Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences

History & Fun Facts

• •History In 1956, China formally began its computing program when it launched the Twelve-Year Science Plan and formed the Beijing Institute of Computing Technology under the CAS.
• •In 1964, CAS debuted China's first self-developed large digital computer, the 119.
• •The 119 was a core technology in facilitating China's first successful nuclear weapon test (Project 596), also in 1964.
• •Beginning in 1972, CAS began promoting the idea of balancing applied research with more theoretical research and in having scientific exchanges with other developing countries.
• •As vice premier, Deng Xiaoping in 1975 also sought to re-orient CAS towards more theoretical research, which had not been a focus during the Cultural Revolution.