Abstract
This paper examines the historical transition of QC Circle activities in China. The author has not only researched documents on this subject in Japan, but also actually visited China to conduct a document research there. This paper examines the historical transition of QC Circle activities in China, describing the developments made at each phase from introduction to the present, written not from technological standpoint of management engineering, but rather from comprehensive viewpoint of social science. This paper aims to provide information to those planning to initiate QC circle activity in China
