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Visit RAO Peilun talk: ergonomics development in mainland China

Time:2016-06-08 14:05:49 From:

  Su Guowei: when you begin to contact or understand the development of PRC ?
        RAO Peilun: the author in 2001 at a meeting in Munich, Germany contact with a few ergonomics personage of China, then from the industrial engineering tsinghua university, Beijing, August 2002 have access up to now, more in-depth understanding of is also in this nearly a year and a half.

        Sue: if can from the angle of producing, officer, learning, research to explain, how do you think the development of PRC ergonomics engineering (manpower, funding, and related resources) ?  
        Rao: from the industry level, because of the development of the Chinese people in the industrial safety and health, and industrial design and man-machine interface is better.The former because China is now in the phase of rapid development of modern industry and commerce, work safety problem is becoming more and more important, related equipment maintenance, equipment, marks or other product imported from abroad is too expensive, also need to be translated and the localization, so local products have considerable market, at present there are many manufacturers in this field development, every year there are large work safety related products exhibition held
  As for man-machine interface is with information, 3 c, the software and hardware and electrical appliances product, because the Chinese market size, and local firms start betting on product development capital, natural face to the needs of industrial design and human-computer interface design;International brand localization had to devote resources to.Local vendors for more private of state-run enterprises or units, as well as the reform and opening up after the rise of private enterprises, such as lenovo, skeleton , TCL, konka, and so on, they have accumulated abundant capital rapidly, has become China's famous brand, further towards the international brand, because the production of information products manufacturing has unmatched Taiwanese, also for the backing, pay much attention to the Chinese famous brand product development.I come in contact with most of the company as an example, its industrial design center has more than three hundred staff, the user has laboratory research center in Beijing, Shanghai, and man-machine interface research throughout China.In contrast, Taiwan's best example of industrial design unit to about one hundred and fifty people, user research personnel are numbered.In addition, many international famous brand in China for product development or localization, for example, IBM research center in Beijing is the field of human-computer interaction, and have been seeking talents;Nokia, Motorola, Simens, Microsoft, LG and so on also have r&d center in Beijing;At the same time, it has been designed specifically to test of man-machine interface design consultants, and has a tendency to grow.But at present, the development of the industry in addition to IBM and Microsoft, are mostly applied for in the product development and basic research.
       Officially, China's official is industrial safety and health, and the development of national standards is the most important.For work safety incidents, the factory Ann had to pay attention to all levels of government, the central unit under the state council of the national production safety supervision bureau as director unit, the head of all relevant units.The national production safety supervision bureau to promote the development of the work safety and in combination with many colleges and universities, but more important work develop events as before and is associated with coal mine disaster, the development of industrial engineering and night, so people died as a result of engineering in the field of involvement is not much, academia mostly in the form of mining and metallurgy relevant university or department.As to the national standard is composed of a standardization institute, the national standardization technical committee, ergonomics committee invite exert on behalf of dozens of people, the target was established in according to international standards of ISO series in line with international standards of China national standard, including general guiding principle, the human body measurements and ergonomics in biomechanics, interactive ergonomics - system, physical environment, ergonomics, lighting, ergonomics, and labor safety and ergonomics.
  From academia, psychological and behavioral sciences, zhejiang university, Chinese academy of sciences, psychology and the development of industrial engineering is the most important, tsinghua university, Beijing, other such as Beijing university of aeronautics and astronautics, Beijing university school of public health also has related fields of research.The predecessor of zhejiang university, hangzhou university psychology department set up a national engineering psychology, is the only national laboratory of psychology in China (zhejiang university and national laboratory of industrial psychology, http://www.css.zju.edu.cn/~psy/xisuo/shiyanshi.htm).Hosted by professor mo-wei shen, now every year to recruit two freshman, Dr Dr Graduates between one and two.What psychology of Chinese academy of sciences, professor Zhang Kan (http://www.psych.ac.cn/dsjs-zhangk.htm) hosting of ergonomics in the professional, the other two cognitive professional also have to participate in, such as professor fu xiao LAN about a PhD graduates each year.Professor Zhang Kan is former Chinese human ergonomics association director, chairman of the Chinese psychological society.
  As for the industrial engineering, tsinghua university, Beijing, was founded in October 2001, industrial engineering from purdue university Dr. Gavriel Salvedy served as the dean, professor and host for professional development.At present a total of six professors to participate in, every year to recruit at least three doctoral students, at least ten master graduate student, starting in 2005 is expected to have two or three doctoral graduates each year.Finally added about human ergonomics association of China, Chinese human ergonomics association was founded in 1989, currently the director of the school of public health, Peking University professor wang, there are about four hundred and fifty members, learn to hold their annual meeting of the branch each year, held every four years, a general meeting and conference had expected this year held in wuhan, delay after SARS, it is I do not know when.Learn to journal for human ergonomics, issued each year four period.But in China as the primary disciplines, ergonomics in industrial engineering is the secondary disciplines instead.
  From the research unit, there are many related to nuclear energy, sports, aviation, aerospace, military research units for study, but unit because of its special nature, don't have much contact with the outside world, the average person is not clear nor easy to understand the situation.
       
