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This chapter describes my work, learning and life in the period from 1983 to mid of 1990 during which I served on the Standing Committee of Technical Economic Research Center (TERC) in 1983–1985, and the Standing Committee of Research Center for Economic, Technological and Social Development of the State Council (RCETSD) in 1985–1990.
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In the project China toward the Year 2000. There are three levels of study, the first level included the report system of one main report, twelve sub-reports published in the name of TERC. The second level included several sub-reports outside the primary design of the projects. The third level was organized by China’s Research Office of Project 2000 attached to CAST.
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Source China’s Systems Engineering Society (Ed.) Level and disparity of Systems Engineering in Domestic and at Abroad (Chinese Version). Beijing (p. 3) Research Office of China toward the Year 2000, Chinese S&T Association.
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Both Qian Xuesen and Zhu Guangya had been Deputy Director of The National Defense Science and Technology and Industrial Commission by that time.
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Generally, the World Bank official publications were classified into several colors, green or yellow were informal for getting information feedback from others. Grey cover publication was formal publication to government. And finally, red cover, common sales to the public. I.J. Singh’s report was published to be working paper WPP 143 in working paper series.
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Wang, H. (2020). Work, Learning, and Life Prior to Joining Development Research Center of the State Council (1983–1990). In: Explorations in Social Systems Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3390-7_6
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