Background
SONG, JIAN was born on December 29, 1931 in Rongchen Company, Shandong Province. Son of Song Zengjin and late Jiang Yuxian.
SONG, JIAN was born on December 29, 1931 in Rongchen Company, Shandong Province. Son of Song Zengjin and late Jiang Yuxian.
Moscow University.
Director Guided Missile Control Laboratory, 7th Ministry of Machine Building Industry 1962-1970. Head, Chief Scientist, Space Science Division, Academy, of Space Technology 1971-1978, Vice-President, Deputy Science Director, Academy, of Space Technology 1978-1981. Vice-Minister and Chief Engineering Scientist, Ministry of Astronautics 1981-1984.
Research Professor, Beijing Institute of Information and Control since 1983. Chairman State Science & Technology Commission since 1984. State Councillor since 1986.
Visiting Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, University of Minnesota 1980. Vice-President China Society of Demographic Science 1982-1986. Association Chief; President China System Engineering Society 1985-1987.
Correspondent.
Reference Frames in Space Flight 1963, Engineering Cybernetics (co-author) 1980, China's Population: Problems and Prospects 1981, Recent Development in Control Theory and its Applications 1984, Population Projections and Control 1981, Population Control Theory 1985, Population Control in China: Theory and Applications 1985, Population System Control 1988, Science and Technology and Social System 1988. Numerous articles.
Editor Board Encyclopedia of China since 1984.
Married Yusheng Wang in 1961.