Let more basic research talents emerge

Recently, "Seeking Truth" magazine published an important article by General Secretary Xi Jinping, "Strengthening Basic Research to Achieve High-level Science and Technology Self-reliance." The article emphasizes that "to strengthen basic research, in the final analysis, we must rely on high-level talents" and "we must make efforts to build a systematic and high-level basic research talent training platform, so that more basic research talents will emerge". General Secretary Xi Jinping's important exposition provides a fundamental basis for strengthening the construction of basic research talents in China.
Basic research is the source of scientific and technological innovation, and basic research talents are the key force for a country to enhance its original innovation ability and achieve "from 0 to 1" original breakthrough. At present, the world's unprecedented changes in a century are accelerating the evolution, the competition in science and technology among major countries is becoming increasingly fierce, the paradigm of scientific research is undergoing profound changes, and the international competition in science and technology is focusing on the frontier of basic research. Objectively speaking, there is still a certain gap between China's basic research strength and the world's scientific and technological powers, especially the quantity and quality of basic research talents need to be further improved, and the leading and supporting strength of top talents and innovation teams still needs to be further enhanced. To achieve high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and accelerate the construction of a world scientific and technological power, we must resolutely win the "protracted war" in basic research, build a high-level basic research talent team, fully stimulate the innovative vitality of basic research talents, and accelerate the shaping of my country's basic research Competitive advantage of human resources.
Follow the laws of basic research and train and use basic research talents. Entering the new development stage, the country needs more and more basic research talents with innovative ability. According to the differentiated characteristics of talent growth at different stages, the whole chain of basic research personnel training and use system should be established. At the stage of basic education, we should strengthen the education of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, identify and select a group of young students with rich imagination, strong desire for exploration, love science and have the potential of scientists, broaden their scientific horizons and guide them to devote themselves to scientific research. Give full play to the role of colleges and universities as the main force in cultivating basic research talents, aim at the frontiers of world science and technology and key areas related to the national industrial economy and national security, anchor the country's major development strategies, and integrate the scientific spirit, innovative ability, and critical thinking of talents in basic disciplines The cultivation runs through the whole process of education, and continuously accumulates the reserve force of basic research talents. In the basic research work, we should provide young researchers with more opportunities to take the lead and play the leading role, and give them certain autonomy in the selection of technical routes, the control of project funds, and the arrangement of resource scheduling, so as to create scientific research conditions that promote outstanding young talents to stand out. For key minority talents such as leading basic research talents and strategic scientists, we should give full play to their irreplaceable role in leading major original innovation, participating in the top-level design of scientific and technological strategy, integrating scientific and technological innovation forces, and breaking through key core technologies. At the same time, we should do a good job in "mentoring and guiding", and strive to cultivate more first-class basic research and innovation teams, Strengthen the national strategic talent force.
Enhance the intensity of material support and optimize the investment mechanism for the development of basic research talents. Basic research is a process from unknown to known, from uncertainty to certainty. Its progress is difficult to predict quantitatively, showing strong externalities and challenges, and has the remarkable characteristics of accumulation. It needs to adhere to the fine tradition of seeking truth and exploring the source in a relaxed environment. Only after long-term accumulation can we produce major innovative achievements. Based on this, we must give advanced, stable and continuous material support to the basic research talent team. On the one hand, we should attach importance to solving the practical difficulties of basic research talents, steadily improve the salary and treatment of basic research talents, increase the guarantee of living services, reduce the non scientific research burden of basic research talents, and let basic research talents settle down and work at ease, and concentrate on curiosity-based exploration. Through the integration and optimization of various types of talent plans, the establishment and improvement of a phased, full-spectrum system, a reasonable scale of funding talent funding system. On the other hand, explore the establishment of a model for the central, local governments, enterprises and social organizations to jointly build a talent team, encourage and support social forces to participate in basic research and talent team building through the establishment of science funds, and encourage a large number of first-class basic research talents to emerge.
Build a scientific evaluation mechanism and create an innovative atmosphere that encourages basic research talents. Adhere to the problem orientation, follow the law of talent growth and scientific research, build an evaluation system that matches the long cycle of basic research, and meets the national strategic needs and discipline characteristics, and reflects the major original contribution and academic influence of basic research talents in the evaluation process And research ability. We will establish and improve relevant systems such as post employment, professional title evaluation and performance evaluation that reflect the characteristics of basic research talent evaluation, scientifically set evaluation cycle and frequency, carry out differentiated classified evaluation, explore the establishment of a responsibility mechanism for peer evaluation, introduce third-party evaluation such as academic groups and international peer evaluation, and encourage basic research talents to endure loneliness, devote themselves to research and bravely break into no man's land.
Adhering to an open and inclusive attitude, we will strengthen the exchange of international basic research talents. To engage in basic research, one must have a global perspective and be mindful of the world. Whether it is independent innovation or self-reliance, it is innovation in an open environment, and it must "gather the spirit of the world and borrow the power of all directions". In the face of the "small courtyard high wall" and blockade suppression of individual countries, China's basic research must not be self closed and self isolated, but should actively pay attention to the forefront of international research, go in the same direction with peers in the field of basic research, and enhance cooperation. Implement a more open, inclusive, mutually beneficial and shared international scientific and technological cooperation strategy, build an international basic research cooperation platform, establish a global scientific research fund, and support domestic universities, scientific research institutes, and scientific and technological organizations to connect with the international community on the basis of maintaining national scientific and technological security, Encourage and promote my country's basic research talents to work in various international scientific organizations, and smooth the channels for communication between basic research talents and international academic counterparts. Create an open innovation ecology with global competitiveness, and create conditions for attracting basic research talents to work in China and achieve careers.!

Source: Guangming Daily