Chen I-wan: Engineer; Male; Born on Feb 3, 1942 in Oxford, Great Britain. Grandfather’s ancestral home: Zhongshan County, Guangdong Province, China.
2007.1.7 On Jan. 7, 2007, Chasing Earthquakes, a documentary TV program by the National Geographic Satellite TV Channel, introduced sections about a few Chinese earthquake prediction practicing researchers, together with two commenting speakings by avisor Chen I-wan. At the left is the edited rearrangement of these sections. To view the whole program:（1） （2） （3） （4） Education: Primary School: Beijing Simin Primary School, Beijing Xishiku Primary School, Beijing Huiwen Primary School, Beijing Xiangshan (Fragrant Hill) Child Caring Primary School. Middle school: (Junior) Beijing No.56 Middle School; (Senior) Beijing No.110 Middle School. University: In 1967 graduated from Machinery Manufacturing Dept. of Beijing Mechanical Institute. Subject with greatest interest to Chen at university: Philosphy and Political Economics. Work Experience: Upon graduation 1968 – 1978 Chen worked for ten years at the Liaoning Fushun Excavator Works: labor work, technical renovation and technical information research work. In Dec. 1978, Chen was transferred to work in foreign trade at the China National Machinery and Equipment Import & Export Cooperation under the Ministry of Machinery Building. In 1981, upon approval by the ministry leadership Chen accepted the assignment as the Chief Representative of the Beijing Liaison Office of Califas H.K. Ltd. (later Califas USA Ltd.). In 2002, Chen took post General Manager of Califas Consultants (Beijing) Co., Ltd., a private consultant company. Titles: In 2002, Chen was appointed as the Advisor to Committee of Natural Hazard Prediction to China Geophysics Society, and in 2004 appointed as the Advisor to the Committee of Disaster Historical Studies to the China Disaster Prevention Association. Main Research Areas & Social Activities: Since 1990, Chen began to carry out investigation study on the work of Sun Wei, an outstanding Chinese earthquake prediction practicing researcher. In 1991, Chen made initial efforts introducing Sun Wei’s achievements to seismologists in California, which included a meeting with Dr. Lucile M. Jones, USGS on Dec., 6 1991. For the same purpose, Chen visited Taiwan in Dec. 1991, and held discussions with Mr. Tsai Ching Yan, Director, Taiwan Meteorology Bureau, and Mr. Hsing Tzai-chin, Director of Earthquake Prediction Center of the bureau. In 2002, Chen accompanied six Chinese earthquake prediction practicing researchers to attend the 2002 EGS Symposium. In 2003, Chen attended the 2003 EGS Symposium and presented a long comprehensive poster introducing the work of a series Chinese non-mainstream researchers in earthquake prediction and earth science. Chen also translated various papers by overseas earthquake prediction and earth science researchers introducing their work to their colleagues in China. On the bases of investigation findings, in Nov. 2003 Chen wrote a letter to Mr. Song Rui-xiang, the former director of the China State Seismology Bureau, and again in Aug. 2006 wrote a letter to Mr. Chen Jian-min, the present director the China Seismology Bureau. In these letters Chen proposed various suggestions why China should provide support to the work of Chinese earthquake prediction practicing researchers work. In Oct. 2006 Chen wrote letters to leading members of the State Meteorology Bureau, made recommendations to the outstanding medium-term (30-90 days) weather forecasting technique discovered and developed by Prof. Tao Shao-zheng through 40 years of research work. Since 2003, Chen began to carry out trans-disciplinary studies on the development of various innovation achievements challenging basic theories their respective fields in science and technology, the difficulties and resistances they faced in China. Since 2004, Chen expanded his studies to the even more complex “energy and environment” issue, atmosphere and water pollution, serious shortage of water etc., proposed that “mankind’s large scale economic activities, energy shortage, atmosphere pollution, global greenhouse effect, water pollution and shortage, etc. have weaved together forming an open, complex, massive system”, and accordingly proposing that we must carry out integrated comprehensive analysis on this “open, complex, massive system” and the effect of energy adjustment to it. Chen is the first scholar in China revealing and reporting to Chinese officials, the media and to the public that atmospheric “Oxygen Depletion” is the core problem of the open, complex and massive problem of the “energy and environment” problem. In 2005, www.chinainfo.gov.cn, the official website of the China Science & Technology Information Research