Subject: CND (US), Saturday, September 7, 1991

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 1991 17:07:40 -0500

-+-+-+-+-+  C h i n a	N e w s   D i g e s t,	US Section (CND-US) +-+-+-+-+-

			     September 7, 1991

Table of Contents					      No. of Lines

1. News Brief...........................................................28
2. People's Daily: Advanced Parole Accepted as Valid Visa...............21
3. Chinese Academy of Sciences: Impressions from a Home Visit...........85
4. Job Opportunities in Computer Graphics...............................37
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. News Brief...........................................................28
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

IFCSS President Visits UMASS - President of IFCSS, Zhao Haiqing visited the
University of Massachussets at Amherst to have his long weekend "vacation"
during first two days in Sept.  While in Amherst, Zhao Haiqing discussed
with active CSSA members on issues of how to carry out work plan of IFCSS,
and met with local Chinese students and scholars and Chinese faculty
members. During these meethings, new students talked about the situation in
China, members of CSSA/Umass committee talked about issues of how to work
well for CSS, and some students expressed their hopes and suggestions for
IFCSS and asked some questions of general concerns in CSS, such as issues of
MFN, protection of CSS, and so on. Zhao Haiqing introduced basic situation
of IFCSS on many issues, expressed his concern of problems local CSSA
raised, answered the questions concerned for CSS. Zhao Haiqing commented
that he learned a lot of the real situation of local CSSA and general
concerns of CSS. (Shijing Wang,  <[email-masked]>)

Chinese Student Elected to Graduate Student Association President - A
Chinese student from mainland China, Weikang Wang, has been elected as the
president of Graduate and Professional Students Association (GPSA) at
Washington State University. This is the first time in WSU GPSA's history
that the graduate and professional students accepted a foreign student as
president. He is also probably one of the first group of Chinese students
being elected as president of Graduate and Professional Students Association
(GPSA) at a major University in US.

The GPSA at WSU represents over 2,000 graduate and professional students.
The GPSA president is an ex-officio member of the University Foundation
Trustees and the University Alumni Association Board, and sits in on all
meetings of the University Regents. (<[email-masked]>)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. People's Daily: Advanced Parole Accepted as Valid Visa...............21
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>From: Bo Xiong, <[email-masked]>
Source: People's Daily, Aug. 27, 1991

August 27's (1991) People's Daily Overseas Edition published a Q&A about US
Advanced Parole and self-supported CSS on page 4. Here is a summary of the
lengthy Q&A:

Q: (From HUANG-PU Dong-hai, a Chinese student at University of Virginia)
   It's said that PRC government will not accept US Advanced Parole as a
   valid foreign visa and home-visiting CSS cannot use it to apply PRC
   Exit Permit after July 31, 1991, is this true?

A: (By the PD columnist Mr. ZHANG, a lawyer)
   I checked with PRC authority in charge of Exit/Entry Affairs, this is
   absolutely not true (Jue2 Wu2 Chi3 Shuo1), PRC has been accepting US
   Advanced Parole as valid foreign entry visa ......, any self-supported
   overseas CSS may apply PRC Exit Permit with his/her student ID, or the
   letter from PRC consulates or other documents verifying his/her student
   status, along with re-entry permit issued by foreign country.  The
   application will be processed immediately and there is no need for the
   CSS to ask their original domestic unit for approval, ......

More info about the procedure for overseas CSS (both self-supported and
government-supported) to apply PRC Exit Permit while visiting home can also
be found on July 31's (1991, of course) People's Daily.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. Chinese Academy of Sciences: Impressions from a Home Visit...........84
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>From: Zhenqin Li, <[email-masked]>
Date: Friday, Sept 6 1991

In the month of August, I went back to China for a visit.  During my stay in
Beijing, I had the chance of attending the Young Scientists Conference on
Physics (August 19-24) organized by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). I
also visited the Biology and Chemistry Departments of Peking University as
well as the Institute of Biophysics of CAS, and talked extensively with the
Chinese scientists in my field (biophysics/ molecular modeling).  In
addition, I met and had discussions with Zhou Guangzhao (president of CAS).

(1) Young Scientists Conference on Physics (August 19-24)

The Young Scientists Conference (YSC) on Physics is one of three similar
conferences (to be) held this year by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as an
attempt to promote academic exchanges between young Chinese scientists in
China and those overseas. YSC on Computer Sciences was held in Hefei in
June, with only less than ten participants from abroad.  In contrast, the
announcement of the conference on physics was posted on the computer
networks (including SCC), and attracted more than 100 overseas applicants in
less than two months. Among them about 32 from abroad were invited to attend
the conference, along with about 30 young physicists in China. The third
conference, in the area of life sciences, is to be held in October in
Shanghai. The person in charge of this one is: Prof. Du Yucang, Vice
President of Shanghai Branch of CAS, 319 YueYang Road, Shanghai, 200031;
tel. 4310242, Fax: 86-21-4374915. Because organizers of this conference rely
on recommendations, only about a dozen participants from abroad had been
selected by the middle of August.

The organizers of the Young Scientists Conference on Physics put in a lot of
efforts to satisfy the special needs of the overseas participants. They
offered to greet them at the Beijing Airport, to have their exit permits
processed, and to give them ride to have physical examinations at the
Beijing Disease Prevention Center. The scientific sessions consist of only
three of the six days of the conference. One day is allocated for visiting
the CAS research institutes; another is for sightseeing; the physical
examination and discussion session take another day.

