The 20th meeting of academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the 15th meeting of academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the 10th national congress of China Association for Science and Technology were held at the Great Hall of the People on the morning of the 28th. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, President of the People’s Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the conference and delivered an important speech. Xi stressed that China will continue to take self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology as the strategic support for national development, base itself on the new stage of development, implement new development concepts, build a new pattern of development and promote high-quality development. Forefront of world science and technology, economic area and the major national requirements, geared to the needs of the people’s life and health, in-depth implementation of the strategy relying on science and education, the strategy of reinvigorating China through human resource development, innovation-driven development strategy, to grasp the general trend, head, face to face with problems, grasped the nettle and improving the national innovation system, we will accelerate the development of science and technology power, technology support and achieve high level.
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Speech at the 20th General Conference of Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the 15th General Conference of Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and the 10th National Congress of China Association for Science and Technology
(May 28, 2021)
Xi Jinping
On May 28, the 20th academician conference of the Chinese academy of sciences, the 15th academician conference of the Chinese academy of engineering and the 10th national congress of the China association for science and technology were grandly held at the great hall of the people in Beijing. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People’s Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the conference and delivered an important speech. Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xiang
Fellow Academicians, Comrades and Friends,
Today, the 20th General Conference of Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the 15th General Conference of Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the 10th National Congress of China Association for Science and Technology are solemnly opened. This is an important moment at the historic meeting point of the Two Centenary Goals and at the beginning of a new journey to fully build a modern socialist country. It is a grand meeting for us to discuss ways to advance China’s scientific and technological innovation and development.
First of all, on behalf of the CPC Central Committee, I would like to extend warm congratulations on the opening of the congress. To each post hard dedication of science and technology workers, extend sincere sympathy! May 30th is the fifth National Day for Scientific and Technological Workers. I would like to extend my festive greetings to all scientific and technological workers across the country.
This year marks the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. In each historical period of revolution, construction and reform, our Party has attached great importance to science and technology. From the revolutionary period, we attach great importance to the work of intellectuals, to the clarion call of “marching towards science” after the founding of New China, to the conclusion that “science and technology are the primary productive forces” put forward by the reform and opening up. Since entering the new century, we have carried out the knowledge innovation program, the strategy of rejuvenating China through science and education, and the strategy of strengthening China through human resources, constantly improving the national innovation system and building an innovative country. After the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, we have put forward that innovation is the primary driving force, fully implemented the innovation-driven development strategy, and built China into a world power in science and technology. Science and technology has always had a very important strategic position and played an important strategic role in the cause of the Party and the people.
Since the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the CPC Central Committee has conducted a comprehensive analysis of the international competition for scientific and technological innovation, studied and assessed the development situation at home and abroad, and, in response to the prominent problems and challenges facing China’s scientific and technological undertakings, consistently placed scientific and technological innovation at the core of the country’s overall development and made comprehensive plans for scientific and technological innovation. We have upheld the Party’s overall leadership over science and technology, observed the overall trend, considered the overall situation, and focused on the fundamental issues, and formed an efficient organizational mobilization system and a mode of overall planning and coordination for the allocation of scientific and technological resources. We are firmly committed to the strategic goal of building a world power in science and technology. With a sense of mission, responsibility and urgency, we seize the opportunity for global science and technology development and strive to be the first in basic frontier areas. We will give full play to the leading role of scientific and technological innovation, strive to make new breakthroughs in original innovations, achieve leapfrog development in important scientific and technological fields, promote the autonomy and control of key core technologies, and strengthen the integration of the innovation chain and industrial chain. We have made comprehensive plans for the reform of the system for scientific and technological innovation and introduced a series of major reform measures to improve the overall efficiency of the national innovation system. We have focused on implementing the strategy of reinvigorating China through human resources, creating a favorable ecological environment for human innovation, gathering all the world’s best talents and putting them to good use, and fully stimulating the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of scientists and technicians. We have expanded openness and cooperation in science and technology, actively integrated ourselves into the global network of scientific and technological innovation, actively participated in addressing major challenges facing mankind, and worked hard to ensure that the fruits of scientific and technological innovation benefit more countries and people.
In 2016, we held the National Science and Technology Innovation Conference, the Conference of Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Ninth National Congress of the China Association for Science and Technology. In 2018, we held the Conference of Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Over the past few years, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee and with the joint efforts of the scientific and technological community and all sectors of society, China’s scientific and technological strength has moved from quantitative accumulation to qualitative leap, and from breakthroughs in various points to systematic improvement. New historic achievements have been made in scientific and technological innovation.