Institute of the Ministry of Science & Technology, established a special forum “Mr. Chen I-wan discusses with internet friends how to solve China’s energy and environment problem”, which posted over 160 trans-disciplinary comprehensive research papers by Chen. Main Papers by Chen I-wan: 1) Healthy & Rapid Development of Chinese Science & Technology, Economy and Society Call for Innovation Achievements Bringing Challenges to Traditional Basic Theories of Science and Technology (Note: Available in English.) -- Author’s remark: This paper was originally published by “Impact of Science on Society” (Quarterly) No.2 Issue 2004 (June 25), an important journal of the Academy of Science of China. This paper was also posted by over 30 important websites in China, and the Science Management journal of the China People’s University republished the paper. Further expanded versions of the paper were published by other journals and collection of papers in 2005 and 2006, indicating the significance of this paper is being recognized by more and more people in China. 2) Twenty-four countermeasures to reduce occurrence of suppression and strangling to challenging science and technology innovations -- This paper was the basis of the author’s speech at the “2006 China science and technology development forum” held in Beijing, Oct., 2006. The “Collection of theoretical research papers for leading officials of today”, published by the China News Publishing House, Oct. 2006, including the complete text of this paper (p912-926). 3) Must conduct comprehensive analysis on the open, complex massive system problem interweaved and formed by mankind's large scale economic activities, energy shortage, atmosphere pollution, global warming, water pollution and shortage, and the effect of energy structure adjustment on the overall system. 4) Atmospheric “Oxygen Depletion” is an Even More Disastrous Consequence than the “Global Green House Effect” to the Continuance Healthy Survival of Mankind (Published by the Collection of Papers for the 3rd 2006 Shanghai Evnironment Protection & Revewable Energy International Forum, Oct. 30 – 31, 2006) 5) Must recognize that Atmospheric "oxygen depletion" is an already existing practical harm to mankind, not a future possible risk! 6) Eighteen evaluation parameters for comprehensive analysis scientific evaluation of conventional forms of energy as well as new alternative forms of energy (Published by the Collection of Papers for the 3rd 2006 Shanghai Evnironment Protection & Revewable Energy International Forum, Oct. 30 – 31, 2006) 7) China must proceed along a new energy & environment development road never proceeded by any nation in the world! (A comprehensive paper formed by 60 papers) 8) Viewing the active role the government should play in promoting innovation projects from analysis of the resistance, embarrassment and problems encountered by ten major science and technology innovation projects developed by Chinese inventors 9) The basic theory holding dominating position in modern seismology is self-conflicting and can not justify itself (Section on situation abroad) 10) The fundamental reason for China’s all around environment pollution continuing to deteriorate and still not effectively reversed and kept within limits? 11) Must theoretically make clear the fundamental difference between socialist market economy and free capitalism market economy! 12) Propose to NPC & CCPC: China must add monitoring parameters of carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen content to it’s “Atmospheric quality environment monitoring standards”!-- The “Atmospheric environment quality standard” issued by the Chinese government in 1982 contains series defects and one sided views! International Family Background: Eugene Chen, born in Trinidad, grandfather of Chen I-wan, was a close comrade to Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and wellknown patriotic diplomatist. During 1926-1927 Eugene Chen was the Foreign Minister to the Nationalist Government in Guangzhou and Wuhan; made great diplomatic contribution in recovering the Hankou British Concession; was captured by the Japanese invaders in Hong Kong, died under house arrest in Shanghai in 1944. Chen Akam, father of Eugene Chen, born in Guangdong province, became a fighter of the rebelion Taiping Kingdom. After defeated by the Ching Dynasty, Chen Akam had to escape China and landed in Trinidad, where he married Marie Leong, daughter of the Leong family who came to Trinidad also from Guangdong province. Alphonsine Agath Gantaume, Grandmother of Chen I-wan. Alphonsine’s mother was a black slave (or the daughter of a black slave) whom ancesters came from the Gold Coast of Africa (today Ghana). Louis Gantaume, father of Alphonsine, was