"I agree with Zhongmou that the purpose of our association needs only be to promote scientific and technological exchanges between Ameriken and China." In the end, it was Lee Tsung-dao who came out and said.

"I also agree, there is no problem for Chengtong to cultivate the academic accomplishment of the younger generation, similar work can be led by Chengtong, and we all want to participate."

After Lee Tsung-dao and Ding Zhaozhong spoke one after another, Yau Chengtong did not express any more objections.

It's good for him to take the lead in doing this, and it's not a big problem if it's not written into the purpose.

Hu Zhengming picked up the agenda in his hand and continued:

"Then let's enter the second agenda item of today, the name of the organization, the Huamei Science and Technology Exchange Promotion Association, the Huamei Science and Technology Exchange Association, these two names are just a brick-throwing effect."

Zhou Xinfu, in his opinion, these two names are not as good as Ming Xinhui.

"These two names put the focus on communication, which is not very good, although our vision is this, but our name is too straightforward." Yau Chengtong said.

"I don't think our organization name should be directly put on the name of Huaguo." Zhou Xin said.

With that name, 16 years later, Chinese scientists and engineers who join the group are at risk of being investigated or even higher.

There were a lot of names to choose from, and finally Lee Tsung-Dao said: "It's called the Ameriken-Chinese Association for the Advancement of Science."

At that time, before the founding of the People's Republic of China, roughly in 1946, a Chinese Science Promotion Association was jointly established in the South China Science Society and the China Natural Science Society.

Later, the association was silent, including the Americon Association for the Advancement of Science AAAS.

There is no such organization in Huaguo, we can set up one ourselves.

It's called Chinese Association for the Advancement of Science, or CAAS for short.

As long as foreigners with Chinese ancestry are Chinese. ”

After Lee Tsung-dao said it, everyone else felt that it was no problem, and the only one who felt that there was a problem was Zhou Xin.

I feel that there is a problem here and there is a problem after 16 years, Zhou Xin is unlikely to directly say that he can predict the future, take this name, when I return to China, you are still in Ameriken and you can't even guarantee your personal safety.

Zhou Xin couldn't think of any reason to refute it, he could only keep this matter in his heart and remind you when the situation changed.

Hu Zhengming said: "If no one objects, then call it CAAS." ”

Yau Chengtong added: "Yes, after our organization is established, we need to talk to the mainland and the bend, so that they can set up a scientific research organization later, and don't share the same name with us." ”

Hu Zhengming continued: "And then there is the third item, in the beginning, we hope to invite only enough science and engineering scientists and engineers to build an elite group of 100 people.

But later, both Mr. Li and Mr. Ding expressed clear opposition to this.

Then we don't set a threshold now, as long as you are willing to pay membership fees, you can register for membership to join. ”

Lee Tsung-dao and Ding Zhaozhong believe that in order to promote academic exchanges between China and Ameriken and promote China's scientific progress, if we set such a high threshold, we will not be able to truly and effectively promote China's scientific and technological progress.

In addition, there is a very important reason that if only the elite participates, China itself is currently relatively lagging behind the mainstream developed countries in the academic field, which is more likely to cause the phenomenon of academic valves.

Even in a sense, joining their organization is equivalent to increasing the bargaining chips of the corresponding person to be a learning valve.

Both Lee Tsung-dao and Ding Zhaozhong expressed strong opposition to this, and at the same time, at this stage of the development of science and engineering, every researcher knows that his subdivision is a very narrow piece.

If you set a high threshold, who will judge whether the other party is good enough in the academic field?

The two of them believe that there should be no threshold, as long as they are Chinese and interested in science, they can join, because membership fees are required, and only Chinese who are really interested in science will join.

"At the same time, we can give a point system based on the member's academic contributions and contributions to CAAS after joining.

For example, if you publish a paper in the corresponding journal, how many points will be added, and then you will be rated as a tenured professor of Ameriken, how many points will be added.

Received certain scientific awards, engineer awards, how many points are added.

Or how many points will be added for contributing to the advancement of science and technology in China.

The score determines the grade, and the higher the grade, this is only the honor grade.

As for the contribution to CAAS, such as how much money was donated and how many points were added, how many rounds of academic lectures were given in the association, and how many points were added.

After my initial communication with you, I plan to do this, but it is just the specific score and rules, and after we have set the framework, we will formulate the rules and then give them to you for consideration. ”

"How does it feel?" In the evening, Hu Zhengming and Zhou Xin asked when they were eating alone.

Zhou Xin said: "Fortunately, Mr. Lee Tsung-dao and Mr. Ding Zhaozhong are so old, their thinking is still so clear, and they have their own insistence on many things.

