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The Structure of Technological Information Dissemination in China: Publication of Scientific and Technological Manuals, 1970–1977

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Erik Baark
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The People's Republic of China has recently embarked upon a giant programme of modernization, and in the formulation of policies concerning, this industrial development, its leaders have repeatedly stressed the raising of the scientific and technological level of the personnel involved in Chinese industry as a prerequisite to the successful attainment of the desired goals. While the education of scientists and engineers in universities has been the subject of much attention in western studies, the widespread dissemination of scientific and technological information, a fundamental issue in the process of training personnel for industry, has been discussed mainly by the Chinese policy-makers themselves.

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The China Quarterly , Volume 83 , September 1980 , pp. 510 - 534
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Copyright © The China Quarterly 1980

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References

1. See, for example, Shih, Lien, “Take class struggle as the key link and further ensure the success of ‘three-in-one’ book compilation,” Survey of People's Republic of China Press (SPRCP), 76–33, pp. 12–15Google Scholar.

2. See “Several publishing houses at the capital service proletarian politics, the workers, peasants and soldiers, and socialism under the guidance of Chairman Mao's revolutionary line and achieve gratifying results in open-door operations,” SPRCP, 76–43, pp. 224–26.

3. People's Daily, 20 December 1977, p. 2, and People's Daily. 12 January 1978, p. 1. See also BBC: Summary of World Broadcasts (SWB): The Far East, FE/5715/BII.

4. Ibid.

5. “Technical books written by Chinese worker welcomed in China”, Survey of China Mainland Press (SCMP), 73–29, pp. 176–78.

6. “Shanghai People's Publishing House determined to further develop ‘three-in-one combination’ editing and writing activities”, SPRCP, 79–42, p. 127.

7. Shanghai People's Press was established in 1972, as an alleged stronghold of the “gang of four”. It replaced the Shanghai Publishing Bureau, which however, was reinstated as of 1 January 1978. See SWB, FE/5715/BII/18.

8. Personal communication from Danish students enrolled at the Beijing University in 1975–76.

9. Schwartz, Jack, Computing in China: a trip report (1972), p. 6Google Scholar.

10. Gosh, S. K.: “China's electronic capability”, China Report, 07–August 1976, p. 11Google Scholar; and Sigurdson, Jon, Technology and Science in the People's Republic of China. An Introduction (Oxford: Pergamon Press, forthcoming)Google Scholar.

11. “Survey of scientists and technicians”, SWB, FE/5715/BII/16.