CHINESE PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN BODY SCIENCES

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Summary: This CIA document discusses China's progress in the field of human body sciences, specifically focusing on qigong and other extraordinary abilities. China has established three research centers dedicated to the study of qigong and other phenomena related to the human body. These centers are equipped with advanced scientific equipment and staffed with specialists and scholars. Additionally, a 3-year course on human engineering has been started at Shenzhen University. The document mentions several research projects and studies conducted in China related to qigong and extraordinary abilities. The establishment of these research centers suggests that China is aiming to exploit achievements in the human body sciences, possibly for military purposes.

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 COUNTRY:    (U) CHINA (CH).
 SUBJ:                       CHINESE PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN BODY
 SCIENCES (U).
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 DOI :  (U) 881201.          )2, /d 1 f
 REQS:  (U) INITIATIVE.
 SOURCE:  1.  (U)  NEWSPAPER, WEN HUI BAO (WHB), SHANGHAI, CHINA, 4
 NOVEMBER 1988, IN CHINESE.
 2.  (U) NEWSPAPER, KEJI RIBAO (KR), BEIJING, CHINA, 22 NOVEMBER
 1988, IN CHINESE.
 3.  (U) JOURNAL, QIGONG ZAZHI (QZ) (BREATHING EXERCISE--AN EXERCISE
 FOR HEALTH AND LONGEVITY), HANGZHOU, CHINA, NO. 8, 12 AUGUST 1988,
 IN CHINESE.
 4.  (U) NEWSPAPER, ZHONGGUO DIANZI BAO (ZDB), BEIJING, CHINA, 15
 JULY 1988, IN CHINESE.
 5.  (U) NEWSPAPER, TA KUNG PAO (TKP), HONG KONG, 27 OCTOBER 1988, IN
 CHINESE.
 6.  (U) NEWSPAPER, WEN WEI PO (WWP), HONG KONG, 1 DECEMBER 1988, IN
 CHINESE.
 7.  (U) JOURNAL, ZHONGHUA QIGONG (ZQ) (CHINESE BREATHING EXERCISE),
 BEIJING, CHINA, NO. 5, SEPTEMBER 1988, IN CHINESE.
 SUMMARY:  (U) CHINA CONTINUES TO SHOW GREAT INTEREST IN THE STUDY OF
 EXTRAORDINARY POWERS OF THE HUMAN BODY.  RESEARCH IN THIS AREA,
 WHICH IS REFERRED TO AS THE HUMAN BODY SCIENCES IN CHINA, HAS BEEN
 AIDED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THREE RESEARCH CENTERS ESPECIALLY
 EQUIPPED AND STAFFED FOR THE RESEARCH OF QIGONG AND OTHER PHENOMENA.
 TEXT:  1.  (U) CHINA HAS RECENTLY STARTED THE HUMAN BODY SCIENCE
 RESEARCH CENTER (STC 0086 7555 4430 1331 4282 4496 0022 1800), THE
 HUMAN BODY ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER (0086 7555 1562 4453 1331
 4282 4496 0022 1800), AND THE CHINESE QIGONG SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER
 (STC 0022 0948 3051 0501 4430 1331 4282 4496 0022 1800).  ALSO, A
 3-YEAR COURSE ON HUMAN ENGINEERING HAS BEEN STARTED AT SHENZHEN
 UNIVERSITY.  CHINA RECENTLY ANNOUNCED SEVEN RESEARCH PROJECTS
 RELATED TO THE HUMANBODY SCIENCES, ESPECIALLY QIGONG AND OTHER
 EXTRAORDINARY CAPABILITIES.
 2.  (U) A JULY 1988 CHINESE SOURCE (ZDB, P. 1) REPORTED THE
 ESTABLISHMENT ON 25 JUNE 1988 OF A HUMAN BODY SCIENCE RESEARCH
 CENTER AT THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY,
 CHANGSHA//GEOCOORD:2812N/11258E//.  THIS CENTER'S DEPARTMENTS
 INCLUDE ONES FOR SPACE, ELECTRONICS, APPLIED PHYSICS, AND SYSTEMS
 ENGINEERING RESEARCH, STAFFED BY DOZENS OF SPECIALISTS AND SCHOLARS.
 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ((TAN)) SHUSHENG (STC 6223 5002 3932) OF THE
 APPLIED PHYSICS DEPARTMENT WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE NEW
 FACILITY, WHICH USES THE MOST CURRENT SCIENTIFIC THEORIES AND
 EMPLOYS ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, INCLUDING THE
 MODERN EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS, AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE NATIONAL
 DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY, TO CONDUCT RESEARCH
 RELATED TO THE HUMAN BODY SCIENCES.  ((ZHANG)) ZHENHUAN (STC 1728
 7201 1403), BOARD CHAIRMAN OF THE CHINESE SOCIETY OF QIGONG SCIENCE,
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 ATTENDED THE INAUGURAL CELEBRATION FOR THE NEW CENTER.