He is worthy of being a master. ”

Hu Zhengming: "Science and engineering scholars, as long as they don't start their own businesses, are almost relatively simple and idealistic.

Don't look at me, although I started a business, but my business is a small fight, and I am still very simple.

Everyone is Chinese, and naturally hopes that Chinese people can have more voices in the field of science and technology, and hope to promote the scientific and technological progress of China. ”

Even without CAAS, Lee Tsung-dao, Ding Zhaozhong, and Yau Chengtong all supported the development of science in China by returning to China to give lectures, setting up a special mathematics center in Shuimu, and donating money.

Taking Lee Tsung-dao as an example, in 1997, he donated $300,000 to establish the Qin Hui-ming and Lee Tsung-Dao Chinese College Student Internship and Training Fund.

Lee Tsung-dao donated $10,000 to the flood in '98, $5,000 to SARS in '03, and even donated money to the families of the journalists killed when the embassy was bombed in '99.

Of course, except for Zhang Zhongmou, Zhang Zhongmou deliberately asked Hu Zhengming to call him to participate because Zhou Xin wanted to dig into the corner of TSMC.

Let's put it this way: after the WTO, TSMC is the least invested in the mainland among the major semiconductor manufacturers. Intel and Samsung have much more production capacity in mainland China than TSMC.

42% of Samsung's DRAM production capacity is on the mainland, and Intel still wants to expand its Shudu factory after Huawei was banned from buying chips.

As for why we have the confidence to dig into TSMC's corners, because in the late 90s to early 00s, TSMC's attitude towards building factories in the mainland was divided, and Zhang Rujing, Jiang Shangyi, and Liang Mengsong all left TSMC one after another.

When Zhou Xin communicated with Liang Mengsong before, he knew the inside story of what happened during this period, and in his opinion, having him operate in the middle could make TSMC split even more.

If it weren't for the split of TSMC at that time, there would not have been the birth of SMIC.

"As you said today, CAAS will set up a magazine and will be open to all Chinese, and it seems that your goal of benchmarking CAAS against the 100 Association and building it into an elite association has been shattered." Hu Zhengming was happy to see his disciple deflated.

In his opinion, it is better to be frustrated in small things than in big things.

Zhou Xin didn't seem to care: "It's because my previous understanding was too shallow, in fact, Mr. Ding and Mr. Li's ideas are more reasonable."

We need to have more bases, so that there will be more elites. ”

The formation of CAAS was discussed for three days, and the main and most difficult thing was the rules.

Zhou Xin also successfully got what he wanted, one is the status of CAAS executive director and board member, and the other is that he came to set up a company to be responsible for the construction of the CAAS membership system.

CAAS is open to all Chinese, as long as you want to join, you can apply, fill in your information and registration status after applying, and then pay the membership fee regularly.

Zhou Xinhui set the membership fee payment to pay the membership fee through NewPay, and they are currently only for the Chinese in the Ameriken area, and the Chinese from other countries can join if they want to join and come to Ameriken to join.

After the Chinese joined, the information he filled in was entered through the system built by Zhou Xin.

In the follow-up honor system, members will add points for completing the honor, and the information will also be entered through their membership system.

After the data is entered, for example, the member publishes a paper in a journal and then uploads the information, the reviewer will verify the authenticity.

Bonus points will only be completed after verification.

As for holding lectures or even series of courses for CAAS internal members, these will be specifically verified.

Zhou Xin can grasp the development of each member in real time, and if a member score suddenly increases by a large margin, then he must have made outstanding contributions in a certain field.

Zhou Xin can directly see the changes in each person's honor score from the database, and can understand in real time which field the other party is an expert and what contributions they have made.

It is equivalent to grasping the research progress of every Chinese scientist and engineer.

In order to make everyone motivated, Zhou Xin plans to set up a corresponding level, and at a certain level, honorary medals will be issued, similar to the medals of 100,000 fans and 1 million fans at station B.

It's just that there are more subdivisions of CAAS levels, and then there will be different rewards, the highest level, and Zhou Xin intends to award medals of pure gold.

Holding a huge amount of money is so inhumane.

Forming an Ameriteng organization requires the selection of the type of organization based on the purpose and mode of operation of the organization, and CAAS is clearly a non-profit organization.

Then there's the name of the organization and the state government in which it is located, and they choose the most resource-rich California.

If you are a non-profit organization, you will also need to apply for a tax ID number from the federal government.

Prepare documents including bylaws, registration application forms, board resolutions, etc., and submit the prepared documents to the state government and pay the relevant fees.

Finally, it is approved, and the state government issues a certificate of formation.

It will take at least three months to complete the entire process.

After the discussion, Zhou Xin was responsible for recruiting people to operate CAAS, including building the system, organizing applications, and establishing the official website.

Procrastination is committed ...

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