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Beijing University
COLLEGE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
Mail address Xiaozhuang, PO Box 67, 100083
Beijing
Telephone + 86 (1) 256-8811-285
Fax +86 (1) 254-5024
Nature National government, academic
Mission Research, education
Financial support Central government
Working languages Chinese
Scope of interest Erosion mechanics, soil and water
conservation and management, agroforestry, dryland forestry,
watershed management, remote sensing, information systems for
watershed management, desertification control
Research program
Locations Loess area, desertified land of
northern China, upper and middle reaches of the Yanzhi River
Subjects Comprehensive (integrated) small watershed
management, afforestation by water harvesting, forest hydrology,
information system on watershed management, desertification
control and comprehensive use of sandy land
Status Ongoing
Findings Hydrologic index of forests in dryland
areas of China (Loess Plateau); methods of afforestation in
drylands through water harvesting; methods and techniques of
small watershed management; ecologic and economic benefits of
small watershed management; planning methods of soil conservation
Internal Organization
Chief official Professor Dr. Wang Lixian,
President of College
Divisions Erosion Control, Afforestation in
Drylands, Watershed Management and Planning, Desertification
Control
Professional staff 43
Total staff 66
Facilities
Office 5,800 mē
Formal networks Affiliated with Other
networks in Universities of Beijing
Subcenters Experimental Stations (1) Beijing
Mountain area investigation of effects of forest on water
resources and soil erosion, (2) Shanxi Province studies on
ecologic-economic benefits of forest in Loess area, (3) Lingxia
Province studies on watershed management
Exchange Facilities Available through (1)
Training Center of Soil and Water Conservation of Loess Plateau,
(2) Forest Hydrology Stations in Loess area
Publications
Serials Journal of Soil and Water Conservation,
Journal of Beijing Forestry University (in Chinese with English
abstracts)
Other Soil and Water Conservation Engineering,
Hydrology of Watersheds, Desertification Control, Forest
Protection
History
Established in 1958
THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF FORESTRY
Mail address Wan Shou Shan, 100091 Beijing
Telephone +86(1)258-2211 Fax
+86(1)258-2317 Cable Beijing 0161
Sponsoring agency State Science and Technology
Commission, State Science Foundation Commission, Ministry of
Forestry
Nature National government
Mission Research
Financial support See Sponsoring agency
Working languages Chinese
Scope of interest Desertification control,
fuelwood, remote sensing, renewable natural resources, farm
forestry, forest management
Research program
Locations Arid and desert areas in northern
China
Subjects Establishment and observation of forest
shelterbelts, afforestation techniques and study of effects
Status Ongoing (5-year-long Phase I completed)
Findings Significant social and ecological effects
produced
Internal Organization
Chief official Chen Tongai, President (forest
economist); Hong Jusheng, Vice President (tree breeder)
Divisions Research Institutes of Forestry, Wood
Industry, Chemical Processing and Utilization of Forest Products,
Forest Information, Forest Resource Information Techniques,
Forest Resources, Insects, and others
Division heads Professor Xiong Yaoguo, Director of
Research Institute of Forestry; Professor Chen Xuhe, Director of
Research Institute of Wood Industry
Professional staff 1,800
Total staff 4,400
Facilities
Office 90,000 mē
Library National Library on forestry
with 63,000 kinds of books in 220,000 volumes, and 700 periodical
titles
Computer catalog In process, using
ISTIC/ISIS database management software
Local databases Databases on Chinese
Forestry Literature, World Forest Products, Chinese Bamboo
Literature, Forest Tree Breeding, and Forest Fire Control
Subcenters Desert Forest Experimental Center,
Dengkou, Inner Mongolia; mainly engaged in intermittent trials
Exchange Facilities Available through the
International Farm Forestry Training Center in Beijing
Publications
Serials Forest Research, Wood Industry,
Chemistry and Industry of Forest Products, World Forestry
Research, Forest Economics, China Forestry Abstracts
History
Established in 1958; previously named the Central
Institute of Forestry
Chinese Academy of Sciences (Academia Sinica)
XINJIANG GEOGRAPHY INSTITUTE
Mail address Beijing Road 40, Urumqi, Xinjiang
830011
Telephone +86 (991) 337-420, 338-512 Fax
+86 (991) 335-459
Telex 79152 KWTWZCN Cable 0004
Nature Academic
Mission Research
Financial support Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing
Working languages Chinese, English
Scope of interest Arid lands topics such as
geomorphology, rational utilization of natural resources, remote
sensing environment, water resources, and economic development
Research program
