QIAN XUESEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: STARGATE
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00792R000200090001-6
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• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 28, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 8, 1991
• Content Type: IR

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TITLE: QIAN XUESEN
DOC REF: KEJI RIBAO (SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY,, DAILY) (BEIJING)
(KERIE), 911108, NR 1108, 2
INF CTY: P REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)-
INF DATE:
COSATI: ID D MISSILE TECHNOLOGY (16); BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL
SCIENCES (05)
CLASSIF: UNCLASSIFIED
RELEASE: NONE (XX)
TEXT: EXTRACT.
IN 1956, QIAN XUELIN FOUNDED CHINA'S FIRST OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
GROUP, AND USED THIS GROUP AS A COMPONENT PART OF CHINA ACADEMY OF
SCIENCES MECHANICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE HE WAS TASKED TO ESTABLISH.
THROUGH THIS RESEARCH GROUP, QIAN XUELIN AND XU GUOZHI LAUNCHED
OPERATIONAL RESEARCH IN CHINA INTO THE DIRECTION OF SOCIALIST
ECONOMIC CONSTRUCTION.
IN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE FIFTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE HE FOUNDED CHINA'S
FIRST MILITARY OPERATIONAL RESEARCH ORGAN, THE COMBAT RESEARCH
OFFICE. HE ALSO LAUNCHED OPERATIONAL RESEARCH IN THE DIRECTION OF
DEVELOPING STANDARDIZING AND DEMONSTRATING CHINA'S WEAPONS AND
EQUIPMENT. THIS CAN BE CALLED THE BEGINNING OF CHINA'S NATIONAL
DEFENSE SYSTEM'S ANALYTICAL RESEARCH OPERATIONS.
SINCE THE SPRING OF 1978, QIAN XUELIN HAS MADE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS
IN THE PROMOTING OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, SYSTEM
ENGINEERING, AND SYSTEM ANALYSIS IN CHINA. HE HAS GIVEN A SERIES OF
SCHOLARLY SPEECHES IN BEIJING, CHENGDU, KUNMING AND CHANGSHA. THE
GIST OF THESE SPEECHES HAS BEEN COMPILED INTO A PAPER PUBLISHED ON
27 SEPTEMBER 1978 ENTITLED THE TECHNOLOGY OF ORGANIZATION AND
MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM ENGINEERING. THIS PAPER HAS HAD A VERY POSITIVE
EFFECT IN STIMULATING OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, SYSTEM ENGINEERING AND
SYSTEM ANALYSIS ACTIVITIES IN CHINA.
PFN INFORMATION: PART 001
RELATES: XUESEN QIAN AND GUOZHI XU ARE MEMBERS OF INST OF
MECHANICS (ACAD SINICA).
PERSON: QIAN, XUESEN
PROTITLE: FOUNDER
PERS CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
PERSON: XU, GUOZHI
PROTITLE: FOUNDER
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PERS CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
FACILITY: INST OF MECHANICS
SUPERIOR: ACAD SINICA
FACL CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
FSUBORD: FACILITY SUBORDINATION DATA
RELATES: XUESEN QIAN IS A MEMBER OF FIFTH ACAD (MIN OF DEFENSE).
PERSON: QIAN, XUESEN
PROTITLE: FOUNDER
PERS CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
FACILITY: FIFTH ACAD
SUPERIOR: MIN OF DEFENSE
SUBORD: COMBAT RESEARCH DIVISION
FACL CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
FSUBORD: FACILITY SUBORDINATION DATA
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