       Sue: you feel PRC on for engineering development trend of the future and face the challenge?

    Rao: the development of in the corporate world will be a future Chinese, leading to academia.Due to the needs of the enterprise actual, the importance of humanistic science and technology are increasing;And applications as if can be effective for products or services, or become a necessary product development technology, to be adopt China famous brand, international brand to enter the Chinese market will also have to consider, by the needs of the enterprise to attract talents and the attention of the colleges and universities.In addition, the industry develop also will continue to be taken seriously, especially the education training, certification and application research, but because there are many schools, units, groups, and people is not easy to enter this field, and this phenomenon is also the challenge of future people for development in China, especially the predicament of the development of industrial engineering in China, is related to the field have in other departments or professional development and control, can only step by step, infiltration and then with the development of the situation.
         
        Sue: what do you think Taiwan and PRC in the development of people because of the similarities and differences between what is the biggest above?
         Rao: Taiwan's academia, the mainland is the industry leader.Taiwanese for related seminars on behalf of enterprises at home and abroad, especially the enterprise manager does not see more, and there is no lack of the principal, dean of academics, three long, and the director of the heavyweights such as participation.Office of an international conference in Beijing last year, however, from a few into a few colleges and universities professor, the difference will continue to exist for a while.
        In addition, people in Taiwan due to the development of more mature, the mainland people died as a result of the development of space.The development of Taiwan and level is rather let the other people envy, people because of this, industrial engineering.Driven by industry on the mainland, with China's vast market and people, people there are quite a large space for development.With the development of metropolis such as Beijing, Shanghai, China's economy next is the ongoing urbanization, focus on the hundreds of secondary cities, by putting the rural population into will, is a massive increase in the middle class is often said that the mainland now white-collar workers.Urban residents work and life will be related to the people-oriented science and technology, efficiency, safety and comfort.Closer said, need to apply for the products and the environment there is quite a big market space, people demand for professional or consultant services such as design will only increase will not decreases;A bit further, said the development of economy drive the progress of the society as a whole, as well as to the people's knowledge and experience
       

        Sue: according to your observation, on both sides of the scholars how to both competition and cooperation in the development of the people?How do you communicate with the other side of the scholars engaged in activities?
        Rao: to compete in the field of people on both sides of the Taiwan straits is very limited, the cooperation of space is much larger.
        Since the industry because of the development of the Chinese people play an important role, the people of Taiwan because of the boundary or can consider to increase the contact and understanding, and Taiwanese feel development in the mainland of China from another Angle.Such as Chinese famous brand developed products have to go to the northeast, north China, central China, south China, west door research and test, local vendors know north China and south China users to the different color preference;Why would like to establish brands of Taiwanese businessmen in China can't rely for Taiwanese for academic research capacity?If Beijing and Shanghai have need the man-machine interface design and assessment of professional training course, why people in Taiwan because of academic talents cultivation experience can play more in addition, through the exchange with academia or visit activities for a long time, the actual participation in local co-operative and contact with domestic and foreign enterprises in China, Taiwanese for community have the opportunity to expand the employment of graduates and field of vision, increase the opportunity to people because of the professional services in mainland China, the author has actually heard Taiwan nonhuman for enterprise established in mainland people are or to consider for related advisory services.
        As for the communication between departments, society, hold academic activities, can let the Taiwanese for world always keep understanding of across the development, and to recognize real cooperation problems and difficulties, can also evaluate the work of actual and influence.
        Finally, Taiwan to mainland China only the third, I'm afraid people died as a result of the development of the world.As long as people in Taiwan because of the world has a reputation in the world, with Europe and the United States, and have experience of Chinese social modernization, it is hard not to be taken into account.Taiwan for China is no longer as fresh as the degree of internationalization, they also can distinguish Taiwan to the mainland development gradually the level how, or whether the development of Taiwan.In the long run as long as the Taiwan advanced level of research, there are quite a visit, cooperation, study abroad, long-term or contact with other social experience, have plenty of opportunity to future cooperation with the Chinese community, but also inevitable trend.