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<p>The <b>Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense</b> (<b>COSTIND</b>; ) was a civilian commission within the <a href="page.php?w=State_Council_of_China">State Council</a> of the <a href="page.php?w=People%27s_Republic_of_China">People's Republic of China</a>, responsible for setting policy for <a href="page.php?w=defense_procurement">defense procurement</a>. It was considered as the Chinese counterpart of <a href="page.php?w=DARPA">DARPA</a> of the US. The ministry was formed in 1982 to centralize Chinese defense procurement</p><p>
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