYOU SINO-JAPANESE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY IN BEIJING ON 15 OCT (STD, 16 OCT). THE EQUITY JV WAS INITIATED WITH A CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF 190 MILLION YUAN. THE COMPANY WILL PRIMARILY DEVELOP AND PRODUCE SOFTWARE FOR THE JAPANESE UNISYS CORP. PRODUCTION AT THE PLANT IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN MAY 92. C, STATE-RUN JIANGXI NUMBER 834 FACTORY DEVELOPS 2- TONE MULTIFREQUENCY ELECTRONIC MAGNETO TELEPHONE (CMEJ, 20 OCT). THIS SMALL, LIGHTWEIGHT PORTABLE TELEPHONE IS WATERPROOF, MOISTUREPROOF, AND HAS SECURITY PROTECTION AND ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY. THE TELEPHONE CAN BE UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200480001-3
UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200480001-3 PAGE: 0015 INTEGRATED INTO CHINA'S 16-CHANNEL PROGRAM-CONTROLLED FEEDLESS TELEPHONE EXCHANGES. IT WILL ALLOW COMMUNICATIONS IN LOCATIONS WHERE NO ELECTRIC SUPPLY 1S AVAILABLE. D. MPT'S NUMBER 1 RI DEVELOPS "YCF121 BEEPER" AND SATELLITE GROUND STATION HIGH POWER AMPLIFICATION SYSTEMS (CD, 26 OCT; NCNA, 29 OCT). THE NEW BEEPER, DESIGNED FOR USE WITH 280-TYPE MICROCOMPUTERS, CAN SERVICE 8,000 TO 30,000 SUBSCRIBERS. IT INITIALLY ENTERED TRIAL PRODUCTION IN 1988, AND PASSED STATE-LEVEL TECHNICAL APPRAISAL TESTS ON 24 OCT, IT WILL ENTER FULL-SCALE PRODUCTION SOON. THE AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM 15 DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR STANDBY EQUIPMENT AT SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS AND SHOULD CONSIDERABLY REDUCE CONSTRUCTION COSTS. THE SYSTEM INCLUDES A RELIABLE HIGH-POWER AMPLIFIER, STANDBY EQUIPMENT WITH AUTOMATIC SWITCHING CAPABILITY, AND A SWITCHOVER SYSTEM. IT PASSED MPT TECHNICAL APPRAISAL IN BEIJING ON 29 OCT. E. MPT SETS GOAL OF INCREASING MOBILE TELEPHONES IN CHINA FROM 30,000 TO 150,000 BY END OF 8TH FYP PERIOD (SCMP, 27 OCT). MPT SEES ADDITIONAL MOBILE PHONES AS A WAY TO SUPPLEMENT CHINA'S BACKWARD TELEPHONE SYSTEM. BEIJING ALREADY HAS OVER 6,000 MOBILE PHONES IN USE AND LARGE QUANTITIES ARE FOUND IN MUNICIPAL AREAS OF FUJIAN AND GUANGDONG PROVINCES. CURRENTLY, MOBILE PHONE USERS IN CHINA PAY ABOUT 20,000 YUAN TO ACQUIRE A MOBILE PHONE, AND THEN MUST PAY 1 YUAN PER MINUTE OF OUTGOING AND INCOMING CALLS. F. MPT INITIATES CONSTRUCTION OF CHINA'S LONGEST OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATIONS PROJECT BETWEEN SHANGHAT AND GUANGZHOU (HONG KONG WEN WEI PO - WWP, 30 OCT). THE 2,500 KM "NANYANHAI” COMMUNICATIONS CABLE, A KEY 8TH FYP PROJECT, BEGAN CONSTRUCTION ON 29 OCT. THE LINE WILL HAVE 24 CORES AND PROVIDE OVER 70,000 DIGITAL CHANNELS. THE 400 MILLION YUAN PROJECT WILL PASS THROUGH 59 CITIES AND COUNTIES ALONG CHINA'S EASTERN AND SOUTHERN COASTS, INCLUDING THE XIAMEN, SHANTOU, AND SHENZHEN SEZ'S. THE NEW OPTICAL FIBER LINE WILL BE LINKED TO SIMILAR LINES BETWEEN NANJING AND WUHAN AND NANJING AND SHANGHAI. (NOTE -- SEE ALSO 1-15 OCT 91 DSTI REPORT. ) 9, NUCLEAR/ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY A. GROWTH IN ELECTRIC POWER OUTPUT IN CHINA OQUTPACES NATIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH (PD, 18 OCT). CHINA'S TOTAL ELECTRIC POWER OUTPUT WILL EXCEED 670 BILLION KILOWATT (RW) - HOURS DURING 1991, AN INCREASE OF 7.8 PERCENT OVER 1990. POWER GROWTH HAS EXCEEDED GROWTH OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY, WHICH SHOULD BE ABOUT 6 UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200480001-3
UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200480001-3 PAGE: 0016 PERCENT, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CHINA'S HISTORY. DURING 1991, 60 LARGE POWER GENERATING FACILITIES WENT INTO OPERATION, INCREASING CHINA'S POWER PRODUCING CAPACITY BY 12,870,000 KW. B. QUNSHAN NUCLEAR REACTOR SAFETY SHELL PASSES APPRAISAL AS PHASE-2 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY IS COMPLETED (CD, 19 OCT; NCNA, 27 OCT). EXPERTS FROM THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR INDUSTRY CORP (NNIC), THE METALLURGICAL INDUSTRY, AND QINGHUA AND TONGJI UNIVERSITIES COMPLETED THEIR INSPECTION OF QINSHAN'S//GEOCOORDS: 3452N/11916E// REINFORCED CONCRETE PRESSURE VESSEL ON 18 OCT. THE STATION ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAD CORRECTED 193 OF 195 TECHNICAL PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY DURING A RECENT VISIT. NNIC HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED COMPLETION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY FOR PHASE-2 CONSTRUCTION OF THE QINSHAN PLANT. SECOND PHASE CONSTRUCTION CALLS FOR INSTALLATION OF TWO 600,000 KW NUCLEAR REACTORS AT THE FACILITY DURING THE 8TH FYP PERIOD. THE STUDY CONSIDERED IMPACT OF THE REACTORS' OPERATION ON THE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN A 300 KM RADIUS OF THE QINSHAN FACILITY. (NOTE -- SEE ALSO 1-15 APR AND 1-15 MAY 91 DSTI REPORTS. ) C. SPC APPROVES PLAN TO BUILD 1.2 MILLION kW THERMAL POWER PLANT IN SHANGHAI'S PUDONG DZ (CD, 21 OCT). THE 3.15 BILLION YUAN PROJECT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE WAIGAOQIAO FREE TRADE ZONE WITHIN THE PUDONG AREA. FIRST PHASE CONSTRUCTION WILL INVOLVE INSTALLATION OF FOUR 300,000 KW THERMAL GENERATORS. 75 PERCENT OF THE FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE CHINESE, WITH THE BALANCE PROVIDED BY TWO UI U.S. INVESTMENT COMPANIES. D. SPC APPROVES PLANS TO BUILD A 1.8 MILLION KW PUMP STORAGE POWER STATION IN ZHEJIANG PROVINCE (CD, 23 OCT). CONSTRUCTION OF THE 2 BILLION YUAN PROJECT, LOCATED IN ANJI COUNTY //GEOCOORDS:3038N/11941E//, WILL BEGIN IN 1993, THE STATION WILL BE DESIGNED TO PUMP WATER INTO A RESERVOIR USING SURPLUS POWER GENERATED BY THE EAST CHINA GRID DURING SLACK POWER USAGE PERIODS. THE WATER WILL THEN BE AVAILABLE 10 GENERATE RESERVE POWER DURING PEAK POWER USAGE PERIODS. FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT WILL BE INTRODUCED DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE STATION. E. FIRST PHASE CONSTRUCTION OF 250,000 KW THERMAL GENERATOR AT WENZHOU //GEOCOORDS: 2801N/12039E// POWER PLANT COMPLETED (CD, 28 OCT). SECOND PHASE CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WILL SOON BEGIN, CALLS FOR INSTALLATION OF A 600,000 KW THERMAL GENERATOR AT THE SITE. THE WENZHOU POWER PLANT WILL PROVIDE ELECTRICITY FOR THE LONGWAN //GEOCOORDS: 2803N/12109E// EXPORT UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200480001-3