— Major progress was made in basic research and original innovation. Our overall strength in basic research has been significantly strengthened, and the overall level of chemistry, materials, physics, engineering and other disciplines has been significantly improved. A number of major original achievements have been made in cutting-edge fields such as quantum information, stem cells and brain science. Successfully organized a number of significant basic research task, “chang e” 5 implementation extraterrestrial object sample return, “/ 1” on Mars, “huairou one” gravitational waves suddenly and violently round-the-clock monitor satellite launch, high-energy electromagnetic counterparts “eye” to directly measure the universe so far the strongest magnetic field, the 500 – meter aperture spherical radio telescope first discovered millisecond pulsar, The new generation of “artificial sun” was discharged for the first time. The Xuelong-2 spacecraft set off for its maiden voyage to the South Pole. The 76-photon quantum computing prototype “Jiuzhang” and the 62-bit programmable superconducting quantum computing prototype “Zuchongzhihao” were successfully launched. A number of world-class major scientific and technological infrastructure facilities, including spallation neutron sources, passed the acceptance inspection.
— New strides were made in strategic high-tech fields. In the deep sea, deep space, deep earth, deep blue and other fields, actively seize the commanding heights of science and technology. China’s space station and its core module were successfully launched. The Long March-5 Yao-3 carrier rocket was successfully launched. The world’s most powerful astrophysical accelerator at the deep Earth’s core was launched. “Sunway TaihuLight” supercomputer for the first time to achieve ten million core parallel first-principles calculation simulation, “Mozi” to achieve unrelayed quantum key distribution at the thousand-kilometer level. “Tiankun” successful first sea trial. New breakthroughs were made in the third-generation nuclear power technologies of the Guohe 1 and Hualong 1.
— New breakthroughs were made in high-end industries. The C919 aircraft is ready for operation. The 600 km/h high-speed maglev test vehicle has successfully run, and the maximum diameter shield machine has launched smoothly. Beijing Daxing International Airport was officially put into operation, and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge was put into operation. Great progress has been made in intelligent manufacturing. Artificial intelligence and the digital economy are developing vigorously. Image recognition and voice recognition are among the world’s leaders. Development of new-energy vehicles was accelerated. Consumer drones account for more than half of the global market. The continuous innovation of methanol to olefin technology has driven the rapid development of coal to olefin industry in China.
— Science and technology have played an important role in COVID-19 prevention and control. The scientific and technological community has provided scientific and decision-making support for the Party and the government’s scientific response to the epidemic. Successfully isolated from the world’s first will be coronavirus strain, complete the viral genome sequencing, develop a batch of clinical treatment drug, testing equipment and reagents, several types of vaccine development and application of science and technology in the control of infection, virus traceability, disease treatment, research and development of vaccines and drugs, and return to work and production provides a strong support, played a successful technology resistance to disease.
— Remarkable progress has been made in science and technology related to people’s livelihood. Major progress has been made in replacing high-end medical equipment made in China, such as heavy ion accelerators, magnetic resonance imaging, color ultrasound and CT. We will use scientific and technological means to build a new model of targeted poverty alleviation, and foster scientific and technological industries and talents for poor areas. Science and technology have played an important role in winning the battle against poverty. A number of key technologies, such as clean and efficient coal combustion and ultra-low emission control of multiple pollutants in steel, have been widely applied and promoted the improvement of air quality.
— Major achievements were made in national defense science and technology innovation. National defense science and technology strongly supported the research and development of major weapons and equipment. The first domestically built aircraft carrier was launched, and the J-20, the fifth-generation fighter jet, was put into service. With the successful development of the DF-17 ballistic missile, China has taken the lead in hypersonic weapons.
Practice has proved that China’s independent innovation is a promising cause. Our country vast science and technology worker is great achievement! General scientific and technical workers in our country to the spirit of advancing with The Times, completely-new courage and perseverance of the concentration, the forefront of world science and technology, economic area and the major national requirements, geared to the needs of the people’s life and health, to grasp the general trend, head, face to face with problems, grasped the nettle and shoulder the important task of the era have entrusted to, efforts to achieve a high level of science and technology free-standing self-improvement!
