According to China Central Television news, Huai Jinpeng, party secretary and executive vice chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology, said in an interview with a CCTV reporter today (29th) that He Jiankui would be disqualified from participating in the 15th China Youth Science and Technology Award.
Huai Jinpeng said that the nature of this incident is extremely bad and has seriously damaged the image and interests of China's scientific and technological circles.The China Association for Science and Technology expresses its indignation and strong condemnation of the practices of the personnel and institutions involved who openly challenge the bottom line of scientific research ethics and desecrate the spirit of science.
He said that in the past few days, the Chinese Genetics Society, the Chinese Cell Biology Society, the China Association for Science and Technology Life Science Society and a large number of scientific and technological workers have issued solemn statements one after another, expressing the clear stand and firm attitude of the Chinese scientific and technological circles, and opposing challenges to science.China Association for Science and Technology firmly supports any words or deeds on ethics.The Chinese science and technology community will never change its will to firmly defend the spirit of science and scientific research ethics, its determination to firmly defend the Chinese government's regulations on stem cell clinical research, and its original intention that science and technology should always benefit mankind and serve the sustainable and healthy development of society.
The China Association for Science and Technology will pay close attention to the progress of the incident, give full play to the important role and value of the scientific community, and provide timely intellectual and technical support for the relevant state departments to carry out in-depth investigations of the incident.
Huai Jinpeng said that the China Association for Science and Technology will further increase the education of scientific research ethics for the scientific and technological community, deal with misconduct that seriously violates scientific research ethics and ethics with a zero-tolerance attitude, and cancel the 15th China Youth Science and Technology Award for He JiankuiQualifications.
He said that we will continue to increase efforts to promote the spirit of scientists in the whole society, and create a good cultural and ecological environment for the sustainable and healthy development of scientific and technological innovation and the construction of an innovative country. Xuecheng was dismissed from the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and resigned as a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
According to Xinhua News Agency, the Fourth Session of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference closed in Beijing on the 29th.The meeting voted to remove Xuecheng from the position of deputy director of the Ethnic and Religious Committee, and accept his resignation as a member of the Standing Committee and member of the 13th CPPCC National Committee.
According to the Beijing News, previously, on August 2, the website of the State Administration of Religious Affairs of China issued a message saying that it would pay close attention to and attach great importance to reports on the Internet about the problems related to Xuecheng, the president of the Buddhist Association of China.Then, on August 23, the State Administration of Religious Affairs of China notified the investigation and verification of the report on Xuecheng and Beijing Longquan Temple.
Afterwards, Xuecheng resigned from the positions of president, executive director, and director of the Chinese Buddhist Association, and was removed from the post of abbot (abbot) of Longquan Temple.
