SHIK CHING METAL WORKS, PEIPING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010000210012-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 1999
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: January 26, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION NTEIOL - UbS. OFFICIALS
CEN1 U1P LNCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY China
SU EJECT Ship Ching Shan Metal Works, Peiping
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PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
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DATE DISTR.,. 26 Jan 1952
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1. One of the cornerstones of the Communist plan for Chinese heavy industry
is the Shih Ching Shan ( , W ) Metal Works near Peiping. The
plant,, which fell intact into Communist hands when FU Tsoi 1s troops defected,
consists of an electricity generating plant and a manganese smelting factory.
The labor force of 3,000 comprises mainly convicts, persons sentenced to
hard labor, and Nationalist POW's.
2. The generators have a maximum daily output of 2,000,000 watts. Since
the recent installation of more machinery from the US,~ft..And from the
Ttaiyuan Electricity Plant, they produce enough curre t 'to supply not
only Peiping and Tungehow, but also the following districts: Tsingho,
Nankow, Hsiahuayuan (115-15, 40-28), Hsuanhua (115-01, 40-37),
Ohangehiaktou (114-55, 40-50), Changhsintien (114-18, 32-19) Railway Repair
Shop, Paoting (115-29s 38-52), and Kaopeitien (115-51, 39-20).
3. Since March 1950, a mixture of coke and Tate has been used and
rest special dust fuel. There are stockpiles of Kai an coal for 65 days
and of one other fuel for 43 days.
has reduced the amount of fuel required to pr rte one unit of current
from 1.37 kg, to 0,99 kg.
The Metal Works uses 30 tons of manganese ore a day. Daily fuel consump-
tion is 1,000 tons, 240 tons of which are Kailan ( Prj' Y `! ) coal and the
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