On May 28, the 20th academician conference of the Chinese academy of sciences, the 15th academician conference of the Chinese academy of engineering and the 10th national congress of the China association for science and technology were grandly held at the great hall of the people in Beijing. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People’s Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the conference and delivered an important speech. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng
Academicians, Comrades and Friends,
The world today is undergoing rapid changes unseen in a century. The international environment is complex, the world economy is in a downturn, global industrial and supply chains are being reshaped, and instability and uncertainty are on the rise. The COVID-19 epidemic has had a far-reaching impact, with anti-globalization, unilateralism and protectionism surging in the undercurrents. Scientific and technological innovation has become the main battlefield of international strategic game, and the competition around the commanding heights of science and technology is unprecedentedly fierce. We must maintain a strong sense of danger and be fully prepared mentally and in our work.
At present, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation are advancing by leaps and bounds. The paradigm of scientific research is undergoing profound changes, interdisciplinary integration is developing continuously, and the penetration and integration of science and technology and economic and social development are accelerating. The scope of scientific and technological innovation has been significantly expanded. From the macro world to the movement of celestial bodies, the evolution of galaxies and the origin of the universe, to the micro world to gene editing, particle structure and quantum regulation, all of these are at the forefront of scientific and technological development in the world today. Deep-space exploration has become a commanding point in scientific and technological competition. Deep-sea and deep-sea exploration have opened new horizons for mankind’s understanding of nature. The speed of scientific and technological innovation has been significantly accelerated, and the rapid development of emerging technologies, such as information technology and artificial intelligence, has greatly expanded the scope of time, space and human cognition. Humanity is entering an era of intelligent interconnection of everything in which “man, machine and object” are integrated. Basic and applied research in biological sciences developed rapidly. The precision of scientific and technological innovation has been significantly enhanced, and the research on biomacromolecules and genes has entered the stage of precise regulation. From the understanding and modification of life to the synthesis and design of life, it has not only brought benefits to human beings, but also brought challenges to bioethics.
Thanks to years of hard work, China’s overall level of science and technology has improved substantially. We have the foundation, confidence, confidence and ability to seize the opportunities presented by the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation and build on this momentum to achieve ambitious goals. At the same time, also want to see, the original innovation ability is not strong in China, the innovation system overall efficiency is not high, the innovation of science and technology resources integration is not enough, the innovation of science and technology power needs to be optimized layout, low input and output efficiency of science and technology, science and technology talent team structure to be optimized, science and technology evaluation system is still not meet the requirements for the development of science and technology, and the ecological science and technology need to be further improved. Many of these problems are longstanding difficulties that need to be resolved with continued efforts.
The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China established the strategic goal of becoming a leading innovation-oriented country by 2035. The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to adhere to the core position of innovation in China’s overall modernization drive, and regard scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement as the strategic support for national development. Based on the new stage of development, the new vision of development, the new pattern of development, and high-quality development, we must fully implement the strategy of reinvigorating the country through science and education, the strategy of reinvigorating the country through human resources, and the strategy of innovation-driven development. We must improve the country’s innovation system, speed up the building of a strong country through science and technology, and achieve self-reliance and self-improvement through high-level science and technology.
First, we need to strengthen innovative and pioneering research in science and technology, and resolutely win the battle against key and core technologies. Science and technology make a nation stand strong, and science and technology make a country strong. Strengthening basic research is a necessary requirement for self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology. It is a necessary choice for us to move from the unknown to the known and from the uncertain to the certain. We should accelerate the formulation of a 10-year action plan for basic research. In basic research, we should have the courage to explore and highlight originality, promote the exploration and discovery of the evolution of the universe, the nature of consciousness, the structure of matter and the origin of life, expand the boundaries of understanding nature and open up new cognitive frontiers. In basic research, we should apply traction to break the bottleneck, summarize scientific problems from the practical problems faced by economic and social development and national security, and understand the basic theories and technical principles of “bottleneck” technology. We will increase government spending on basic research, optimize the structure of spending, give preferential tax treatment to enterprises for investment in basic research, and encourage the public to invest in basic research through various channels, such as donation and fund establishment, so as to form a sustained and stable investment mechanism.
We must stick to a problem-oriented approach in tackling key issues in science and technology and focus on the most urgent and pressing problems. Should start from the state urgent needs and long-term needs, based on oil and gas, raw materials, high-end chip, industrial software, crop seeds, scientific experiments with instruments and equipment, chemicals, etc on the key core technology fully, and speed up the breakthrough of medicines, medical equipment, medical equipment, vaccine in areas such as key core technology. Global and national security is a matter of development in the foundation of core areas, aim for artificial intelligence, quantum information, integrated circuits, advanced manufacturing, life and health, brain science, space science and technology, biological breeding, deep in the deep sea, and other areas of the frontier, looking forward to the deployment of a batch of strategic, reserves, technology research and development projects, aimed at the commanding heights of science and technology and industry development in the future. We will optimize government spending on science and technology, focusing on strategic and key areas.
