Rebirth of science and technology academic master

On January 8, the annual National Science and Technology Awards Conference officially opened to commend the scientific and technological achievements made by various universities and scientific research institutions in the past year.

Although Qin Yuanqing announced his withdrawal from the candidacy for the Natural Science Award, Science and Technology Progress Award and Invention Award last year, he still participated in the meeting. As a banner in the field of science and technology in China, Qin Yuanqing has the responsibility and obligation to help promote the development of science and technology in China. Let Huaxia continue to maintain its ability to innovate.

The total number of national science and technology awards each year does not exceed 300. With the rapid development of China's economy, more and more funds are invested in scientific research, more and more scientific research results are produced, and competition is becoming increasingly fierce. After all, the total number is not If there are more than 300, your results will be removed if your results are not good enough.

The situation has changed significantly this year, that is, the proportion of award-winning universities across the country has increased significantly compared with the past. Colleges and universities across the country won 2 first prizes and 28 second prizes in the 2017 National Natural Science Awards, accounting for 85.7% of the total 35 award projects (2 first prizes and 33 second prizes).

Colleges and universities across the country won 2 first prizes and 36 second prizes for general projects of the National Technological Invention Award in 2017, accounting for 77.6% of the total 49 general project awards (2 first prizes and 47 second prizes).

Colleges and universities across the country won 106 general projects of the National Science and Technology Progress Award in 2017 (2 special prizes, 7 first prizes, 2 innovation team awards, and 95 second prizes), accounting for 132 of the total number of general project awards (special prizes 2 awards, 9 first prizes, 3 innovation team awards, 118 second prizes).

The proportion of universities receiving each award has reached a new high, and the proportion has continued to increase for seven consecutive years, which fully reflects the important position of basic research and major original innovative research in universities in my country, and the important contribution of universities to China's scientific and technological innovation and economic development.

For example, Beihang University of Aeronautics and Astronautics' "Changying Plateau Long-range Unmanned Reconnaissance System" won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award. This is a testament to the "Changying Dream" that the Beihang UAV team has been pursuing for more than 60 years. It is the greatest award that has brought its technical level to the world's leading level over time.

Its birth has made our country the third country after the United States and Israel to independently develop long-range and long-endurance drones, raising our country's drone design, manufacturing, and testing levels to the world's first-class ranks.

Of course, in addition to the large proportion of universities, the innovation capabilities of various places are also vividly reflected in the number and proportion of awards. A total of 90 projects in Beijing have won the National Science and Technology Award, accounting for 41.7% of the total number of general project awards nationwide. Contact 7 The annual proportion continues to increase, demonstrating the strong momentum of Beijing to build a technological innovation center with global influence.

This is because Qin Yuanqing withdrew from the candidacy for these awards. Otherwise, the number of awards would have to be increased by 3 more, and the proportion would continue to increase.

Quantum computers are still classified, so quantum chips and the like have not won awards.

These awards are awarded based on the results announced.

After attending the award conference, Qin Yuanqing also began to prepare for the upcoming Thirty Schools Alliance meeting. Because his superiors were not interested in the Thirty Schools Alliance, this time the Thirty Schools Alliance was defined as a spontaneous organization by the private sector, and the superiors did not conduct any meetings. endorsement.

The Thirty School Alliance relies on the influence of Shuimu University and Qin Yuanqing's personal influence.

On January 27, a conference that Qin Yuanqing had been planning for a long time, prepared to invest heavily in, and would play a major role in Chinese universities was officially held at the Shahe Campus of Shuimu University. A lot of work has been done during this period, but there is still no list. Come all, only 22 university presidents in total responded to the call and came to attend this meeting.

The originally proposed alliance of thirty schools became an alliance of twenty-two schools.

The slogan on the banner is also the Twenty-Two Schools Alliance Conference!

The 224-school alliance is: Harbin Institute of Technology, Jinling University, Shuimu, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Zhongda University, Jilin University, Nankai University, Tianda University, Xiamen University, Central South University, Southeast University, Beihang University, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Huaxia Ocean University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Hohai University, Dalian University of Technology, Huaxia Agricultural University.

As the initiator, Qin Yuanqing was in his own territory, so he acted as the host of the meeting. Qin Yuanqing first welcomed everyone to the meeting as the host and thanked them for their trust in him.

"Everyone should know that I previously launched the Thirty School Alliance, which formed an alliance of thirty top universities in China to benchmark the Ivy League in the United States. Unfortunately, some universities chose not to participate due to some reasons." Qin Yuanqing said.

"So, the thirty-school alliance has become today's twenty-two-school alliance. As long as everyone agrees to the alliance's program, then I will fund a batch of world-class experimental instruments and equipment worth 50 billion yuan to the alliance!" Qin Yuanqing said calmly: "And I personally donate 22 billion yuan to the alliance every year, and each alliance school can get 1 billion yuan from it every year. Once there is a scientific research task, we will give priority to schools in the alliance to cooperate!"