According to Zhou Guangzhao, president of CAS, there are six similar
conferences being planned next summer. The overseas Chinese organizations
interested in these conferences may contact: Zhang Yungang, Deputy Secretary
General, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 52 SanLiHe Road, Beijing, China.

(2) Problems in China's Policies on Science, Technology, and Education
    -- Meeting with Zhou Guangzhao of CAS

As one interested in the future directions of the Chinese Academy of
Sciences (CAS), I made an appointment to see Zhou Guangzhao. From what I
heard before, it seemed to me that it is Zhou's idea to transform CAS
research institutes into something similar to the government laboratories in
the U.S. (e.g., Los Alamos National Lab, Brookhaven National Lab, etc.).

Zhou Guangzhao said that developmental researches have been promoted within
CAS in the last seven years. About 10% of the 80,000 - 90,000 workforces of
the CAS have turned into the operation of (high-tech) companies, which
experience an annual growth rate of 10% to 15%. Venture capitals have been
established for high-tech companies engaging in long-term research. There
exists an Information Center which serves CAS community, but with limited
database capability and no computer network access. The main difficulties
facing CAS developmental researches are: (1) lack of funding; (2) lack of
manufacturing support from the industries; (3) lack of marketing experiences
for high-tech products, especially in the international sphere.

On the development of computer networks, Zhou said that the installation of
ZhongGuanCun Net, an optical fiber network connecting Peking University,
Tsinghua University and CAS research institutes, is expected to be finished
by next year. It should be fully operational by 1994, as required by the
World Bank. The cost of this network is on the order of tens of million RMB
Yuan. On the question of the Chinese academic community to develop a
national computer network by sharing satellite channels, Zhou said that he
personally supports the idea, but it is the politicians who decide where to
put the money, e.g., the Aerospace Ministry would argue for the funding of a
space shuttle program.

On the question of overseas Chinese students and scholars. Zhou said that it
is the policies of the CAS: (i) to adopt an open-door attitude and encourage
Chinese scientists to compete in the world arena; (ii) to give special
support to scientists who work on the Chinese soil; (iii) to be open-minded
about those CAS employees who chose to stay abroad. An office in U.S. is to
be established to facilitate academic exchanges with American scientists and
overseas Chinese scholars. Given the fact that many Chinese Chinese students
and scholars choose to stay abroad for a considerable time, CAS decides to
allocate 20% of its training funds (originally for the purpose of sending
students abroad) to organize conferences for overseas scholars to give
lectures at home (the Young Scientists Conference on Physics mentioned in
the first part of this report is one of such conferences).

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. Job Opportunities in Computer Science................................37
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>From: Howard Hou, <[email-masked]>
Date: Saturday, Sept 7, 1991

1). Engineers for Geographical Information System (GIS) Development in
    Taiwan, and New Mexico/New Jersey, USA.

    A dynamic and progressive organization is seeking innovative individuals
    to develop GIS softwares for civilian and/or military applications.

    The qualified candidate must possess a M.S. (with 3-5 years experience)
    or Ph.D. (with 1-3 years experience) in Computer Science, Electrical
    Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering or related
    fields.  Experience in designing user friendly interactive GIS softwares
    and a knowledge of expert system, fuzzy logics, air pollution control,
    image processing, data compression, MOTIF, OPENLOOK, X11R4, XGKS, XGL,
    FORTRAN, C, C++ languages, and SUN SPARCstation (or IBM RISC/6000) are
    preferred.

2). Engineers for Interactive Computer Graphics Development in Taiwan.

    A dynamic and progressive organization is seeking innovative individuals
    to develop Interactive computer graphics softwares for three-dimensional
    finite element mesh generation and data analyses.

    The qualified candidate must possess a M.S. (with 3-5 years experience)
    or Ph.D. (with 1-3 years experience) in Computer Science, Electrical
    Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering or related
    fields.  Experience in designing user friendly interactive computer
    graphics softwares and a knowledge of expert system, fuzzy logics, air
    pollution control, image processing, data compression, MOTIF, OPENLOOK,
    X11R4, XGKS, XGL, FORTRAN, C, C++ languages, and SUN SPARCstation (or
    IBM RISC/6000) are preferred.

All above positions offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits
package.  Interested candidates should send resume directly to: Dr. James
Liu, IntelliSys Corporation, 3801 Eubank, NE, Suite 201, Albuquerque, NM
87111, Tel. (505)298-2333, Fax (505)298-3400

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Executive Editor of this issue: Zuofeng Li  [email-masked]   |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Subscribe to CND Global News:                                          |
|    send "SUB CHINA-NN <Your Name>" to [email-masked]         |
|Subscribe to CND US Regional News:                                     |
|    send "SUB CHINA-ND <Your Name>" to [email-masked]          |
|Subscribe to CND Canada Regional News:                                 |
|    send "SUB CNC-L <Your Name>" to [email-masked]               |
|Subscribe to CND Europe & Pacific Regional News:                       |
|    send "SUB CND-EP <Your Name>" to [email-masked]             |
|Subscribe to CND Chinese Magazine (Hua Xia Wen Zhai):                  |
|    send "SUB CCMAN-L <Your Name>" to [email-masked]              |
|Drop from any of the above list: substitute "SUB" by "UNSUB"           |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
|For technical assistance, contact: [email-masked]     |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+