The key to the integration of innovation chain and industrial chain is to establish the dominant position of enterprise innovation. We need to enhance the driving force for enterprises to innovate, encouraging them to do so in a positive way and forcing them to do so in a negative way. We should give full play to the role of enterprises as test makers, promote the coordination of key projects and the integration of research and development activities, accelerate the establishment of innovation confederations led by leading enterprises, supported by universities and institutes, and coordinated innovation entities, develop an efficient and powerful generic technology supply system, and make the transfer and commercialization of scientific and technological achievements more effective.
Modern engineering and technical science is an indispensable bridge between scientific principles, industrial development and engineering research and development, and plays a key role in the modern scientific and technological system. We should vigorously strengthen multi-disciplinary research in modern engineering and technology, promote the development of basic science and engineering technology, and form a complete system of modern science and technology.
Second, we need to strengthen China’s strategic scientific and technological capabilities and improve the overall effectiveness of the country’s innovation system. The world’s leading scientific and technological powers compete with each other in terms of national strategic scientific and technological strength. National laboratories, national research institutions, high-level research universities, and leading enterprises in science and technology are all important components of the country’s strategic scientific and technological force, and they should conscientiously fulfill their mission of self-reliance and self-improvement through high-level science and technology.
National laboratories should follow the requirements of the “Four Orientations”, keep up with the general trend of world scientific and technological development, adapt to the missions and tasks of China’s development on scientific and technological development, produce more strategic and key scientific and technological achievements, and combine them with state key laboratories to form a national laboratory system with Chinese characteristics.
State research institutions should be guided by the country’s strategic needs, focus on solving major scientific and technological problems that affect the country’s overall development and long-term interests, speed up efforts to build source of original innovation, and make breakthroughs in key and core technologies.
High-level research universities should better combine the development of science and technology as the primary productive force, the training of talents as the primary resource, and the strengthening of innovation as the primary driving force, give full play to their advantages of profound basic research and interdisciplinary integration, and become the main force in basic research and the new force for major scientific and technological breakthroughs. We need to better align the building of research-oriented universities with China’s strategic goals and tasks, strengthen exploration in basic frontier areas and breakthroughs in key technologies, and strive to build disciplinary systems, academic systems and discourse systems with Chinese characteristics, style and style, so as to contribute to the training of more outstanding talents.
Leading enterprises in science and technology should leverage their advantages in market demand, integrated innovation and organizational platforms, so as to build a path from a strong science and technology to a strong enterprise, industry and economy. Led to enterprise, integrating cluster innovation resources, an interdisciplinary, great collaboration and innovation base of high strength, to carry out the key industrial generic technology research and development, commercialization and industrialization of scientific and technological achievements, science and technology resource sharing service, promote key field project, base, talent, capital integration configuration, improving the capacity of China’s industrial base and industrial modernization level.
All regions should base on their own advantages and combine the needs of industrial development to make scientific and rational arrangements for scientific and technological innovation. We will support local governments where conditions permit them to build comprehensive national science centers or regional science and technology innovation centers, so that they will become a gathering place for the world’s cutting-edge fields of science, technological innovation in emerging industries, and elements of global science and technology innovation.
Third, we need to advance reform of the science and technology management system and form a basic system that supports all-around innovation. We need to improve the socialist market economy under the conditions of new type of the sports system, give full play to the role of the state as an organizer of major scientific and technological innovation, support cycle is long, big risk, high difficulty and good prospects for strategic scientific planning and engineering science, grasp the system layout, system organization, cross-border integration, the government, market, society, and so on various aspects strength twist into a rope and into the future of the overall advantage. We need to better integrate effective markets with capable governments, give full play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation, guide the effective allocation of innovation resources through market demand, and form a strong synergy for advancing scientific and technological innovation.
