QIAN XUESEN

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00792R000200390002-2
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 28, 1998
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 2, 1991
• Content Type: IR

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TITLE: QIAN XUESEN
DOC REF: KEJI RIBAO (SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DAILY,) (BEIJING)
(KERIE), 911102, NR 1102, 2
INF CTY: EPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
INF DATE:
COSATI: FR ORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (05); PHYSICS (20)
CLASSIF: UNCLASSIFIED
RELEASE: NONE (XX)
QIAN XUESEN WAS APPOINTED AS DEPUTY MINISTER OF THE SEVENTH MACHINE
BUILDING ON 15 FEBRUARY 1965; HE WAS APPOINTED THE FIRST PRESIDENT
OF CHINA SPACE RESEARCH ACADEMY (A CONCURRENT POST FOR QIAN) IN 1968.
ON 12 JUNE 1970, HE WAS APPOINTED DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION. IN 1982, HE WAS APPOINTED DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
COMMISSION OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY. IN JULY 1987, HE
WAS APPOINTED SENIOR ADVISER OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE COMMISSION.
OWING TO CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHINA'S STRATEGIC MISSILE TECHNOLOGY, QIAN
WAS CHOSEN AS THE FIRST PLACE WINNER OF THE ALL CHINA SPECIAL GRADE
PRIZE FOR PROGRESS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; THE FOLLOWING PERSONS
WERE COWINNERS: TU SHOUE, YAO TONGBIN, HAO FUJIAN, LIANG SILI,
ZHUANG FENGGAN AND LI XUE.
ON 29 JUNE 1989, AT THE 1989 INTERNATIONAL TECHNIQUE AND TECHNICAL
CIRCULATION CONFERENCE CONVENED AT NEW YORK QIAN WAS AWARDED A W. F.
WEILADE AND ROCKWELL, JR. MEDAL; IN ADDITION, HE WAS HONORED AT THE
SAME OCCASION AS A WORLD CLASS SCIENTIST AND ENGINEER, AND AN
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING IN HONORING HIS MAJOR PIONEERING CONTRIBUTIONS TO
ROCKET AND GUIDED MISSILE TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
THEORY.
RELATES: XUESEN QIAN IS A MEMBER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COMMITTEE.
PERSON: QIAN, XUESEN
PROTITLE: DEPUTY DIRECTOR
PERS CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
PERSDATA: BIOGRAPHIC DATA
FACILITY: NATIONAL DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY
COMMITTEE
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FACL CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
XUESEN QIAN IS A MEMBER OF CHINA INST OF SPACE RESEARCH.
PERSON: QIAN, XUESEN
PROTITLE: PRESIDENT
PERS CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
PERSDATA: BIOGRAPHIC DATA
PFN DATE: 1968
FACILITY: CHINA INST OF SPACE RESEARCH
FACL CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
RELATES: XUESEN QIAN IS A MEMBER OF SEVENTH MIN OF THE MACHINE
INDUSTRY.
PERSON: QIAN, XUESEN
PROTITLE: DEPUTY MINISTER
PERS CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
PERSDATA: BIOGRAPHIC DATA
PFN DATE: 1965
FACILITY: SEVENTH MIN OF THE MACHINE INDUSTRY
FACL CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
RELATES: XUESEN QIAN IS A MEMBER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE.
PERSON: QIAN, XUESEN
PROTITLE: DEPUTY DIRECTOR
PERS CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
PERSDATA: BIOGRAPHIC DATA
PFN DATE: 1970
FACILITY: NATIONAL DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
FACL CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
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