 3.  (U) ACCORDING TO OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER CHINESE SOURCES (TKP, P.
 5; WHB, P. 1), A HUMAN 8ODY ENGINEERING COURSE AND A HUMAN BODY
 ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER (STC 0086 7555 1562 4453 1331 4282 4496
 0022 1800) HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE HUMAN BODY ENGINEERING
 DEPARTMENT AT SHENZHKN UNIVERSITY, SHENZHEN//GEOCOORD:2232N/
 11408E//.
 A.  (U) A 3-YEAR COURSE IN HUMAN BODY ENGINEERING IS EXPECTED TO
 EDUCATE TALENTED PERSONNEL FOR A HUMAN BODY ENGINEERING RESEARCH
 CENTER WHICH IS DESIGNED TO BE CHINA'S CENTER OF RESEARCH ON
 EXTRAORDINARY CAPABILITIES OF THE HUMAN BODY.  IN 1988 THE COURSE
 ACCEPTED ITS FIRST STUDENTS, AGED 16 TO 30, FROM ACROSS THE NATION
 (TKP REPORTED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AS 16; WHB REPORTED THE NUMBER
 AS 20).  ALL STUDENTS HAVE EITHER DEMONSTRATED SOME SPECIAL ABILITY
 OR HAVE BEEN LEARNING QIGONG.  THE CURRICULA INCLUDE A GENERAL
 KNOWLEDGE OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE AN9 WESTERN MEDICINES, THE YIJING
 (STC 2496 4842) (THE BOOK OF CHANGES, ONE OF THE FIVE CHINESE
 CLASSICS), BAGUA (STC 0360 0597) (THE EIGHT DIAGRAMS, EIGHT
 COMBINATIONS OF THREE WHOLE OR BROKEN LINES USED IN DIVINATION),
 COMPUTERS, AND QIGONG.
 B.  (U) THE PRECURSOR TO THE HUMAN BODY ENGINEERING RESEARCH
 CENTER WAS THE QIGONG RESEARCH CENTER ESTABLISHED 2 YEARS EARLIER AT
 SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY.  THE NEW FACILITY IS DESIGNED TO BE AN
 INTEGRATED BASE FOR EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, AND TRAINING. IT
 WILL DIAGNOSE AND TREAT PATIENTS USING CLAIRVOYANCE, ACUPUNCTURE,
 AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE.  ((LUO   ZHENGQI (STC 5012 1794
 0796), PRESIDENT OF SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY, AND ((LIU)) HEQIAO (STC
 0491 7729 5062), DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE GUANGZHOU MILITARY REGION,
 WERE AMONG THE GUESTS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE HUMAN BODY
 ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER.
 4.  (U) AN AUGUST 1988 CHINESE SOURCE (QZ, P. 353) REPORTED THAT
 CHINA'S QIGONG SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER (LOCATION NOT IDENTIFIED) WAS
 ESTABLISHED ON 26 MAY 1988 AS A SUBORDINATE ORGANIZATION OF THE
 CHINESE SOCIETY OF QIGONG SCIENCE.  CHAIRMAN ZHANG ZHENHUAN OF THE
 LATTER ORGANIZATION BECAME DIRECTOR OF THE QIGONG SCIENCE RESEARCH
 CENTER.  THE MISSIONS OF THIS NEW CENTER ARE TO COORDINATE VARIOUS
 STUDIES ON QIGONG SCIENCE AND CONSTRUCT INFORMATION NETWORKS,
 EVALUATE AND DISSEMINATE QIGONG SCIENCE RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS, AND
 PROVIDE RELATED ADVICE AND SUGGESTIONS.
 5.  (U) ACCORDING TO NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER CHINESE SOURCES (KR, P.
 1; WWP, P. 1), ((ZHANG)) CHUNYAN (STC 1728 2504 1750) OF THE BEIJING
 ACADEMY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE, BEIJING, DISCOVERED A THIRD
 PATH THAT DIFFERS FROM THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND MERIDIAN SYSTEM (MAIN
 AND COLLATERAL VITAL ENERGY CHANNELS) IN THE BODY, WHICH IS PROVING
 TO BE OF GREAT VALUE IN TREATING HARD-TO-CURE DISEASES.  ZHANG
 PRESENTED HIS HYPOTHESIS ABOUT THE THIRD PATH AT THE FIRST WORLD
 CONVENTION ON ACUPUNCTURE HELD IN OCTOBER 1987 (LOCATION NOT
 IDENTIFIED), GARNERING THE ATTENTION OF WORLD SPECIALISTS.
 6.  (U) A SEPTEMBER 1988 CHINESE SOURCE (ZQ, PP. 2-6) PUBLISHED THE
 FOLLOWING FIVE RECENT STUDIES ON QIGONG AND OTHER EXTRAORDINARY
 ABILITIES.
