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UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200600001-9 PAGE: 0005 IT RECENTLY ESTABLISHED A JV IN MALAYSIA TO BUILD MICROWAVE TRANSMISSION TOWERS. H. CHINA'S LARGEST AND MOST SOPHISTICATED SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS GROUND STATION BEGINS OPERATING IN BEIJING (WWP AND PD, 27 OCT). THE STATION IS LOCATED IN SHAHE, WHICH IS ABOUT 45 KM NORTHWEST OF BEIJING. THE NEW TRACKING, TELEMETERING, COMMAND, AND MONITORING STATION FEATURES A HIGH LEVEL OF AUTOMATION. IT IS ONE OF SIX COMPLEXES COMPOSING A GLOBAL SATELLITE NETWORK OPERATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SATE LLITE ORGANIZATION. 8. NUCLEAR/ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY A. HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE BEGINS CONSTRUCTION OF 18,000 KW XIANGSHAN HYDROPOWER STATION (HARBIN RADIO, 15 OCT). THE STATION IS LOCATED 72 KM NORTH OF HEINE ON THE HEILONGJIANG RIVER. IT WILL REQUIRE AN INVESTMENT OF 87 MILLION YUAN AND WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1995. WHEN IT ENTERS THE POWER GRID IT WILL HAVE AN ANNUAL OUTPUT OF 42 MILLION KW/HOURS. B. MINISTRY OF ENERGY RESOURCES PLANS "HYDROELECTRIC STATION EQUIPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION EXPOSITION” IN JUN 93 (CD, 18 OCT). THE SHOW, WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE BEIJING INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTER, WILL FEATURE HIGH TECH EQUIPMENT TO BE EMPLOYED TO BUILD THE THREE GORGES HYDROPOWER AND DAM PROJECT. THE EXHIBITION WILL ENCOURAGE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND INVESTMENT IN THE MASSIVE DAM PROJECT. THE EXPOSITION WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE THREE GORGES PROJECT, TO ADDRESS ITS OVERALL DESIGN, EQUIPMENT SELECTION, CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY, AND MACHINERY. (SEE ALSO 1-15 APR 92 DSTI REPORT. ) C. HENAN POWER TRANSMISSION CO COMPLETES "500 KILOVOLT DOUBLE-CIRCUIT, HIGH TENSION CABLE" ACROSS YELLOW RIVER (PD, 21 OCT). THE CABLE STRETCHES OVER 4 KM ACROSS THE YELLOW RIVER NEAR THE MANGSHAN TOURIST CENTER IN ZHENGZHOU //GEOCOORDS: 3445N/11340E//. THE CABLE IS ONE OF THE MAIN ARTERIES FOR THE HENAN AND CENTRAL CHINA POWER NETWORK AND IS EMPLOYED TO TRANSMIT ELECTRIC POWER FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. D. MORE THAN HALF OF PREPARATORY STEPS FOR SECOND STAGE CONSTRUCTION OF QINSHAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT COMPLETED (WWP, 27 OCT). THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THIS KEY 8TH FYP PROJECT WAS APPROVED BY THE SPC IN UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200600001-9