We need to focus on improving the evaluation system and other basic reforms, adhere to the quality, performance, and contribution orientation of evaluation, and fully and accurately reflect the level of innovation in the application of results, the performance of their application, and their actual contribution to economic and social development. In terms of project evaluation, we should establish and perfect the evaluation system in line with the law of scientific research activities, perfect the classification and evaluation system of free exploration and task-oriented science and technology projects, and establish the evaluation mechanism of non-consensus science and technology projects. In the evaluation of talents, we should “break the four only methods” and “set new standards” simultaneously, and accelerate the establishment of an evaluation system for scientific and technological talents oriented by innovation value, ability and contribution. We will support research institutions in exploring and experimenting with a more flexible salary system, and stabilize and strengthen the ranks of researchers engaged in basic, cutting-edge and public welfare research to ensure their peace of mind in their research.
The reform of science and technology management should not only be conducted by addition, but also by subtraction. Take more courage to promote science and technology management function transformation, grasp the strategy, according to the reform, grasp planning, the positioning of the service, the transformation attitude, improve ability, reduce the penny, points, set the project, such as direct intervention, strengthening planning policy guidance, to give more autonomy research unit, give scientists a greater technical route power and money, Let scientific research institutions and researchers from the cumbersome, unnecessary system and mechanism of liberation!
Innovation does not care where you were born. Heroes do not care where they come from. We need to reform the way major science and technology projects are set up, organized and managed, and implement systems such as “opening lists and leading the way” and “racing the horses.” To study the true problem, the formation of true list, real list. To really study the problem, let those who want to do, can do, do the work of science and technology leading talents to go to war, the implementation of technical chief responsibility system, funding system, credit commitment system, regardless of qualifications, do not set the threshold, so that there are real talent and knowledge of science and technology personnel heroes have a useful place!
Fourth, we need to foster an open and innovative ecosystem and participate in global scientific and technological governance. Science and technology are world – wide, contemporary and the common wealth of mankind. We need to balance development and security, plan and promote innovation with a global perspective, actively integrate ourselves into the global innovation network, focus on issues such as climate change and human health, and strengthen joint research and development with researchers from other countries. We should take the initiative to design and launch international big science plans and projects, and set up global scientific research funds.
Technology is a powerful tool for development, but it can also be a source of risk. It is necessary to look ahead and analyze the rules conflicts, social risks and ethical challenges brought by the development of science and technology, and improve relevant laws and regulations, ethical review rules and regulatory framework. We need to be deeply involved in global governance of science and technology, contribute Chinese wisdom, foster the cultural concept of science and technology for good, enable science and technology to better improve the well-being of mankind, and enable Chinese science and technology to make greater contribution to the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Fifth, we need to stimulate the creativity of all types of talents and build a global talent plateau. A world leader in science and technology must be able to attract, retain and use talented people globally. To achieve self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology, in the final analysis, China must rely on high-quality innovative personnel.
Cultivating innovative talents is a great plan for the long-term development of a country and a nation. Competition in today’s world is, in the final analysis, competition for talents and education. More attention should be paid to the cultivation of independent talents, scientific spirit, innovative ability and critical thinking. We should pay greater attention to the training of young personnel, strive to produce a number of top-notch scientific and technological personnel with global influence, steadily support a number of innovation teams, and train more high-quality technical and technical personnel, skilled craftsmen, and artisans of major countries. China’s education is able to cultivate masters, we must have this confidence! We need to create an environment in society in which work, knowledge, talent and creativity are respected, foster a culture of advocating science, and encourage more young people to have their dreams in science and aspirations for innovation. “Planting a plane tree attracts a golden phoenix.” We need to build a research and innovation highland that brings together outstanding talents from around the world, and improve the policy for high-end and professional talents to come to China for work, research and exchange.
Scientific and technological innovation cannot be separated from the lasting time investment of scientific and technological personnel. In 1961, in order to ensure the time of scientific and technological personnel, the central government proposed to “ensure that scientific and technological personnel have five days per week for scientific and technological work”. Guaranteeing time is protecting innovation ability! A guarantee mechanism should be put in place for researchers to focus their energy on scientific research, so that they can devote their energy to scientific and technological innovation and research and development activities. Personnel of a bit less science and technology participate in all kinds of activities of sex, responsive sex, won’t bring what loss! We must not allow scientific and technical personnel to spend a lot of time on some unnecessary welcoming and sending activities, spend on unnecessary review and evaluation activities, spend on formalistic, bureaucratic activities!
