• Source: China Academy of Engineering Physics

China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP) (Chinese: 中国工程物理研究院, nicknamed 九院) was founded in October 1958. The CAEP is China's main organization conducting the research, development, and testing of nuclear weapons and related science.




History


CAEP was formerly called the Ninth Institute or Ninth Academy of the Second Ministry of Machine Industry. The research group was initially located in Beijing. Major components of its nuclear program were relocated to Qinghai Province in the 1950s. After China's first nuclear test in 1964, the institute and its activities (nuclear weapons research, development, and production) were moved to Sichuan Province to avoid detection by foreign powers. It was renamed the China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP) in the 1980s.




Organization


The CAEP headquarters, since the 1980s, is in the 839 area of Mianyang and covers a land area of 5 km2. It is also nicknamed Scientific Town. It has multiple outlets located in Beijing, Jiangyou, Mianyang, Chengdu, and Shanghai.
Since the 1990s, the CAEP has included 12 research institutes and 15 national key laboratories. Its research areas include theoretical physics, plasma physics, engineering and material sciences, electronics and photo-electronics, materials chemistry and chemical engineering, computer science, and computational mathematics. Most of the names of the research organizations in the Mianyang area include "Southwest Institute" in their titles because they are located in the southwest part of China.
As of 2017, the CAEP staff has included as many as 23,000 scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and technicians.




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CAEP and some of its related institutes and companies has been on the United States Department of Commerce's Entity List since 1997.




CAEP Institutes


The institutes of the CAEP include:

Graduate School, Beijing
Southwest Computer Center
Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing
Southwest Institute of Chemical Materials, China
Southwest Institute of Environmental Testing
Southwest Institute of Electronic Engineering
Southwest Institute of Explosives and Chemical Engineering
Southwest Institute of Fluid Physics, China
Southwest Institute of Environmental Testing
Southwest Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, Mianyang 621900, Sichuan Province
Southwest Institute of Structural Mechanics, Mianyang 621900, Sichuan Province
Institute of Systems Engineering, Mianyang 6219000, Sichuan Province
Terahertz Research Center, Mianyang, Sichuan Province
Research Center of Laser Fusion, Mianyang, Sichuan Province




Notable persons related to CAEP and China's nuclear weapons program



Wang Ganchang (1907–1998), vice director of the Ninth Academy
Zhu Guangya (1924–2011), first director of the CAEP in 1994
Zhou Guangzhao (1929–2024), director of the nuclear weapons institute
Peng Huanwu (1915–2007), led the development of the first fission and thermonuclear weapons
Deng Jiaxian (1924–1986), considered the father of China's nuclear weapons program
Cheng Kaijia (1918–2019), nuclear weapons designer and director of the Lop Nur test site
Yu Min (1926–2019), nuclear weapons designer
Chen Nengkuan (1923–2016), key contributor to the nuclear weapons program
Guo Yonghuai (1909–1968), vice director of the Ninth Institute in 1960
The CAEP has included as many as 14 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and 15 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), as well as many other outstanding Chinese scientists and engineers.




See also


Mianyang Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone
China and weapons of mass destruction
List of nuclear weapons tests of China
Lop Nur Nuclear Weapons Test Base




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