Hu Angang, dean of the Institute of National Conditions, a think tank and scientific research institution affiliated to Tsinghua University in Beijing, has been controversial in recent years for his repeated remarks that China's high-tech industry, economy, and comprehensive national strength surpass the United States. Because of his official think tank and Zhongnanhai speaker status, In the context of the Sino-US trade war, the outside world is even more worried that his views will mislead the central decision-making.Tsinghua alumni launched a joint signature the day before yesterday, calling on the school to fire Hu Angang, and criticize Hu Angang for harming the country and the people. As of last night, more than a thousand Tsinghua alumni signed.
Secretary Hu: The school is dealing with it, no comment
This newspaper called Hu Angang several times yesterday, but was unable to get through.Hu Angang's secretary told this newspaper: All things are being handled by the school now, and I have no comment from my side, and I don't know much about the current situation.She also said that Hu himself would not respond for the time being.
The day before yesterday, Tsinghua alumni sent a letter of appeal to the current president, Qiu Yong, requesting that Hu Angang be dismissed as the president and professor of the National Conditions Research Institute. As of last night, at least 1,000 people signed the petition, most of whom were old Tsinghua students, and there were also current students andSeveral people from other schools.The letter of appeal states that Hu Angang has disregarded common sense in recent years and regarded academics as nothing.Attracting the wariness of other countries far away, and making neighbors fearful nearby, can be called harming the country and the people.
The appeal also criticizes Hu Angang for setting indicators for the conclusions in the study of the comparison of Chinese and American power, which is purely ridiculous and generous, and takes Hu's comparison of Chinese and American military power as an example. The comparison model is that military resources are equal to military personnel plus military expenditures.If this is the case, the spear and sword will be invincible again.The letter of appeal stated: In order to seek my own glory, I am in an important position as the dean of the Institute of National Conditions of Tsinghua University. Using taxpayer research funds to make the aforementioned "research conclusions" that go against common sense will not only tarnish the reputation of my alma mater, but may even misleadThe country misleads the people, and its poison is far-reaching.
The report of the director of the National Research Institute has been repeatedly approved by the central government
65-year-old Hu Angang studied engineering in his early years, received a doctorate from the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, did postdoctoral research at Yale University in the United States, and served as a visiting researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.Hu has been engaged in research on China's national conditions since 1985. His reports have been approved by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China many times, and he has also participated in the Zhongnanhai Symposium for face-to-face exchanges with leaders.In 2000, Tsinghua University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences jointly established the National Conditions Research Center. In 2011, it was placed under Tsinghua University and the National Conditions Research Institute was established. Hu Angang has served as the dean until now.
Hu Angang issued a document in 2016 stating that China has become the world's largest manufacturing country, the largest importer and exporter of goods, and the largest economy.In a lecture last year, Hu Angang pointed out that China's six major strengths have entered a period of comprehensive catching up and surpassing the United States in terms of main body. Among them, economic strength, technological strength, and comprehensive national strength have surpassed the United States, and they have been quantified into specific multiples.
Long Yongtu, chief negotiator for China's accession to the WTO, said in February this year that China still has a long way to go compared with the United States in terms of development strength, personal quality and overall national strength. We need a sense of urgency and a sense of crisis to keep catching up with the world's advancedLevel, not complacent.
Mei Xinyu, a researcher at the Ministry of Commerce, spoke in support of Hu Angang on his WeChat account last night, saying that his research methods may have problems, but it is academic freedom and should not be dismissed for this.