On May 28, the 20th academician conference of the Chinese academy of sciences, the 15th academician conference of the Chinese academy of engineering and the 10th national congress of the China association for science and technology were grandly held at the great hall of the people in Beijing. Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji, Han Zheng and other officials attended the meeting. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng
Academicians, Comrades and Friends,
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) are the highest academic institutions in the state science and technology and engineering fields, as well as national strategic scientific and technological forces. As the national team, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences should play their leading role in academic research, tackling key and core technologies, and cultivating innovative talents. They should solve major and original scientific problems, boldly innovate in “no man’s land”, break through key and core technologies that constrain development, and identify, train and gather a group of high-quality talents and high-level innovation teams. The two chambers should strengthen their functions as high-end national think tanks, give full play to the role of strategic scientists, and actively conduct consultation and review to serve national decision-making.
To shoulder the party and government relations of China Association for Science and Technology workers are the duties of a bridge and link of science and technology, adhere to the service for the scientific and technical workers, for innovation to drive the development of service, to improve the scientific quality of service, service for the party and the government decision-making, more widely to the broad masses of workers to unite around the party’s science and technology, carry forward the spirit of scientists, self-restraint fine style. We should be oriented towards the world and the future, increase openness, trust and cooperation with the international scientific and technological community, and make greater contribution to the all-round building of a modern socialist country and the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Academician is China’s highest honorary title in the field of science and technology and engineering. The academicians of the two chambers are the wealth of the country, the pride of the people and the glory of the nation. Since the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, we have achieved positive results in reforming the academician system. The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee proposed to deepen the reform of the academician system and further return the title of academician to its honorary and academic nature. In the selection of academicians, we should break the seniority theory, put an end to the influence of non-academic factors, strengthen social supervision, and maintain the purity of academician titles.
Here, I would like to offer some hope to the academicians.
— I hope the academicians will set an example of caring for the motherland and serving the people. On the road to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, generation after generation of scientists have always cared for the country and the people, braved difficulties and made selfless contributions, and made major contributions to the progress of science and technology, the improvement of people’s lives and the development of the Chinese nation. In the new era, it is more important to carry forward the spirit of patriotism, which regards the destiny of the country and the nation as its own responsibility, and to continue to carry forward the spirit of scientists, which is based on patriotism. The majority of academicians will stay true to their original aspiration and keep their mission firmly in mind, respond to the call of the Party and the call of the motherland, maintain a deep sense of family and country and a strong sense of social responsibility, and work tirelessly for the Party, the motherland and the people.
— I hope the academicians will set an example in pursuing truth and scaling new heights. The mission of science is to explore truth and discover new knowledge. All truly original knowledge must break through existing knowledge systems. “Good scholars try their best, good practitioners try their best.” Academicians should scale new heights of science, dare to be the first, pursue excellence, strive to explore the frontiers of science, discover and solve new scientific problems, put forward new concepts, theories and methods, open up new fields and directions, and form new frontier schools. It is necessary to overcome difficulties, pool wisdom to tackle problems, aim at the key core technical problems of “bottleneck”, and lead the team to make major breakthroughs.
— We hope that the majority of academicians will set an example of adhering to academic ethics and rigorous scholarship. Honesty is the inevitable requirement of scientific spirit. Academicians should be role models of academic ethics, adhere to academic ethics and research ethics, practice academic norms, internalize academic ethics and scientific spirit in mind and practice, cultivate a clean and upright research environment, and cultivate a rigorous and realistic scientific culture. As a person’s energy is limited, academicians should focus more on scientific research, minimize part-time jobs and focus more on their own fields.
— I hope that the majority of academicians will set an example of being willing to work as a ladder and reward students. “Jiangshan generation has the talent out”, “since ancient times the hero out of the young”. Academicians should play the role of mentors in recognizing, cultivating and using talents in the training of innovative talents. “Talent, material also, raise the expensive element, make it expensive.” We should teach them by example, promote academic democracy, and be willing to serve as a paving stone and guide for younger students. We should do away with the culture of seniority and social circles, encourage young people to be bold and innovative, and let young talents flow out like springs of water.
Party committees and governments at all levels should fully respect talents, show political concern for academicians, support them in their work and care about their daily lives, carefully listen to the opinions of researchers including academicians, strengthen scientific management and service guarantee for research activities, and create a good environment for researchers to make innovations.
Academicians, Comrades and Friends,
We have embarked on a new journey to fully build a modern socialist country, and the clarion call has sounded for us to march toward the second centenary goal. Let us unite, have the courage to innovate and work hard, and make new and greater contributions to building China into a world power in science and technology and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Coordinating editor | Zhai Qiaohong Edit | Zhang Suling
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