Locations Throughout Xinjiang, Central Asia
Subjects Surveys of land, water, glacier, and
snowcover resources; regional natural planning; watershed
development; remote sensing application to resource surveys; snow
and avalanche shifting control; evaporation restraints;
forecasting evolution of natural environment; arable waterland
resources development and utilization; water use; agricultural
geography; industrial geography; urban geography; transport
geography; Tarim River research
Internal Organization
Chief official Professor Huang Wenfang,
Director
Divisions Water Resources, Geomorphology and
Quaternary Geology, Economic Geography, Snow Cover Research,
Environmental Geography, Applied Remote Sensing
Professional staff 130
Total staff 169
Facilities
Office 4,700 mē for offices, 800 mē for
laboratories
Library 50,000 books and references
Subcenters Aksu Water Evaporation and Balance
Experiment Station, Tianshan Mountains Snowcover and Avalanche
Station, Geographic Information Service (GIS) Laboratory
Exchange Facilities All Facilities or
programs available to corresponding scholars
Publications
Serials Arid Land Geography (in Chinese and
Uygur with English abstracts, quarterly since 1983)
Other Many texts, handbooks, maps and Other Publications,
mostly in Chinese, some in English
Publications list Available; please contact Division of
International Cooperation
History
Established in present form in 1978
Chinese Academy of Sciences (Academia Sinica)
XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY, PEDOLOGY AND DESERT RESEARCH
Mail address Beijing Road 40, Urumqi, Xinjiang
830011
Telephone +86 (991) 335-642 Fax +86
(991) 335-459
Nature National government
Mission Research, instruction, extension
Financial support Government, domestic and
international foundations and organizations
Working languages Chinese, English
Scope of interest Botany, microbiology, zoology,
pedology, psammology, desertification, agronomy, remote sensing,
environmental science, natural resources management
Research program
Locations Taklamakan Desert, Tarim Basin,
Weigan River Basin
Subjects Comprehensive scientific investigation of
Taklamakan Desert; comprehensive techniques for and experimental
demonstration on improvement of ecological environment of Oasis
Transit Belt on southern edge of Taklamakan Desert (State Eighth
Five-Year Plan Key Project); structure, function and production
of desert oasis agroecosystems; improvement and comprehensive
development of low and middle production land in the Weigan River
basin, southern Xinjiang; compilation of Xinjiang Flora;
technique for routing desert road for Tarim Basin oil
exploitation; comprehensive evaluation of environmental impact of
desert road for Tarim Basin oil exploitation; biological
techniques for sand control and prevention on desert road for
Tarim Basin oil exploitation
Status Taklamakan Desert investigation complete;
others ongoing
Internal Organization
Chief official Professor Li Shugang, Director
Divisions Microbiology, Plant Resources, Plant
Physiology, Land Resources, Land Reclamation, Desert Research,
Remote Sensing
Professional staff 228
Total staff 270
Facilities
Office Administrative offices; central
laboratory, well furnished, with modern instruments; about 20
additional laboratories
Library Small documentation center
Subcenters Five field stations
Publications
Serials Arid Zone Research (quarterly journal)
Other Soil maps, land use maps, vegetation maps
etc.; Proceedings
History
Established in 1991
Chinese Academy of Sciences (Academia Sinica), Desert Control
Group
INSTITUTE OF DESERT RESEARCH
Mail address 174 Donggang West Road, Lanzbou,
Gansu 730000
Telephone +86 (931) 882-6720, 888-9950 Fax
+86 (931) 888-9950
Telex 72149 ICERD CN Cable 3097
Lanzhou
Nature National government, academic
Mission Research, extension
Financial support Central government, science
foundation
Working languages Chinese, English, Japanese
Scope of interest Geography, geomorphology,
desertification, plant ecophysiology, dune stabilization,
forestry, pedology, agronomy, animal sciences, hydrology,
rangeland, botany, vegetation dynamics, irrigation, remote
sensing. economics
Research program
Locations Linze County, Gansu Province;
Zhongwei and Yanchi Counties, Ningxia Autonomous Region;
Taklamakan Desert, Xingjiang Province; Daxin County, Beijing;
Naiman County, Inner Mongolia; Yuchen and Xiajing Counties,
Shandong Province; Jianjing County, Henan Province; Xinjian
County, Jiangxi Province; total area of Tibet
Subjects Desertification processes, trend
forecasting and rehabilitation; sand stabilization principles and
techniques; rational resources use and development; desert
formation and development; sand current dynamics; arid zone
hydrology; transformation of fragile zones in sandy land
Status Ongoing
Findings Developed measures suitable to local
conditions in various deserts and sandy land, sub-humid and humid
areas
Internal Organization
Chief official Professor Xia Xuncheng,
