CCTV News:Recently, the reporter learned from the Hubei Association for Science and Technology that in 2019, a total of 96 academician expert workstations in Hubei Province were cancelled or delisted due to reasons such as poor reputation or poor operation quality. The introduction of talents does not mean the introduction of names. The nominal workstations will be delisted, and those that fail to meet the standards will be revoked. Experts said that it is necessary to let the academician expert workstation return to the original intention of setting up the station, and the standardized system construction of the new station is particularly important.
The academician expert workstation of Hubei Liushugou Mining Co., Ltd. is one of the academician expert workstations cancelled by Hubei Association for Science and Technology in 2019. A few days ago, the reporter accompanied the staff of Hubei Association for Science and Technology to this expert workstation that has just been cancelled.
Reporter:When did this expert workstation not start to work normally?
Yang Zeqing, former general manager of Hubei Liushugou Chemical Technology Co., Ltd.:The second half of 2017.
Reporter:When was the last time the expert came here?
Yang Zeqing, former general manager of Hubei Liushugou Chemical Technology Co., Ltd.:In 2016, I haven’t been here since. There is no work behind (workstation) (enterprise) to dismantle the device.
It is understood that the expert workstation of this enterprise was established in 2013. In the second half of 2017, due to the development of the enterprise itself, the workstation did not work normally until it was cancelled at the end of 2019.
Academician Workstation aims to play the leading role of academicians in technology and promote the integration of Industry-University-Research. Hubei province is rich in scientific and educational resources, and some academicians and experts have become the targets of enterprises and local governments.
Liu Jingnan, Academician of China Academy of Engineering and Director of National Satellite Positioning System Engineering Technology Research Center:I heard that there are also some policies: some academicians’ workstations have preferential conditions for government projects, that is to say, they can be used as conditions for bidding, so (individual enterprises) have filled in my name (privately) on the application materials without my consent, and even my certificates have been copied. As soon as I heard that there was such a thing, I immediately wrote to the local science and technology department and said that this must not be done without my consent. If it is done, I will pursue your responsibility. Later, as soon as they knew the situation, they withdrew.
Zhang Lina, Ph.D. Supervisor, School of Chemistry and Molecular Science, Wuhan University, Academician of China Academy of Sciences:Soon after I became an academician, many enterprises, research institutes and even universities came to me to build an academician workstation. After screening, I made a few, but I found it impossible to make a few. Some can’t do it completely according to my major. I was asked to have an academician workstation, in order to get this name.
It is understood that in 2016, there were 402 academician expert workstations in Hubei Province, which had increased to 504 in August 2017. In January 2019, China Association for Science and Technology announced the certification results of all academician expert workstations in China in 2018. According to this certification result, Hubei Association for Science and Technology conducted a comprehensive clean-up of academician expert workstations that did not participate in the certification of China Association for Science and Technology and failed the certification.
Zhao Gang, Minister of Planning and Finance of Hubei Association for Science and Technology:(Now) there are clear regulations on the number of workstations set up by academicians. On-the-job academicians can only be employed in one workstation, retired academicians can only be employed in three workstations, and academicians can work full-time in each workstation for no less than three months every year. In the past, the requirements for relevant technical personnel supporting enterprises were not so strict, only that enterprises needed corresponding technical strength to cooperate, but this time it was clearly stated that there must be more than ten technical teams to cooperate before the academician expert workstation can be established. It should be said that the threshold has also been improved accordingly.
Standardizing the daily management system of academician expert workstations is to let more workstations really play a leading role in scientific research. Experts suggest that it is necessary to establish a detailed responsibility system, clarify the responsibilities of experts, enterprises and governments in the operation of workstations, and truly implement the system norms to ensure the healthy development of academician expert workstations.