 A.  (U) "EXPERIMENTS ON THE EFFECTS OF WAIQI (EXHALED "QI") ON
 THE MOLECULES OF A SUBSTANCE LOCATED 2000 KILOMETERS AWAY," BY A
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 20-MEMBER QIGONG SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH COOPERATION GROUP, QINGHUA
 UNIVERSITY, BEIJING, LED BY ((LI)) SHENGPING (STC 2621 0581 1027).
 B.  (U) "DYNAMIC CHANGES IN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CONTENT IN
 THE BODY OF A QIGONG MASTER DEMONSTRATING QIGONG," BY THE SHANGHAI
 MUNICIPALITY INSTITUTE OF QIGONG, SHANGHAI.
 C.  (U) "MEASURING THE EFFECTS OF LIGHT EMISSIONS FROM THE BODY
 SURFACE OF A QIGONG MASTER AND THE WAIQI FROM THE BODY SURFACE OF A
 QIGONG MASTER ON NATURAL LIGHT EMISSIONS BY CELLS," BY 5-MEMBER TEAM
 LED BY ((LIU)) YA'NING (STC 0491 0068 1337).
 D.  (U) "EFFECTS OF WAIQI ON CRYSTALLINE SILICON," BY A 5-MEMBER
 TEAM LED BY ((WU)) BANGHUI (STC 0702 6721 1920) OF SICHUAN
 UNIVERSITY, CHENGDU//GEOCOORD:3040N/10404E//, AND A 4-MEMBER TEAM
 LED BY ((SONG)) KONGZHI (STC 1345 1313 2535) OF THE INSTITUTE OF
 SPACE MEDICINE ENGINEERING, BEIJING.
 E.  (U) "THREE HYPOTHESES ON HUMAN BODY SCIENCES--NITROGEN
 FIXATION BY QIGONG, FORMATION OF THE SQUEEZED STATE (STC 1090 4799
 1966) OF THE CEREBRUM BY QIGONG, AND THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL
 DIMENSIONS ARE NOT AN INTEGER OF FOUR BUT A FRACTION," BY ((LI))
 FULI (STC 2621 4395 0448) OF THE CHINESE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
 UNIVERSITY, CHENGDU.
 COMMENTS:  (FIELD COMMENTS)--1.  (U) AT ABOUT THE TIME WHEN THE
 CHINESE SOCIETY OF QIGONG SCIENCE (PARA 2) WAS STARTED IN APRIL
 1987, ITS CHAIRMAN, ZHANG ZHENHUAN, CALLED FOR THE PROMOTION OF
 QIGONG EDUCATION BY THE STATE ED CATION COMMISSION, ESPECIALLY ATT
 INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING
 SEP 88).  CHINA ALSO ELEVATED THE HUMAN BODY SCIENCES IN         ING
 QIGONG AND EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY TO THE POSITION OF A DISCIPLINE,
 INAUGURATING THE CHINESE SOCIETY OF HUMAN BODY SCIENCES ON 3 MAY
 1987 F_                  I DTG 050401Z JAN 88).  THE FACT
 THAT THE THREE CENTERS DEDICATED    RESEARCH AND EDUCATION OF HUMAN
 BODY SCIENCES WERE ESTABLISHED RECENTLY AT UNIVERSITIES (PARAS 2, 3,
 AND 4) INDICATES THAT STEADY PROGRESS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED IN THE PAST
 YEAR OR SO FOLLOWING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE QIGONG SCIENCE AND
 HUMAN BODY SCIENCE SOCIETIES.  PARAGRAPHS 5 THROUGH 6 ALSO SHOW
 CHINA'S HEIGHTENED INTEREST IN THE HUMAN BODY SCIENCES.
 2.  (U) THE CHINESE DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY
 ESTABLISHED THE FIRST NEW FACILITY NOTED (PARA 2).  THIS SUGGESTS
 THAT THE CHINESE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY POSSIBLY IS TRYING TO
 EXPLOIT THE ACHIEVEMENTS IN HUMAN BODY SCIENCES FOR MILITARY
 PURPOSES.
 3.  (U) CENTERS SIMILAR TO THE THREE NOTED TO DATE PROBABLY WILL BE
 ESTABLISHED AT OTHER CHINESE UNIVERSITIES IN THE FUTURE.  THE QIGONG
 SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER (PARA 4) PROBABLY WILL COORDINATE RESEARCH
 COOPERATION AND THE FLOW OF RESEARCH RESULTS AMONG THESE CENTERS, IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH ITS MISSION.
 4.  (U) THE NEW RESEARCH CENTERS ARE CLOSELY RELATED IN THAT THE
 FOCUS OF THEIR RESEARCH IS SUCH UNEXPLAINED HUMAN INFORMATION
 MECHANISMS AS QIGONG AND OTHER EXTRAORDINARY ABILITIES.  THE
 SUBSTANCE THAT PASSES THROUGH THE THIRD PATH OF THE HUMAN BODY (PARA
 yl  Mny  ng  fTUURn Tn PSYCHOKINESIS. THE MOVEMENT OF MATTER BY MIND.
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