Director; Professor Liu Xinmin. Deputy Director; Mr. Zhou Jixia
and Mr. Chen Hao, officers-in-charge of projects
Divisions Desertification, Resources, Dune
Stabilization and Plantation, Remote Sensing, Sand Stabilization
by Chemical Means, Mapping, Information, International
Cooperation
Division heads Prof. Dong Guangrong, Prof. Gao
Qianzhao, Prof. Bao Yin, Prof. Yang Gengsheng, Prof. Peng Qilong,
Prof. Wang Yimou, Prof. Chen Daoyuan
Professional staff 226
Total staff 285
Facilities
Office 600 mē office, 2,480 mē laboratory
Library Academic Library with 35,000
books and large collection of scientific reports, periodicals and
journals, bulletins, pamphlets and reprints
Subcenters Experimental stations in Provinces of
Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Henan, and Jiangshi,
and in Beijing
Exchange Facilities All Facilities
are available to corresponding scientists without charge and to
visiting scholars at some charge; seminars and training courses
are conducted in the name of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,
UNEP, UNDP, ESCAP and Other organizations; research
collaborations are undertaken with scientists from all over the
world
Chinese Academy of Sciences (Academia Sinica),Desert Control
Group
INSTITUTE OF DESERT RESEARCH (continued)
Publications
Serials Journal of Desert Research (in Chinese
with English abstracts), Memories of the Institute of Desert
Research (in Chinese with English abstracts), World Desert Study
(in Chinese)
Other 250 texts, handbooks and maps (some in
English, some in Chinese with English abstracts)
History
Established in 1978
Northwestern Agricultural University
RESEARCH CENTER FOR ARID AND SEMIARID AREAS
Yangling, Shaanxi Province
Telephone +86 (910) 712-571 Fax +86
(910) 712-559 Cable 6007
Sponsoring agency Ministry of Agriculture
Nature National government
Mission Scientific research, technical extension
Financial support Government
Working languages Chinese
Scope of interest Development of agriculture
(rainfed and irrigated), economic plants, utilization of natural
agroresources, animal husbandry
Research program
Locations Northern and western China, including
Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Inner Mongolia, Tibet
Autonomous Region
Subjects (1) Semiarid areas: adjustment of
agricultural structures, surveys of natural resources, and
economic development. control, and exploitation of Loess Plateau;
(2) Arid and semiarid areas: Animal production, grassland
construction, land-grain-populationenvironmeet, ancient Chinese
drought-resistant techniques, water resources and irrigation,
fruit tree resources, genesis and mitigation of semiaridity and
aridity, water physiology in arid land crops, breeding and
selection of drought-resistant crop varieties
Status Ongoing
Findings Completion of surveys and preliminary
zonification in arid and semiarid areas, research and development
of traits to combine biology with economics in regional strains
of cattle and sheep, comprehensive techniques for increasing
production of rainfed agriculture in North China, research on the
optimal pattern for comprehensive control of soil and water on
the Loess Plateau, studies of the agroecosystem and its control,
rainfall production potential of crops, and ways to use rainfall
on the Loess Plateau in northwest China
Internal Organization
Chief official Prof. Jin Jahai (plant
physiology), Director; Prof. Hao Maidao (animal husbandry),
Deputy Director; Associate Professor Wang Hui (agronomy), Deputy
Director; Professor Wang Lixiang (agronomy), Deputy Director
Divisions Laboratories for studying ( 1 ) arid and
semiarid agriculture, (2) agricultural resources and environment
in arid areas, (3) water physiology and drought resistance of
arid land crops, (4) water-saving irrigation in arid areas; (5)
information research section on arid and semiarid areas; (6)
editorial committee of Agricultural Research in the Arid Areas
Professional staff 50
Facilities
Office 600 mē office, artifical climate
laboratory, soil testing laboratory
Library Collection of 2,000 technical books,
journals, periodicals, articles on rainfed and irrigated farms in
the Research Center; catalog is being computerized in the
University library
Subcenters Experimental stations for rainfed
agriculture, irrigated agriculture, and comprehensive control and
exploitation of the Loess Plateau
Exchange Facilities Campus housing and
laboratory Facilities available for visiting scientists
for joint research
Publications
Serials Agricultural Research in the Arid Areas
(quarterly, with English abstracts, exchanged internally and
externally), Domestic Animal Ecology (quarterly)
Other Production Techniques of the Rainfed
Agriculture in North China (series, vol. 18), Dryland Farming
Science
Publications list Available
History
Preparatory work for the Research and Technical Training
Center for the Arid and Semiarid areas approved by Ministry in
1980 and funded by World Bank; obtained present name in 1984