The above is just a general solution, but when it comes to details, a lot of things need to be done. It is beyond the power of Zhao Yi to do it alone. In addition to having a lot of money, he also has limited other resources that he can mobilize.
Therefore, some matters still require cooperation with the government. Only the government can mobilize the country's resources. As for the funding issue, it is up to him to solve it.
First, Zhao Yi needs to find President Jiang, ask how the book digitization work of Tianwen University is being completed, and tell him some of the plan content and ask him to give it to the staff.
After all, Principal Jiang has been in the academic world for a long time. He knows more about the connections and details of the academic world than Zhao Yi. There are some tasks that require Principal Jiang's help to handle.
Fortunately, Principal Jiang has returned to school during the Chinese New Year, much earlier than the date set by the school. Zhao Yi is not surprised by this. In the past few years, Principal Jiang has worked hard for Tianwen University and invested everything. of time and energy.
Fortunately, the students at Tianwen University are quite competitive and have achieved success in various knowledge competitions organized by domestic universities, and even won championships in some projects.
In the past, Tianwen University gave others the impression that it was rich and powerful. The scale of the school's construction alone had set many records, not to mention the fact that it had hired many well-known scholars from the world with high salaries.
Moreover, in terms of laboratory equipment, there are many experimental equipment that other universities are not equipped with. Some universities even need to come to Tianwen University to rent space and equipment if they want to conduct special experiments.
This investment in software and hardware alone is not something that any domestic university can afford, and the US$10 billion in funds used to establish Tianwen University was also known to people in these universities.
When they heard the news, they could only feel envious, but there was nothing they could do. After all, Tianwen University was a private university and had not received any funding from the state.
When they arrived at Principal Jiang's house, he was the only one left at home except for his wife. As for the boy he saw last year, he didn't see it. Zhao Yi didn't ask any more questions about it, but went straight to the point and asked the questions that came to mind. Share it with him.
Seeing the two of them chatting in the living room for a long time, his wife simply pushed them into the study to talk. Zhao Yi also realized that he was a bit abrupt and followed Principal Jiang to the study.
"Wanting to compete with Europe and the United States for the right to speak in science is not something that happens overnight. We must first have this scientific research strength. Without strong scientific research strength, everything is empty talk.
Secondly, we must build a sound scientific system. It has only been a few years since my country resumed the college entrance examination. Building and improving this scientific system cannot be completed in a short period of time.
Thirdly, it requires strong economic support. Scientific research requires money, and it costs a lot of money. Without strong economic support, it will drag down the country's economic development, and the gains outweigh the losses.
Finally, it is necessary to have a strong ability to mobilize resources. If it relies solely on government funding, the efficiency of producing results will be much lower. If it relies on capital support, regardless of whether it has this ability, at least it will definitely pursue short-term benefits.
This requires a centrally coordinating agency or organization. Only an efficient and coordinated organization can conduct targeted research on some of my country's weak areas.
This allows these researchers to conduct research in a relatively quiet environment and ensure a certain level of scientific research efficiency. They can not only develop technologies with economic value, but also launch long-term projects. "Principal Jiang said.
Hearing Principal Jiang's analysis, Zhao nodded and agreed with his analysis. Everything has its own development rules, but executing it in a planned way can make things develop faster and move towards the predetermined goal more securely. .
“I also know that it won’t happen overnight. This is a long-term plan, so now we need to do some work, put up some frameworks, and build some systems.
As long as we do these things well, we will be able to achieve greater results later. If we don't do it now, what will happen in the future will be even more unpredictable. " Zhao Yi said.
Hearing Zhao Yi's words, Principal Jiang nodded. Since Zhao Yi was mentally prepared, it would be easy to handle. He also agreed with Zhao Yi's statement and was willing to provide some help.
"If there is anything you need my help with, just ask. If it is within my ability, I will not refuse."
"I plan to start from several aspects. The first aspect is to build Tianwen Publishing House. The purpose is to translate scientific works and scientific journals around the world so that domestic scholars and readers interested in science can obtain learning information at a lower cost. Chance.
The second aspect is to establish national or world-level awards, divided into technical engineering awards and basic theory awards, to reward domestic or international scholars who have made outstanding contributions in this area.
The third aspect is to establish some top academic journals. It may be difficult to obtain submissions from top international scholars in the early stage, but at least they must be top domestic journals and publish top domestic scientific papers.
The fourth aspect is to build a scientific research paper database and provide external paper query and retrieval services. First, it can help domestic scholars write papers, and second, it can avoid the occurrence of paper fraud.
The fifth aspect is to establish hierarchical libraries throughout the country, at least in major schools, such as primary schools to junior high schools, to provide popular science books or relatively simple scientific theoretical works.
High schools provide scientific and theoretical works with a certain degree of difficulty, not to mention universities.
