The proposal contains names/addresses of persons connected with systems movement in U.S., China and elsewhere, and of Chinese organizations and institutions interested in the work of systems science. Li Da Xu had obtained promise of financial support from China Textile University's Intelligent Systems Research center of China (in Shanghai), on condition of receiving a US National Science Foundation grant. In collaboration with three Chinese systems scientists (Bing Yong Tang, Shan Feng and Shou Yang Wang) Li Da Xu as Principal Investigator and John Warfield hoped to a) get the NSF grant AND b) conduct workshops and lectures featuring Interactive Management and Systems Science, to be held in Shanghai on 18-20 December 1999 and in Beijing 21-23 Dec 1999. $38,400.00 was requested from NSF in this proposal. Li Da Xu's proposal request was not granted, there was no 1999 trip to China.