Causing people to be extremely worried! Brain drain may become the biggest hidden danger?

Just after listening to Professor Yau Chengtong's amazing speech, countless scientific and technological people at the scene had mixed feelings. As a top scientist in China, Yau Chengtong can be said to have studied both China and the West, and enjoys a high reputation in the field of mathematical physics, and his authority and speech weight are beyond doubt.

However, this science and technology master, who once had high hopes, today pointed the spearhead directly at the current situation of China's scientific and technological development. He bluntly pointed out that if the domestic scientific and technological development path is not corrected, it may lead to a 20-year setback!

Although the words were a bit intense, Professor Yau's doubts were not unreasonable. In fact, China's scientific and technological development has long been constrained by several stubborn diseases:

over-reliance on imports, insufficient independent innovation capabilities; The economy is paramount, and there is a lack of investment in basic research; There is a serious brain drain, and it is unable to gather top international talents.

The progress in key areas such as semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, and composite materials has been suppressed by foreign technology for a long time. Once there is a gap between our cooperation with foreign countries, the technology industry may fall into a passive situation.

Professor Qiu believes that China's current development path will accelerate the deterioration of this situation. We see that all places are excessively pursuing short-term economic development, which makes basic research in a state of long-term lack of investment, and it is even more difficult to cultivate talents.

No matter how big the investment is, if you only focus on short-term returns, it will backfire. Excellent basic theoretical research requires long-term and persistent investment and support, and the rise of any scientific and technological power in history is inseparable from the support of basic theoretical research.

What is even more serious is the increasingly serious problem of domestic brain drain. It is understood that in recent years, a large number of top overseas talents have been "poached" by developed countries such as the United States and cannot afford to stay in China.

"Cultivating more scientific and technological talents with innovative ability and international vision is crucial for China's future scientific and technological development," said Professor Qiu. However, at present, the competition for talents at home and abroad tends to be fierce, and how to attract and cultivate outstanding talents is indeed a major challenge for us. "

The scene of that day stirred up unease in the tech world. In fact, Professor Yau's remarks are not isolated evidence. In recent years, more and more scientists have also been worried about the future of China's scientific and technological development.

It was noted that "we have lagged behind Western countries for decades in areas such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence, etc." Every time we promise to develop independent and controllable core technologies, we end up only copying and pasting foreign technologies, and even the opportunities for copying and pasting are limited. "

Although the tone is slightly extreme, the helplessness and worry in it can be seen. It is not difficult to find that whenever we make breakthroughs in the field of popular science and technology, we are mixed with the flavor of "imitation" and "follow", and lack the ability of independent innovation.

Compared with spending huge sums of money to purchase technology and equipment from abroad, independent innovation is stretched. I have to admit that it is still difficult for us to completely turn around and get rid of the dilemma of passive following.

What makes people sweat is that Professor Qiu even attributed the problem of brain drain to the main cause that may lead to a 20-year setback in China's science and technology!

In recent years, many talents have left China in droves to develop in developed countries such as the United States and Europe. This makes us question: where are the outstanding talents who support the development of scientific and technological innovation?

People have no spiritual direction, and technology is mediocre;" Streamers are swaying, talent is scarce", how will we move closer to the ideal of a scientific and technological power?

This speech caused a lot of shock in the scientific and technological community, and experts and scholars expressed their opinions one after another, and did not hesitate to agree with Professor Yau's views.

Wang Ping, a professor at Tsinghua University, said bluntly: "I have always believed that China's scientific and technological development is facing huge challenges such as brain drain and lack of independent innovation capabilities. Professor Yau's advice is insightful, and we must attach great importance to this issue and take strong measures to deal with it. "

Zhang Ming, a professor at Peking University, said frankly: "In the past, there was indeed a tendency to emphasize the economy over science and technology, resulting in a long-term lack of investment in cutting-edge basic research. Fortunately, in recent years, China has taken this issue seriously and increased its investment. But we must not stop there, and let basic research have its due weight in the national strategy. "

Professor Yau's astonishing speech cleared the fog for us and looked directly at the predicament of China's scientific and technological development. Today, there are still too many difficult problems to be solved.

Will we be able to take advantage of this to wake up and strive to break through and eventually become one of the world's scientific and technological powers? Or will we be in the embarrassing situation of hovering in the middle of scientific and technological development and half of the country?

Everything will be witnessed in the future. However, it is certain that Yau Chengtong's thought-provoking remarks will certainly arouse the attention of the whole society to the current situation of China's scientific and technological development, and contribute to promoting China's independent innovation and cultivating scientific and technological talents.

Human resources and innovation ability are the foundation of scientific and technological development. Only by concentrating the wisdom of the whole society can we help the mainland solve the dilemma and reach the top of science and technology.