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; UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200600001-9 PAGE: 0010 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 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 HEBEI 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 SUCII 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 TECIINOLOGY PROVIDED BY OVERSEAS FIRMS INVOLVED IN SINO-FOREIGN JVS, WHICH MAY ALSO BE USED TO ENHANCE PLA MILITARY EQUIPMENT DEVELOPMENT. UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200600001-9