Speaking of this, Zhang Chen smiled: "The Spark Scholar Award Program, as the name suggests, is an incentive, not a compensation. It is not to compensate scholars who have made outstanding contributions to the country, but have remained unknown and have a difficult life. Rather, through bonuses and honors, we will encourage outstanding young scholars who are interested in staying in China to engage in scientific research and teaching, and these people are the hope for the future of China's science and education circles. ”

Everyone looked at each other, all the people present were human spirits, even if Zhang Chen was halfway through his words, everyone basically heard the rest of the meaning.

I took out the money to promote the progress of science and education in the country, not to wipe the ass of the poor for anyone, and to bear the responsibility of whoever should bear it, let alone use the money to do favors for myself.

Zhang Chen continued: "As for the issue of foreign members of the review committee, it also serves this purpose. Scientific researchers who can be rated as Spark Scholars should not only play a leading role in their respective majors, but also have a certain international vision, understand the latest international knowledge and technology, and have a certain forward-looking and pioneering spirit in the academic field. Only in this way can we produce world-class scholars and research institutions. ”

At the end of the 90s, the field of scientific research in China was still in the stage of copying a foreign paper, translating it in China, and doing a repeat research to gain fame and fortune.

Zhang Chen does not despise repetitive research, in fact, without a large number of repetitive research, it would be impossible for Huaxia to build its own scientific research system and industrial structure.

But if you can get top honors and benefits by doing repetitive research, no one will engage in real scientific research, and in this regard, Huaxia has taken a detour.

Moreover, this kind of cheating research results will also corrupt the academic atmosphere and breed academic corruption, and the destructive effect of a bad example on the atmosphere is far greater than the incentive effect of a good example.

Therefore, when Zhang Chen had the idea of a Spark Scholar, he took groundbreaking research as one of the necessary conditions for selecting Spark Scholars.

Of course, with the exception of the part of science and technology that is related to the national economy and people's livelihood and is blocked by Western technology, after all, breaking the technological monopoly of the West is equally significant.

Liu Bingcheng's face was extremely ugly, and the rest was fine, the selection of the review committee was what he really valued. If the jury members are all domestic, the Department of Higher Education will have much more influence on the jury, and correspondingly, it will control who can be selected as a Spark Scholar.

Everyone knows that the initial investment of the Spark Fund is 100 million, and Zhang Chen also promised to donate at least 15 million yuan as a reward expenditure in the first year, and the newly assessed Spark Scholar Awards every year thereafter are also borne by the Spark Fund, and the Ministry of Finance has approved 25 million operating expenses per year. Liu Bingcheng can imagine that as long as this plan is implemented, whoever can control the selection of Spark Scholars will be able to have a great voice and invisible rights in the field of scientific research and higher education.

But now that Xinghuo has proposed to add 20 international judges to the review committee, it will be difficult for the Department of Higher Education to make another statement, and there is nothing more uncomfortable than watching the fat in your hands not be eaten.

"We are not opposed to increasing the number of international judges, but if the selected international judges do not have sufficient qualifications and abilities, or if there are dissidents who have a certain misunderstanding of Huaxia, it will inevitably adversely affect the Spark Scholar Award Program. Therefore, I still think that in the early stage, stability should be the main thing. After a few years of operation, when the program has been relatively mature and has gained a certain reputation, it is more appropriate to invite internationally renowned scholars to join the review committee. Liu Bingcheng still insisted on his opinion.

Zhang Chen smiled, beckoned to Cheryl Sandberg behind him, and whispered a few words, Cheryl nodded, and took out a stack of documents from her briefcase.

Zhang Chen took the stack of documents and shook it in his hand: "I understand Liu Si's concerns very well, and I had similar concerns before, so I did some work in advance. ”

"With the idea of the Spark Scholar Award Program, I asked a number of internationally renowned scholars, most of whom are from the world's top 50 universities and research institutions, through private channels. To my surprise, many scholars were very interested in serving as a jury member of the Spark Scholar Award Program. After careful selection and communication, more than 25 internationally renowned scholars have preliminarily agreed to serve as jurors, including seven Nobel Prize, Turing Award, and Fields Medal winners, such as Eric Weischos, a Nobel laureate in physiology and medicine the year before last and a professor currently at Princeton, and Yorkz, a professor at the Collège de France and a Fields Medal winner. ”

As soon as Zhang Chen finished speaking, many people in the conference hall already showed expressions of disbelief.

More than 20 internationally renowned scholars have agreed to join the Spark Scholars Award Program Review Committee, and seven of them have won top awards.

"Mr. Zhang, are you telling the truth?" Yao Yucheng couldn't help but ask, originally she attached importance to this meeting, on the one hand, because this plan is really big enough, if it can really be done, it will be a great achievement for her who is about to take over as the director of the Education Commission, and on the other hand, it is also because of Yang Zhuping's advice that she dare not ignore it.

But if Zhang Chen can really invite so many top international scholars to join the review committee of the Spark Scholar Award Program, it will be necessary to re-evaluate Zhang Chen's energy.

Zhang Chen's expression was as usual: "Of course, Director Yao, this is the letter of intent we signed with these scholars, you can take a look, in addition, there are only 20 international judges in our various fields, and the Education Committee can review their qualifications." I very much agree with Liu Sigang's point of view, academic ability is important, but whether or not you have a good attitude towards Huaxia is even more important. In addition, from the perspective of national security, it is necessary to conduct careful screening. If the Education Commission has a suitable candidate for international review, it can also be discussed together. As he spoke, Zhang Chen handed the information in his hand to Yao Yucheng.

Yao Yucheng turned a few pages, and his heart was like a storm, and there was actually Douglas Sharif, last year's Nobel Prize winner in physics, a famous American physicist, and head of the physics department at Stanford, in this list.

Zhu Liwen, a popular candidate for this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, former head of the Stanford Department of Physics, and a Chinese scientist, is also among them.

Yao Yucheng instructed the secretary to make more than a dozen copies of the list and distribute it to the congregation. It didn't take long for everyone to have the list in their hands.

It's the same in any organization, there are those who know how to do it and those who don't know it, and most of those who don't understand will not know how to pretend to understand, but the leaders of the education committee are more or less cultural people, and the rate of people who know how to do it is much more than that of other departments.

As soon as the list of many people got their hands, they let out a hissing exclamation, and Liu Bingcheng held the list, his hands trembling constantly.

Yao Yucheng pondered for a long time: "The joining of top scholars is a good thing for the Spark Scholars Award Program, which improves the authority and credibility of the award program. ”

Liu Bingcheng's lips were tightly closed, and he pursed his lips, wanting to say something but not knowing how to speak.

was crushed.

(End of chapter)