Yang Jianye
I am afraid that no one can deny that China and the United States are currently undergoing a "war" that does not see smoke.This battle covers the battle of trade war, high -tech warfare, network information war, cognitive war, chip wars, and strategic scarcity resources.In most cases, the United States attracts talents, relying on soft power.
Can't help but admit that the United States attracts talents.A survey shows that about 46%of artificial intelligence (AI) talents are working for the United States, while AI researchers work for Chinese only 11%.Talent is an important strategic resource and the first strategic resource.For example, modern communication must have "post -quantum passwords" to effectively protect information security.The existing "post -quantum password" standard is mostly based on an ancient mathematical discipline -Lattice Theory.Regardless of encryption or decryption, accurate mathematical laws are needed.Recently, Zong Chuanming, an expert on the theory and the professor of the Tianjin University lecturer, accepted an exclusive interview with the Chinese Journal of Sciences and pointed out: "The quantum password standards after the establishment of Europe and the United States are based on a large number of first -class mathematics achievements."
China is not a higher education institution without training mathematical talents.The School of Mathematics of Peking University is the cradle of China's top mathematics talents.But it is not the same as being able to retain talents.For example, in the past few years, the four -level mathematical figures from Peking University, Zhang Wei, Zhu Xunwen, Ji Zhiwei, and Xu Chenyang, after receiving a doctorate in the United States, they chose to work in the university in the United States.According to rumors, Zhang Yitang, a mathematical genius, who has made breakthroughs in twin prime studies, was unsatisfactory in the United States at first. Even so, when his alma mater, when his alma mater invited him to go back as an associate professor, he even said such a sentence: "I would rather like itIn the United States, he doesn't want to return to China as a professor. "Why did he say so decisively?It is worth reflecting on relevant parties in China.
China does not pay attention to the introduction of talents.High -levels have repeatedly emphasized that technology is the first productive forces, talents are the first resource, and innovation is the first driving force.Almost all universities and research units have plans and plans to introduce talents, and the treatment of high -end talents is also quite good.Nevertheless, China is still difficult to attract and retain outstanding talents, especially strategic scientists and professional first -class talents.The reason is roughly as follows:
First of all, it is necessary to say that compared with the first -class talents such as Qian Xuesen and other generations, this generation lacks the smoking and dyeing of the family feelings of the old school, and there is no such thing as the anti -Japanese war.The unforgettable memory of migration and departure, so it is not like the older generation. It has the strong desire and the strong patriotic feelings of the strong patriotic feelings of the motherland for the motherland. Although the domestic research atmosphere and conditions at that time were quite poor, it was necessaryServe the motherland.The younger generation focuses on the biggest realization of personal life quality and personal value; the latter includes conditions such as innovative environment, atmosphere and research platform.
But China's innovative environment is just difficult to satisfy these top talents.Some people have summarized the four major reasons, and two of them are directly closely related to the innovative environment: the evaluation system that is conducive to the research and innovation of scientific and technological talents has not yet been established; the impetuous learning style and violation of scientific research ethics still exist.The phenomenon of emergency effort is particularly serious, and the rapids of emergency work often lead to rampant bureaucracy and formalism, making scientific researchers often be wrapped in it, and they are unwilling to study at all.
For example, Chinese universities (here referring to ordinary universities in China, top universities like Peking University and Tsinghua University do not understand, dare not speak)) Almost every year is not this report or that evaluation, or that evaluation is that competition, scientific researchers, scientific researchers, scientific researchers, scientific researchersOften there are endless materials, incomplete forms, endless meetings, and fragmented time. How can I sit down for scientific research?And these are usually crushed on young people.This is of course unbearable for those outstanding talents.Moreover, these materials often have exaggerated or even fraud, and this ugly phenomenon is even more disdainful of those top talents.
China also has a strange phenomenon. Some people are both administrators and "scientific researchers", which is originally indispensable.The problem is that once these people are in the top, they basically no longer concentrate on scientific research, but they also occupy more resources and discourse rights than others.The young people and graduate students in the team are done, but the various fame and wealth they get are ranked first.This is certainly not conducive to young scholars standing out.Such orientation makes the administrativeization of universities and scientific research institutes and the official phenomenon of official official positions. For example, when doctoral students are also a scarce resource, there are even unable to recruit general bloggers.Some young scholars have no intention to learn, but are keen to be an official.This atmosphere is obviously not suitable for the survival of top talents, so he can only "vote with your feet."
What's more terrible is that some criticisms cannot be listened to audiovisual.For example, in the past two years, the Chinese Science News made a discussion: Why can't the graduate students today ask questions?The author has been requisitioned to participate in the article, and it is estimated that the text is unable to publish because of his sharpness and outspokenness.Initiating discussion, but the result is unwilling to hear the truth, what is the meaning of this "discussion"?
After many years, when answering the controversial "brushing plate" of the reporter, Zhang Yitang said, "I don't look down on the motherland, but I think that if I say that I can swipe the plate in the United StatesChina is a professor, so it seems to be very low to lower the level of Chinese academic circles. Moreover, the academic atmosphere in the United States is more loose, and I also like the atmosphere here. "
The author is a professor at Xi'an University of Science and Technology of China