Wow~~

When the other principals heard Qin Yuanqing's words, they all looked shocked. After all, this was such a big deal. Not only did it have the world's top instruments and equipment, but it also received one billion yuan in scientific research funding from the alliance every year. Once there was a scientific research task, it would also take the lead. Collaborate in alliances.

Who doesn't know that Qin Yuanqing has the most scientific research tasks, and the scientific research funds do not come from the state, but from his own investment or the ability to create his own hematopoiesis.

Even if the principals who came to attend the meeting today are all principals of famous schools, and the schools have a lot of funding every year, there is no doubt that one billion yuan is still a very huge amount of funding, which will undoubtedly promote the strength of the school. Questions are a huge boost.

What's more, in addition to the annual funding of one billion yuan, Qin Yuanqing just said that he will donate the world's top instruments and equipment worth 50 billion yuan to the alliance.

Those of them who are principals have not come to Shuimu for inspection and study at least two or three times this year. There is no principal who is not envious of Shuimu's hardware facilities.

"President Qin, I wonder what your thoughts are when you call for the establishment of this university alliance? You must know that there was already an alliance of nine universities before." The president of Harbin Institute of Technology asked aloud.

The nine-university alliance, of which Harbin Institute of Technology is also a member, had discussions and negotiations among the nine top domestic universities and unanimously agreed to sign the "Cooperation and Exchange Agreement for Talent Training in First-Class Universities" in accordance with the principle of "complementary advantages and resource sharing" to jointly cultivate top-notch talents. Talent. The goal is to build a "double first-class" university into a first-class domestic university and a first-class international university.

And now less than 9 years have passed.

"Dear principals, I have only one idea. All the schools in the alliance can enter the top 100 universities in the world. At the same time, the top schools can enter the top 20 universities in the world, or even the top ten universities, so as to cultivate outstanding talents for China. , and at the same time accumulate strength for the fourth industrial revolution." Qin Yuanqing said: "In as short as ten years or as long as fifteen years, mankind will surely enter the fourth industrial revolution, or in fact we have already embarked on the fourth industrial revolution. On the road to revolution, we have entered the fourth industrial revolution with our heads held high."

"In this context, our current higher education in China, it is unceremonious to say that except for Shuimu, other universities cannot keep up with the development of the times!" Qin Yuanqing paused when he said this!

Although the other principals looked a little ugly, they had to admit that what Qin Yuanqing said was right. University education could not keep up with society. The result was that college students entered society after graduation and entered companies and found that what they had learned in school had lagged behind society. Enterprises need to invest a lot of cost and time in retraining before they can truly work on the job.

However, none of the principals present left angrily. After all, what Qin Yuanqing proposed was very attractive. Once this alliance is established, their schools will benefit immensely and their strength will be greatly improved.

“After the alliance is established, it can hold two alliance meetings every year to summarize past experiences and put forward prospects for the future. It also promotes exchanges and scientific research cooperation between schools, and allows teachers from other schools to go to schools with better performance for further studies. " Qin Yuanqing said.

The other principals couldn't help but express their emotions. They all saw the benefits of this condition. Shuimu University is now getting closer and closer to the top ten in the world. Maybe it will be able to enter the top ten universities in the world in one or two years. Moreover, Shuimu University Today's teachers and hardware are significantly ahead of other universities. There is no doubt that if teachers from your own school can come to Shuimu for exchanges, it will undoubtedly be of great benefit to improve their teaching level.

The conference lasted for three days and nights, and the alliance's program, principles, cooperation model and other contents were finalized step by step. The program is very clear to help the alliance schools become world-class universities, adhering to the three principles of "fairness, justice and equality" and " The principle of "seeking common ground while reserving differences" is to shelve disputes and pursue common development.

When Qin Yuanqing finished reading and checking each item, all the principals present expressed no objections. In the end, the venue burst into warm applause, and the agreement was passed with warm applause.

The next step was to set up a council. Qin Yuanqing was recognized as the chairman of the alliance council. The presidents of five universities including Harbin Institute of Technology and Jinling University served as vice chairman of the alliance council. The presidents of other universities served as members of the alliance council.

Corresponding internal organizations will be established after the conference, and each conference will set up a corresponding office to handle alliance communication, connection and other matters.

Qin Yuanqing finally made it happen, with a happy smile on his face, which gave him a great sense of accomplishment. This sense of accomplishment is greater than the one that breaks through the bottleneck of a certain science and technology. After all, once this university alliance is managed well, the impact it will have is immeasurable, and it will have a greater impact than a single scientific and technological breakthrough. Much more.