Contents:

• Feature Articles: Development of the Natural Sciences in China over the Past 30 Years
• Scaling the New Heights of Nuclear Science and Technology
• Review of Acoustics Research in China
• Twenty Years of the Institute of Semiconductors — A Survey
• China's First Laser
• Advances in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in China
• Recent Advances of Chinese Palaeoanthropology
• Brilliant Achievements of Palaeontological Research in China
• New Features of the Earthquake Science in China
• A Survey on the Developments of Mathematics in New China
• A Theory of Polymerization of Silicic Acid in Aqueous Solution
• Recent Development in the Study of Theoretical Organic Chemistry in China
• A Survey on Astronomy Research in New China
• On the Advances and Developments of Weather Prediction in China
• New Features of the Earthquake Science in China
• A Summary of Marine Research in China
• Winding Roads and a Quake Science in China
• A Summary of Marine Research in China
• Winding Roads and a Bright Future — 30 Years of Chinese Psychology
• A Brief Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Commemorating the Centenary of the Birth of the Great Scientist, Albert Einstein
• Reference Section: A Chronicle of Events in Science and Technology
• Brief Introduction to Periodicals and Newspapers of the Natural Sciences
• Name List of Members of Academia Scinica Departments
• List of Past Scientists
• Prizes and Certificates of Merit in Science

"This is a useful book ... it is a review of China's Science and technology by some of China's most prestigious scientists. The second half consists of a variety of useful reference materials."