The sixth aspect is to build a number of basic theoretical research institutes across the country, hire some top international experts to join them, and also be responsible for cultivating domestic talents with basic theoretical research talents.
The seventh aspect is to establish a talent pool that focuses on cultivating talents at all levels through appropriate training methods.
For example, if they have a certain theoretical foundation and independent research capabilities, we will help them establish their own project teams and provide financial support.
For those talents who are still learning, special training plans are formulated so that they can integrate into the scientific research environment faster.
The eighth aspect is to comprehensively improve the treatment of scientific researchers, including salary and professional title, so that they can conduct their own research with peace of mind and do not have to distract themselves from external things.
The ninth aspect is to establish a mechanism for the transformation of research results. If the research results are just published in a paper and then shelved, this will cause huge economic waste and will not achieve sustainable development.
Only by continuously converting results into economic value can scientific research institutes obtain better development conditions. At the same time, scientific researchers who produce results can also obtain additional economic benefits and increase their enthusiasm for scientific research.
The tenth aspect is to establish a national academic committee to coordinate scientific and technological research and development work, formulate a scientific research and development catalog, implement a reasonable allocation mechanism, concentrate intellectual advantages, and avoid unnecessary waste of resources.
Of course, the power of this National Academic Committee cannot be too great, otherwise it may lead to academic politicization. Its main responsibility is to formulate a program for scientific and technological development, which has guiding significance but no coercive means.
The above is what I can think of for the time being. As for what I haven’t thought of yet, I hope you and other scholars can complete it. "
Principal Jiang was very surprised to hear Zhao Yi talk about such a long paragraph eloquently. It seemed that Zhao Yi had already thought about many things clearly before coming to him, and even had the direction of implementation.
President Jiang doesn’t know whether working in these ten aspects will help us compete for the global scientific voice. However, it can indeed improve domestic scientific research strength. Even if the ultimate goal is not achieved, it will at least be of great benefit to the country’s scientific and technological development.
So no matter what, Principal Jiang felt that this plan must be implemented. It was a great thing that would benefit the country and the people. As for the money it would cost, Principal Jiang didn't think much about it.
Because since he became the president of Tianwen University, he has not worried about funding problems. Since Zhao Yi proposed such a plan, the funding problem will definitely be solved.
"What do you need me to do?"
"Principal Jiang's reputation in the academic world is definitely higher than mine. Although I have won the Fields Medal, I don't have many contacts with the academic world. The few contacts I have with the academic world are just casual acquaintances.
Therefore, I hope that President Jiang can contact colleagues in the academic community, convey our plans to them, and strive to reach consensus in the academic community first.
Then we can promote this matter at the national level, so that we can get twice the result with half the effort and mobilize more resources for this plan. "
Hearing Zhao Yi's words, Principal Jiang said with a smile: "You are belittling yourself. Isn't a Fields Medal important enough? Not only domestically, but also internationally, it can be praised. .”
After hearing what Principal Jiang said, Zhao Yi said modestly: "It's not as mysterious as you said. I haven't published relevant research results for a long time, and my influence is definitely not as good as before.
The most important thing is that I don’t know many people in academia, so it’s impossible to contact them. It would be more appropriate for you to do this. "
Hearing this, Principal Jiang smiled, pointed at Zhao Yi and said: "You, at this time, have you realized the importance of connections? It is usually quite difficult to find people like you. This is generally recognized in the domestic academic community. Yes.
Okay, I won’t refuse this task. I will try my best to contact enough important scholars to participate in the grand event. As for whether there will be anyone who will not sell my face, I don’t know. "
"As long as you say this, I can actually handle other things myself. It's just the academic honors that I can't give you for the time being. There's also the matter of the National Academic Committee, which I can't do anything about.
Your main goals are these two. For other things, I will slowly implement the plan and try to get things done in a short time. " Zhao Yi said.
In fact, there is another thing that is more convenient to do at the national level, which is the mobilization of scientific researchers in national scientific research institutes. Now the main scientific researchers are in state units and private units. Except for Zhao Yi's own companies, there are very few. .
But then I thought about it, this problem is not really urgent. As long as I establish a basic research institute and invest a large amount of money, especially when launching major project research, are I still afraid that these people will not come
A very simple example is that if your basic research institute builds a high-energy particle collider, then researchers who study high-energy physics will definitely want to participate, and you can recruit talents at this time.
Through one difficult experimental project after another, we continue to attract scientific researchers from national units. After all, for scientific researchers, research opportunities are very important. Only by obtaining research opportunities can we achieve personal results.
Once you have achieved results, you can talk about other issues. By then, whether it's professional title or salary, it won't be a problem.
Of course, this is only done when the situation is not going well. To be honest, it is safest for the state to be responsible for these basic research. Enterprises can develop application technology with peace of mind. Economic development is the most fundamental task. and responsibilities. (End of chapter)