The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 1028: Election of Academicians

end of June.

In the capital, a conference for the election of new members of the two academies was held.

After nearly a year of selection, the 2000 election of academicians, which has attracted much attention from the academic community, has finally come to an end.

As the second round of selection for each department ended in October, the presidium meeting finally decided on the final candidates.

With the convening of the two academy's academician conferences respectively, after voting by all academicians, it will be known who will be elected as academician.

Since 1985, there has never been a case where an academician elected after voting was removed from office during the public announcement period.

After all, by the time of the second round of selection, those who lacked ability or performance would have been eliminated.

Not to mention attending the academician conference!

The Chinese Academy of Engineering Academicians' Conference was held first. Outside the venue, a group of candidates were feeling anxious.

Whether or not one can be elected as an academician determines one’s social status, status in the field, influence, and tangible benefits—scientific research funding!
In recent years, the selection of academicians has become increasingly fierce. In addition to the increasing number of talented people in China, a very important reason is the benefits that the title of academician can bring.

Scientific researchers themselves must strive for it, units must strive for it, cities and even provinces must strive for it!

Different universities are competing in the number of academicians, different scientific research institutions are competing in the number of academicians, different provinces are competing in the number of academicians, and different cities are also competing in the number of academicians.

I don’t know when it started, but academicians have become an extremely important indicator in the rankings of universities, scientific research institutions, provinces, and cities.

An academician can easily join any university. Universities are eager to recruit him and often offer generous conditions.

For example, in Beijing, if there is one more academician, the academician can get a single-family villa arranged by the city of Beijing, equipped with a car and a dedicated driver, and given a resettlement allowance of 200 million yuan; in Kunming, the condition for giving academicians is that they can get a single-family villa in Dianchi Lake or Fuxian Lake, equipped with a 50-level car and a dedicated driver, and given a resettlement allowance of 300 million yuan, arrange jobs for their family members, enjoy free medical care, and have physical examinations twice a year.
All regions have introduced incentive policies to attract talent.

Even undergraduates enjoy the talent incentive policy. The policy benefits for masters, doctors, associate professors and professors are constantly improving. When it comes to National Outstanding Young Scholars, the talent policy is enough to make ordinary people jealous.

As for the policy for academicians, it is the highest level!
As for being elected academicians, their scientific research projects are the easiest to obtain research funds and are not likely to be cut, and it will also be easy for them to form scientific research teams.

In the scientific research community, academician is the highest honor, and this title carries with it huge benefits.

And once elected, it is a lifelong honor.

It can be said that for an academician, the conflicts of interest are beyond imagination.

Every academician is not alone, but represents a force.

This year, for example, there are only 10 additional seats for the Chinese Academy of Engineering, but the number of applicants for the preliminary election is as high as 2.

In the first round, 90% of the candidates were eliminated, and only 10% entered the second round, which was 2000 people. In the second round, 95% were eliminated, and only 100 people entered the final selection.

The purpose of the academician conference is to select 100 people from these 10 to be elected as academicians.

At this time, most of the 100 academician candidates were restless and walking around with anxious looks on their faces.

There is no one who doesn't want to be elected as an academician.

The hustle and bustle in the world is all for benefit, and the bustling world is for benefit!
People in this world often cannot escape fame and fortune. If they don’t seek fortune, they seek fame. If they don’t seek fame, they seek fortune. This has been the case since ancient times.

Being elected as an academician is truly a matter of honor for the family, and it can be listed as a separate page in the family tree.

There were only two people in here, and they were leisurely and looked very relaxed.

The two people are Huang Qiang and Zhao Hua!
Both of them are Liu Tao's first batch of graduate students. They are now 40 years old. When they studied for a master's and doctoral degree under Liu Tao, they were full of vigor and vitality and looked down upon the world. After working, they entered middle age and became bald, but they also became stronger.

Huang Qiang majored in firearms design and participated in the design of small-caliber guns. He later led a team to develop three types of firearms. He is a famous expert in Chinese firearms design and has enjoyed the special allowance of the State Council since 1995. In 2000, he was transferred from Panshan Group to Beijing University of Technology, where he served as the dean of the School of Mechanical Engineering, a postgraduate tutor and a doctoral tutor.

In the field of artillery, Zhao Hua has participated in the design of self-propelled howitzers, the development of 155mm howitzers and 203mm howitzers and other projects. He is a well-known artillery expert in China.

The two were very relaxed. On the one hand, they felt they would definitely be elected. On the other hand, they felt that it didn't matter if they were not elected, as they had no shortage of research funding or influence.

"Zhao Hua, I never thought that among all of our students, the first to be elected as academicians were our two junior sisters Liu Ziyu and Chen Nianzhen. Even our junior brother Yang Wei came later and was elected as academicians! On the contrary, our two senior brothers have only now been elected as academicians." Huang Qiang said with some emotion.

Liu Ziyu and Chen Nianzhen are three years younger than them, but were elected as academicians seven years earlier than them. Both of them are also academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, but they belong to the Department of Information and Electronic Engineering. If they were elected, they would be in the Department of Mechanical and Transportation Engineering.

Yang Wei was also officially elected as an academician two years ago and is also an academician of the Academy of Engineering.

Zhao Hua said: "There is nothing we can do, they are too outstanding! There are indeed geniuses in this world. Didn't the teacher say before that hard work is not worth mentioning in front of talent!"

Zhao Hua is very open-minded about this.

In the eyes of ordinary people, he and Huang Qiang are already geniuses.

But in front of more talented people, they seem ordinary.

Back then, the two of them persuaded Liu Ziyu and Chen Nianzhen to just work in the research institute and asked why they should start a business given the huge risks involved. However, within two years, Liu Ziyu and Chen Nianzhen became billionaires. As soon as their company went public, they became multi-billionaires. Last year, they became trillionaires.

Liu Ziyu has been the richest man in China for many years.

Yang Wei is even more brilliant and is highly valued by Liu Tao.

If you do the math, Yang Wei is five years younger than them, but was elected as an academician two years earlier than them.

Sure enough, when the door opened, someone came to congratulate Huang Qiang and Zhao Hua on their election as academicians.

Although they were mentally prepared, Huang Qiang and Zhao Hua couldn't help but smile brightly when they were confirmed to be elected as academicians.

Those who were elected as academicians couldn't help but get excited, while those who were not elected couldn't help but look frustrated. If they missed this year, being elected again next year would not necessarily increase their chances, but would reduce them instead.

As for some older candidates, they couldn't help but close their eyes. Having missed this year, they would never be able to be selected as academicians.

Unless they can achieve greater results at this age.

But obviously, this possibility is so small that it can almost be ignored!

(End of this chapter)