After Zhang Chen got out of the car, in addition to Yao Yucheng, deputy director of the Education Commission, there were also Shen Nanpeng and others.

After Zhang Chen put forward the idea of the Spark Scholar Award Program, Shen Nanpeng asked several NGOs to help design a specific plan, and Shen Nanpeng also did a lot of work in the early stage of the meeting with the senior management of the Education Commission.

"Director Yao, the elders are welcome from afar, and they are really ashamed. The two deputy directors of the Education Commission are both nearly sixty years old, and Zhang Chen hurriedly bowed down.

Yao Yu couldn't help but look Zhang Chen up and down a few more times, although she had already gotten Zhang Chen's information, but when Zhang Chen's real person appeared, it was still hard for the two of them to believe that the young man in front of him, who was relatively young in the first year of college, could actually raise his hand and take out hundreds of millions of yuan to make this reward plan.

And Zhang Chen called out her surname and position when she came up, indicating that she had also done her homework in advance.

"Mr. Xiao Zhang is so polite, it is very remarkable that you can achieve such an achievement abroad at your age. It is even more remarkable to be able to give back money to the society after becoming rich. Yao Yucheng speaks standard Mandarin words.

Zhang Chen hurriedly said a few words modestly, and more than a dozen people hugged back and forth and took the elevator to the conference hall of the Education Commission.

Many departments in China have similar conference halls, and the furnishings are the same as those seen on TV when relevant leaders meet with a foreign guest to discuss the country. At the end of the conference hall are two single sofas with sofa covers, and three small square coffee tables are placed between and on either side of the two sofas. Two white porcelain teacups are placed on the coffee table in the middle, and more than two dozen chairs with the same seat covers are placed on either side of the wall.

After some humility, Zhang Chen and Yao Yu sat down as the guest of honor, and the other participants quickly filled more than 20 chairs.

Yao Yucheng introduced to Zhang Chen some of the leaders of the Education Commission who participated in the meeting, including the main person in charge of the Department of Higher Education, which had just been merged into the Education Commission, also participated in the meeting.

Zhang Chen leaned sideways slightly, "Thank you very much Director Yao and all the leaders for their attention and support of the Spark Scholar Award Program in their busy schedules, we have submitted the revised plan to the Education Commission, I don't know if Director Yao has any comments?"

Yao Yucheng said with a smile: "Where do you have any opinions, Mr. Zhang is willing to spend such a large amount of money to support the cause of higher education in Huaxia, all we can do is support these two words." The chief designer once said that science and technology are the primary productive forces. At present, our country's basic line is centered on economic construction, and science and technology are the most important productive forces in the field of economic construction. In order to improve the strength of the field of science and technology, it is necessary to pay attention not only to compulsory education, but also to higher education and scientific research. The most important thing in education and scientific research is talent. On the one hand, it is up to us to cultivate and retain talents, and on the other hand, we must also attract external talents. ”

"The Spark Scholars Award Program has opened up a new way for us to retain and attract talents. On the one hand, it solves the problem of treatment for top scientific research talents who are interested in staying in China. On the other hand, it is also a great honor to attract more scholars to work for Huaxia. ”

Zhang Chen listened attentively, except for the sound of Yao Yucheng speaking in the conference hall, it was the sound of the photographer clicking the shutter.

Yao Yucheng changed his words, "However, some comrades of the Department of Higher Education have some additional opinions on the setting of the 'Expert Review Committee' of the Spark Scholars Award Program and the conditions for rewarding candidates, and they also need to further communicate with the responsible people of Spark Technology." ”

Zhang Chen nodded: "Of course, as the competent department, it is appropriate to put forward constructive suggestions. ”

Liu Bingcheng, director of the Department of Higher Education, cleared his throat: "Ahem, thank you very much for Xinghuo Technology's attention and support to the field of scientific research and education in China. Since our company got the Spark Scholar Award Program, we have done in-depth discussions and research. There are a few points that need to be discussed with Mr. Zhang and colleagues of Xinghuo Technology. ”

"First, in the previous communication between the two sides, the biggest controversy was the establishment of the 'expert review committee'. In the current plan, Xinghuo Technology proposes to form an 'expert review committee' composed of 30 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences under the age of 65 and 20 foreign experts to select and screen the candidate Xinghuo Scholars. In view of this, our company believes that it is slightly inappropriate. The Spark Scholars Award Program is a special high-level talent program led by the State Education Commission and funded by Spark Technology. Therefore, it is not appropriate to set a special quota for foreign expert review. ”

In addition, as judges, the judges should have sufficient voice in each field and be a well-known scholar with high moral integrity. Moreover, the academicians of the two academies are generally older, and the age limit of 65 years will prevent many of the most prestigious veteran scientists in their fields from entering the review committee. Therefore, the removal of the age limit of 65 years would allow for better preparations. ”

"Second, the issue of the qualifications of the Spark Scholar candidates. The qualifications for distinguished professors in the current program are too stringent. For example, candidates for natural sciences and engineering technology are required to be no more than 45 years old, and candidates for humanities are not more than 55 years old, and the number of SCI and papers of the same level is required to be published. ”

"As we all know, due to some historical reasons, there are many leading figures in the field who have exceeded the age limit. Moreover, due to the social environment at the time, most of the papers were published in Chinese journals, which seemed unreasonable for these scholars. ”

"Our company suggests that a part of the flexible quota be allocated by the Education Commission to those scholars who are qualified to be elected in terms of achievements and contributions, but cannot be elected because of qualification restrictions, with reference to the opinions of experts in various fields. ”

"Third, candidates should not only have excellent academic ability, but also be politically qualified, so the list of candidates for each university should be reviewed and approved by the party committee of each college before it can be submitted to the evaluation committee, which is basically these three points. ”

After listening quietly, Zhang Chen was quite surprised, originally he thought that the Education Committee would put forward the control of the special fund managed by a third party or other more excessive requirements. But I didn't expect that although the purpose behind the three points raised by Liu Bingcheng is to want greater discretion, if you think about it carefully, these questions also have a certain amount of truth.

Zhang Chen smiled: "Director Liu, I agree with the third point you said, this point is indeed our sloppiness. But for the first and second points, I have some ideas that I would like to discuss with the leaders. ”

Zhang Chen paused and continued: "The fundamental purpose of the Spark Scholars Program is to revitalize the international academic status of Chinese universities and improve the level of higher education in China. Therefore, the academic ability of the selected scholars comes first. As we all know, the golden age of a scientific researcher is within the age of 45. As people grow older, people's energy, physical strength, and thinking begin to decline, and the understanding and learning speed of new things in the industry will also slow down. ”

"The Spark Scholars Award Program is not a military merit medal for experts and scholars who have already made achievements, but is oriented to the future, hoping that in the next 20 to 50 years, the Spark Scholars Award Program can send enough high-quality talents to China. ”

"Since it is future-oriented, it requires that the reviewers have enough energy and intelligence to judge and analyze the scientific research level of the candidates. If the judge is too old, it will inevitably affect his judgment and ability to learn new things. At the same time, if the candidate is too old, he or she may be successful after receiving the prize, and he is unwilling and has no energy to continue his research and education work. Therefore, it is necessary to set a reasonable age limit, which we can discuss in detail later. ”

Write to five o'clock。。。。。 Thankfully, tomorrow and Saturday。。。。。。 Wrong, today。。。。。。。

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