Jul 6 1985
From The Space Library
Taylor Wang, the first space traveler of Chinese origin who performed materials science and fluids studies in weightlessness during the April 1985 Challenger Space Shuttle flight 51-B, arrived in Beijing, China, for a two-week visit at the invitation of the Astronautics Industry Ministry. Wang, a scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was born in China's Jiangxi Province and had not been in China for over 30 years.
Wang said the purpose of his trip was to exchange views with Chinese scholars and to conduct academic exchanges with Chinese specialists in Beijing, Xian, and Shanghai.
During a welcoming ceremony July 8 at the Ministry, Vice-Minister Bao Keming said that China's open policy in recent years had given great impetus to the development of its space technology. He concluded by saying that Wang's visit would further promote the friendship and cooperation between scientists of the two countries and that Sino-American space science and technology collaboration and exchanges were promising. (FBIS, Beijing XINHUA in English, July 6/85, July 7/85, July 8/85)
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