an offspring of Admiral Gantaume from France. Jack Chen, father of Chen I-wan, was a British-Chinese internationalist artist and journalist. Born in Trinidad, educated in England, Jack joined Eugene Chen in Canton and Hankow during 1926-1927. Together with Percy Chen, his brother, per the order of their father Eugene Chen, they accompanied and protected Borodin in danger to leave China and return to the Soviet Union. Jack received his art and journalist university education in Moskow, worked as a journalist and cartoonist for a few years in Moskow until he returned to England in the mid-30s. As a British journalist Jack visited Yanan in 1938 during the war against the Japanese invaders. During a further visit to Yanan in 1946, Chairman Mou Ze-dong, on behalf of the central committee of the Chinese Communist Party, requested Jack to help the New China News Agency (Xinhua News Agency) establish its London Office. Betty Aaronson, mother of Chen I-wan, was a British-Jewish journalist of the Daily Worker, England, who very much loved China. She unfortunately passed away in 1948 when Chen was six years old. In early 1950, Jack Chen was invited to Beijing to join new China’s foreign language journalism, and brought Chen I-wan, eight at the time, from London to Beijing. Since then Chen I-wan has lived, studied and worked in China for 57 years, seen with his own eyes all the developments since new China was established. The global internationalistic views of Chen I-wan apparently can be traced back to his ancestors with roots to Asia (China), Africa (Ghana), Middle-east (Israel), Europe (England, France) and America (Trinidad). A series of precious historic photos are contained in Chen I-wan’s Photo Album and Family Archive. Advisor Chen I-wan’s wish: -- Inherit traditions of his older generation, bosom the Chinese people, take a world’s view; -- Inherit and carry forward the advance, scientific content contained in Chinese traditional culture and Mao Ze-dong’s philosophy thoughts; -- Consciously carry out the work of multiple advisory roles on volunteer basis, promote friendship, exchanges and cooperation between researchers of China and other nations; -- Consciously work to promote China in its efforts to build a harmonious society; -- Consciously work to promote China make contribution, appropriate to China’s size, strength and position in the world, in natural disaster prediction, in disaster prevention and disaster reduction, in the development of innovations challenging the basic theories in their respective fields of science and technology, in the development of environment friendly and truly green energy, and in promoting global mankind establish a harmonious world! Welcome questions and discussions on the issues presented by the author. Address: Xin Shi Ji Commercial Center Rm.316, No.A2 Bai Jia Zhuang Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100020, China. Email: cheniwan@263.net ☞ back to index ☞ back to homepage ☞ back to last page
To view the whole program:（1） （2） （3） （4）
Education:
Primary School: Beijing Simin Primary School, Beijing Xishiku Primary School, Beijing Huiwen Primary School, Beijing Xiangshan (Fragrant Hill) Child Caring Primary School.
Middle school: (Junior) Beijing No.56 Middle School; (Senior) Beijing No.110 Middle School.
University: In 1967 graduated from Machinery Manufacturing Dept. of Beijing Mechanical Institute. Subject with greatest interest to Chen at university: Philosphy and Political Economics.
Work Experience:
Upon graduation 1968 – 1978 Chen worked for ten years at the Liaoning Fushun Excavator Works: labor work, technical renovation and technical information research work.
In Dec. 1978, Chen was transferred to work in foreign trade at the China National Machinery and Equipment Import & Export Cooperation under the Ministry of Machinery Building.
In 1981, upon approval by the ministry leadership Chen accepted the assignment as the Chief Representative of the Beijing Liaison Office of Califas H.K. Ltd. (later Califas USA Ltd.).
In 2002, Chen took post General Manager of Califas Consultants (Beijing) Co., Ltd., a private consultant company.
Titles:
In 2002, Chen was appointed as the Advisor to Committee of Natural Hazard Prediction to China Geophysics Society, and in 2004 appointed as the Advisor to the Committee of Disaster Historical Studies to the China Disaster Prevention Association.
Main Research Areas & Social Activities:
Since 1990, Chen began to carry out investigation study on the work of Sun Wei, an outstanding Chinese earthquake prediction practicing researcher. In 1991, Chen made initial efforts introducing Sun Wei’s achievements to seismologists in California, which included a meeting with Dr. Lucile M. Jones, USGS on Dec., 6 1991.
