Xi'an Aerospace Propulsion Research Institute stated that the materials that sparked heated public opinion were submitted to the arbitral tribunal by the organizer of the institute based on the opinions of lawyers. Because the undertaker was eager to achieve the purpose of letting him go back to the institute to declassify, the wording in the materials was improper and exaggerated.The status and role of Zhang Xiaoping in the research and development projects he participated in

The attention-grabbing incident of Zhang Xiaoping's resignation has made new progress.On the evening of September 27, Xi’an Aerospace Propulsion Research Institute released a statement on Zhang Xiaoping’s resignation incident (hereinafter referred to as the statement) on its official website, saying that Zhang Xiaoping’s participation in the research and development of our institute’s model (hereinafter referred to as the situation), which has aroused heated public opinion recently, was based on the lawyer’s opinion, submitted to the arbitral tribunal by the undertaker of the Institute, because the undertaker was eager to achieve the purpose of letting him return to the institute to declassify, the wording in the material was improper, exaggerating Zhang Xiaoping's position and role in the research and development project he participated in.

According to reports, in March 2018, Zhang Xiaoping submitted an application for resignation to the Xi'an Aerospace Propulsion Research Institute.In consideration of cherishing talents, Xi'an Aerospace Propulsion Research Institute communicated with and retained Zhang Xiaoping many times, but Zhang Xiaoping's intention to resign was firm, and he left the institute without the approval of the unit.

Since Zhang Xiaoping is an important national secret-related personnel, according to the secrecy law and the relevant regulations of the unit, he must declassify at an unclassified position in the institute before leaving the job, and the declassification period is 2 years.For this reason, in April 2018, the Xi'an Aerospace Propulsion Research Institute had a conversation with Zhang Xiaoping, explained to him the resignation process and the management regulations of the declassification period, and informed him that he must abide by the national secrecy regulations and return to the unit to fulfill the declassification obligation.However, Zhang Xiaoping still left the office on his own, which brought great hidden dangers to keeping state secrets and unit technical secrets.

In view of the above, Xi'an Aerospace Propulsion Research Institute filed an arbitration application with the Xi'an Labor Dispute Arbitration Commission, requiring Zhang Xiaoping to continue to perform the employment contract and to return to the Institute for declassification according to the declassification period management regulations.

On September 17, 2018, according to the lawyer's opinion, the sponsor of the Xi'an Aerospace Propulsion Research Institute submitted to the arbitration tribunal materials on Zhang Xiaoping's participation in the model development of our institute.Because the organizer was eager to achieve the purpose of letting him go back to the institute to declassify, the wording in the materials was improper, exaggerating Zhang Xiaoping's position and role in the research and development project he participated in.

Declassification means that the employer performs the necessary procedures as agreed upon by the employee who possesses the trade secrets, such as signing a confidentiality agreement or continuing to work until the end of the declassification period, to ensure that the other party keeps the relevant trade secrets.

The statement also stated that the information about the situation was released through Zhang Xiaoping's personal circle of friends and spread to the Internet, causing a high degree of attention and some misunderstandings and misinterpretations, resulting in adverse effects.

As of press time, Caixin reporter has not contacted Zhang Xiaoping for comment.

Xi'an Aerospace Propulsion Research Institute is the research and design unit of China's liquid rocket engine.Different from the introduction to Zhang Xiaoping in the situation, the explanation only stated that Zhang Xiaoping joined the Xi’an Aerospace Propulsion Research Institute in 1994, obtained the qualification of a researcher in August 2011, and served as the deputy chief designer of the low-temperature propellant engine model since March 2015, working on liquid oxygenKerosene high-pressure afterburning and liquid oxygen methane engine system design, participated in a number of low-temperature engine project demonstrations.

According to the situation, Zhang Xiaoping is responsible for the system design guidance and technical control of the overall plan for the 480-ton liquid oxygen kerosene engine and the 8-ton variable-thrust liquid oxygen kerosene engine. He is the most critical technical post in the engine development process. The soul of the development has an irreplaceable role. Zhang Xiaoping's personal resignation has had a great impact on the program demonstration and development of these four types of engines, and will even affect my country's manned moon landing strategy to a certain extent. Plan demonstration and planning work.

On September 27, the People’s Daily also published a commentary stating that, according to the reply from the president of the Sixth Research Institute of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, this is an attempt by the unit to deliberately exaggerate its role and contribution when initiating legal arbitration, in an attempt to retain people.In other words, exaggerating his role is not for the sake of talents, but for the sake of people.There is obviously still a big gap between preventing the free flow of talents in the name of cherishing talents and respecting talents that people really expect.