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UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200600001-9 JULY 92. ENGINEERING TESTS, INITIAL DESIGN WORK, AND EQUIPMENT POSITIONING HAVE NOW BEEN COMPLETED. AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN SIGNED WITH TWO UI FRENCH CO'S TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO 600,000 KW WATER PRESSURE REACTORS AT A SITE 2 KM SOUTH OF THE EXISTING 300,000 KW NUCLEAR REACTOR. EARTH AND STONE WORK FOR THE PROJECT WILL BEGIN IN EARLY 1993 AND THE PROJECT IS TO BE COMPLETED AND SUPPLYING POWER TO THE EAST CHINA GRID BEFORE THE YEAR 2000. (SEE ALSO 16-30 SEP 92 DSTI REPORT. ) E. ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO PROVIDE USD 50 MILLION LOAN FOR 1.2 MILLION KW NANSHA THERMAL POWER PLANT (CD, 27 OCT). THE GUANGDONG PROVINCE GOVERNMENT HAS SECURED THE LOAN TO HELP DEFRAY THE COST OF THE 2.1 BILLION YUAN NANSHA SEZ POWER STATION, LOCATED ABOUT 43 KM SOUTH OF GUANGZHOU. IN MAY 91, THE SPC APPROVED A JV BETWEEN THE HONG KONG NEW WORLD DEVELOPMENT CO AND THE GUANGZHOU ECONOMIC CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT CO, EACH HOLDING 50 PERCENT EQUITY IN THE PROJECT. SECOND PHASE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PLANT IS TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1994. 9. MEDICAL SCIENCE A. MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH (MPH) PLEDGES TO WIPE OUT POLIO IN CHINA BY 1995 DURING REGIONAL IMMUNIZATION MEETING (CD, 20 OCT). THE 5 DAY SESSION, SPONSORED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, WAS THE THIRD MEETING OF THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC REGION'S EXPANDED IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM. SIXTY-FIVE SPECIALISTS FROM EIGHT COUNTRIES ATTENDED THE MEETING TO CONSIDER PROPOSALS TO BULK PURCHASE POLIO VACCINES, WHICH COULD THEN BE PROCESSED LOCALLY AT GREATLY REDUCED COSTS. THE MINISTRY REPORTED THAT THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED POLIO CASES IN CHINA HAD BEEN REDUCED FROM 5,089 IN 1990, TO 1,918 IN 1991. MPH THEREFORE PROJECTS THAT IT WILL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE ITS SELF- IMPOSED DEADLINE OF 1995 FOR ERADICATING THE DISEASE IN CHINA. B. TWO DOCTORS FROM PLA NUMBER 309 HOSPITAL SUCCESSFULLY REPLACE PATIENT'S ENTIRE THIGHBONE AND KNEE IN LANDMARK SURGERY (CGD, 23 OCT). DOCTORS ((FAN)) YUSHAN AND ((JING)) HAI PERFORMED THIS UNIQUE SURGERY FOR THE FIRST TIME ON A HUNAN PROVINCE FARMER WITH BONE CANCER. THE ARTIFICIAL LIMBS WERE PROVIDED BY AN UL FACTORY ATTACHED TO MASI. THE PATIENT WAS ALREADY WALKING WELL ONLY 2 MONTHS AFTER HIS SURGERY. C. ALL CHINA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNAL MEDICINE UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200600001-9 PAGE : 0006