Chinese computer：From nuclear physics to satellite tracking and control

In 1950’s, The State Council of the People’s Republic of China formulated “12-Year Science and Technology Plan” and “Urgent Measures”. The study reviews the process of national decision-making to develop electronic computers and the establishment of military technology departments, as well as the role and contribution of computers in the formulation and successful implementation from nuclear physics to satellite tracking and control project. In such major national science and technology projects, the research, production, and application of electronic computers have developed synchronously, and a computer team with ideals, spirit, and ability has rapidly grown.