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the National Defense Industry’s ‘Two Integrations’”), 中国军转民
(Defense Industry Conversion in China), No. 8, 2008.
27. “Information Industry Ministry and COSTIND Merge
to Promote Industry Integration,” State Council’s National S&T
Strategic Development Research Leading Group, March 1, 2008,
available from the Liao Yi Website.
28. Lei Zhonghui (雷中辉), “大部制改革将推动跨行业整合”
(“Merger of Ministry of Information Industry and Commission of
Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense will drive
cross-industry integration”) 21世纪经济报道 (21st Century Business
Herald), March 12, 2008.
29. Although it should be noted that at present, COSTIND, or
even its diminutive reincarnation, SASTIND, remains a formidable
bureaucracy in charge of the entire defense industry and cannot
be compared to DARPA, which is responsible for identifying
and initiating key defense. Interviews with former GAD officers.
30. Other parts remain under the Ministry of Education and
MoST as well.
31. In fact, the MII was born of military, so bringing them together
again seems logical.
32. “Informatization” is a term that means the integrating,
systematizing of industry, or the military employing digitized
networking, communications, computer, and other information
technologies.
33. Yu Fuxiu (于付秀) and Wang Huadan (王花丹), “浅谈通过‘
民技军用实现军民企业双赢’” (“To Achieve a Win-Win for Civil
and Defense Enterprises by Using Civil Technology in Military”),
航天工业管理 (Aerospace Industry Management), No. 5, 2008.
34. For a sample of the kind of role the dual-use office would
play, see Song Binbin (宋斌斌), “将技改与军民结合产业基地建设
结合起来” (“Band Technology Transformation and CMI Industrial
Bases together”),中国工业报 (China Industry News), July 20,
2009.
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