For the same purpose, Chen visited Taiwan in Dec. 1991, and held discussions with Mr. Tsai Ching Yan, Director, Taiwan Meteorology Bureau, and Mr. Hsing Tzai-chin, Director of Earthquake Prediction Center of the bureau.
In 2002, Chen accompanied six Chinese earthquake prediction practicing researchers to attend the 2002 EGS Symposium.
In 2003, Chen attended the 2003 EGS Symposium and presented a long comprehensive poster introducing the work of a series Chinese non-mainstream researchers in earthquake prediction and earth science.
Chen also translated various papers by overseas earthquake prediction and earth science researchers introducing their work to their colleagues in China.
On the bases of investigation findings, in Nov. 2003 Chen wrote a letter to Mr. Song Rui-xiang, the former director of the China State Seismology Bureau, and again in Aug. 2006 wrote a letter to Mr. Chen Jian-min, the present director the China Seismology Bureau. In these letters Chen proposed various suggestions why China should provide support to the work of Chinese earthquake prediction practicing researchers work.
In Oct. 2006 Chen wrote letters to leading members of the State Meteorology Bureau, made recommendations to the outstanding medium-term (30-90 days) weather forecasting technique discovered and developed by Prof. Tao Shao-zheng through 40 years of research work.
Since 2003, Chen began to carry out trans-disciplinary studies on the development of various innovation achievements challenging basic theories their respective fields in science and technology, the difficulties and resistances they faced in China.
Since 2004, Chen expanded his studies to the even more complex “energy and environment” issue, atmosphere and water pollution, serious shortage of water etc., proposed that “mankind’s large scale economic activities, energy shortage, atmosphere pollution, global greenhouse effect, water pollution and shortage, etc. have weaved together forming an open, complex, massive system”, and accordingly proposing that we must carry out integrated comprehensive analysis on this “open, complex, massive system” and the effect of energy adjustment to it.
Chen is the first scholar in China revealing and reporting to Chinese officials, the media and to the public that atmospheric “Oxygen Depletion” is the core problem of the open, complex and massive problem of the “energy and environment” problem.
In 2005, www.chinainfo.gov.cn, the official website of the China Science & Technology Information Research Institute of the Ministry of Science & Technology, established a special forum “Mr. Chen I-wan discusses with internet friends how to solve China’s energy and environment problem”, which posted over 160 trans-disciplinary comprehensive research papers by Chen.
Main Papers by Chen I-wan:
1) Healthy & Rapid Development of Chinese Science & Technology, Economy and Society Call for Innovation Achievements Bringing Challenges to Traditional Basic Theories of Science and Technology
(Note: Available in English.)
-- Author’s remark: This paper was originally published by “Impact of Science on Society” (Quarterly) No.2 Issue 2004 (June 25), an important journal of the Academy of Science of China. This paper was also posted by over 30 important websites in China, and the Science Management journal of the China People’s University republished the paper. Further expanded versions of the paper were published by other journals and collection of papers in 2005 and 2006, indicating the significance of this paper is being recognized by more and more people in China.
2) Twenty-four countermeasures to reduce occurrence of suppression and strangling to challenging science and technology innovations
-- This paper was the basis of the author’s speech at the “2006 China science and technology development forum” held in Beijing, Oct., 2006. The “Collection of theoretical research papers for leading officials of today”, published by the China News Publishing House, Oct. 2006, including the complete text of this paper (p912-926).
3) Must conduct comprehensive analysis on the open, complex massive system problem interweaved and formed by mankind's large scale economic activities, energy shortage, atmosphere pollution, global warming, water pollution and shortage, and the effect of energy structure adjustment on the overall system.
4) Atmospheric “Oxygen Depletion” is an Even More Disastrous Consequence than the “Global Green House Effect” to the Continuance Healthy Survival of Mankind
(Published by the Collection of Papers for the 3rd 2006 Shanghai Evnironment Protection & Revewable Energy International Forum, Oct. 30 – 31, 2006)
5) Must recognize that Atmospheric "oxygen depletion" is an already existing practical harm to mankind, not a future possible risk!
6) Eighteen evaluation parameters for comprehensive analysis scientific evaluation of conventional forms of energy as well as new alternative forms of energy
7) China must proceed along a new energy & environment development road never proceeded by any nation in the world!
