(EST Pub Date) Science and Technology in Communist CHINA Through 1970

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IV. Status and Trends in Research and Development
87. China has achieved certain successes in some
areas of its research and development programs in
spite of critical shortages of senior scientists and
engineers, lack of modern techniques and methods,
and deficiencies in the amounts of advanced mate-
rials, equipment, and facilities. Nevertheless,
China’s immediate research and development capa-
bilities and rate of progress in the disciplines and
technologies will feel the eitects of these far-
reaching shortages for several years to come. The
assessments that are presented in this study are
based on the assumption that there will be no re-
sumption of foreign assistance to Chinese research
and development as had been provided by the
Soviet Union before 1960.
A. SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
1. Physics
88. China has recognized the importance of basic
physics research and has a program of study in
that discipline. Although the country has not
achieved notable results, a good foundation exists
for growth and for general support of economic
and military needs.
89. An increasing amount of basic solid-state
research is being conducted. A major research
effort in solid-state physics has been designed to
support the Chinese electronics industry, which
obviously can make immediate contributions to
advanced weapons systems and to the civilian
91. China has made modest achievements in
low-energy nuclear physics, and gradual progress
in this field can be expected. Accelerators avail-
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92. In high-energy physics, much of the research
is done at the Institute of Atomic Energy* in Pei-
ping. This work must be largely theoretical be-
cause experimental facilities are limited; many
problems in this area are referred to Chinese scien-
tists working at the ]oint Institute for Nuclear
Research in Dubna, USSR.
The limitations im-
posed by inadequate equipment will almost cer-
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