(A comprehensive paper formed by 60 papers)
8) Viewing the active role the government should play in promoting innovation projects from analysis of the resistance, embarrassment and problems encountered by ten major science and technology innovation projects developed by Chinese inventors
9) The basic theory holding dominating position in modern seismology is self-conflicting and can not justify itself (Section on situation abroad)
10) The fundamental reason for China’s all around environment pollution continuing to deteriorate and still not effectively reversed and kept within limits?
11) Must theoretically make clear the fundamental difference between socialist market economy and free capitalism market economy!
12) Propose to NPC & CCPC: China must add monitoring parameters of carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen content to it’s “Atmospheric quality environment monitoring standards”!-- The “Atmospheric environment quality standard” issued by the Chinese government in 1982 contains series defects and one sided views!
International Family Background:
Eugene Chen, born in Trinidad, grandfather of Chen I-wan, was a close comrade to Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and wellknown patriotic diplomatist. During 1926-1927 Eugene Chen was the Foreign Minister to the Nationalist Government in Guangzhou and Wuhan; made great diplomatic contribution in recovering the Hankou British Concession; was captured by the Japanese invaders in Hong Kong, died under house arrest in Shanghai in 1944.
Chen Akam, father of Eugene Chen, born in Guangdong province, became a fighter of the rebelion Taiping Kingdom. After defeated by the Ching Dynasty, Chen Akam had to escape China and landed in Trinidad, where he married Marie Leong, daughter of the Leong family who came to Trinidad also from Guangdong province.
Alphonsine Agath Gantaume, Grandmother of Chen I-wan. Alphonsine’s mother was a black slave (or the daughter of a black slave) whom ancesters came from the Gold Coast of Africa (today Ghana). Louis Gantaume, father of Alphonsine, was an offspring of Admiral Gantaume from France.
Jack Chen, father of Chen I-wan, was a British-Chinese internationalist artist and journalist. Born in Trinidad, educated in England, Jack joined Eugene Chen in Canton and Hankow during 1926-1927. Together with Percy Chen, his brother, per the order of their father Eugene Chen, they accompanied and protected Borodin in danger to leave China and return to the Soviet Union. Jack received his art and journalist university education in Moskow, worked as a journalist and cartoonist for a few years in Moskow until he returned to England in the mid-30s. As a British journalist Jack visited Yanan in 1938 during the war against the Japanese invaders. During a further visit to Yanan in 1946, Chairman Mou Ze-dong, on behalf of the central committee of the Chinese Communist Party, requested Jack to help the New China News Agency (Xinhua News Agency) establish its London Office.
Betty Aaronson, mother of Chen I-wan, was a British-Jewish journalist of the Daily Worker, England, who very much loved China. She unfortunately passed away in 1948 when Chen was six years old.
In early 1950, Jack Chen was invited to Beijing to join new China’s foreign language journalism, and brought Chen I-wan, eight at the time, from London to Beijing. Since then Chen I-wan has lived, studied and worked in China for 57 years, seen with his own eyes all the developments since new China was established.
The global internationalistic views of Chen I-wan apparently can be traced back to his ancestors with roots to Asia (China), Africa (Ghana), Middle-east (Israel), Europe (England, France) and America (Trinidad).
A series of precious historic photos are contained in Chen I-wan’s Photo Album and Family Archive.
Advisor Chen I-wan’s wish:
-- Inherit traditions of his older generation, bosom the Chinese people, take a world’s view;
-- Inherit and carry forward the advance, scientific content contained in Chinese traditional culture and Mao Ze-dong’s philosophy thoughts;
-- Consciously carry out the work of multiple advisory roles on volunteer basis, promote friendship, exchanges and cooperation between researchers of China and other nations;
-- Consciously work to promote China in its efforts to build a harmonious society;
-- Consciously work to promote China make contribution, appropriate to China’s size, strength and position in the world, in natural disaster prediction, in disaster prevention and disaster reduction, in the development of innovations challenging the basic theories in their respective fields of science and technology, in the development of environment friendly and truly green energy, and in promoting global mankind establish a harmonious world!
Welcome questions and discussions on the issues presented by the author. Address: Xin Shi Ji Commercial Center Rm.316, No.A2 Bai Jia Zhuang Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100020, China. Email: cheniwan@263.net