Chapter 733： The second university in China with a national laboratory

The latest website: Ministry of Science and Technology, in the conference room.

Today's meeting is a bit special, and officials from the Ministry of Education are present to observe, after all, the protagonist of the discussion is also related to them.

At this moment, the atmosphere was unusually quiet, and some people couldn't help but turn their eyes away from one person.

Until the big leader speaks out.

"Today's meeting mainly discusses whether to open a green channel to allow Guanghua University to set up a national laboratory."

The big leader said, looked at a middle-aged man with a Chinese character face next to him, and smiled softly.

"Since this was submitted by Xiao Wu, let's listen to Xiao Wu's thoughts first."

"Yes, Minister."

The man with the Chinese character face is named Wu Deming. He is the deputy director of the general office in the ministry. He is nearly forty years old and can be said to be a young talent.

The matter of Guanghua University is also handed over to Wu Deming for docking.

Wu Deming was not nervous at all, organized the language, and said slowly: "I have always been in charge of the matter of Guanghua University. In fact, President Chen of Guanghua does not take this matter seriously, but I think Guanghua can not care, we must give it to us. ."

"So, here I propose to open a green channel, relying on Guanghua University to establish and approve the [National Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Semiconductors] and [National Laboratory for Vacuum Rail Transit]!"

When the words fell, almost everyone was shocked by Wu Deming's words.

Although they had received news before they came, everyone never expected that it would be two national laboratories!

There are many attributes of scientific research institutions, such as: national laboratories, national key laboratories, national key laboratories of enterprises, national key laboratories jointly built by provinces and ministries, national research centers, national engineering research centers, national engineering laboratories, etc.

But the top one is only the [National Laboratory].

Don't look at the national key laboratory, there are more "key" words than the national laboratory, but the gold content is far less than the latter.

Look at the definition and quantity of the two to know.

State Key Laboratory: It belongs to the national science and technology innovation base for science and engineering research. It conducts basic research and applied basic research for cutting-edge science, basic science, engineering science, etc. driving effect.

National Laboratory: It belongs to the national science and technology innovation base for scientific and engineering research. It reflects the national will, realizes the national mission, and represents the national level of strategic scientific and technological strength. It is a large-scale comprehensive research base integrating breakthrough, leading and platform.

"Reflecting the national will", "realizing the national mission", "representing the national level", "facing international scientific and technological competition", and "protecting national security", these five key areas are focused on!

At present, there are 265 national key laboratories, about 150 of which are built on the basis of universities, and the rest are scientific research institutions under the Chinese Academy of Sciences or other ministries.

Basically, every 985 university will have several state key laboratories.

But the national laboratory, the whole country...there are only 5!

The five are the National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (Luzhou), the Electron Positron Collider National Laboratory (Jingcheng), the Jingcheng Tandem Accelerator Nuclear Physics National Laboratory (Jingcheng), and the Jincheng Heavy Ion Accelerator National Laboratory (Jincheng) ) and the Qindao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qindao).

In fact, there were originally six, and there was also a Shengjing National (Joint) Laboratory for Materials Science. As a result, it was downgraded to a national research center together with the six national laboratories that had been established in 2003, and became the only non-governmental laboratory. "Chip" was downgraded.

Among the 5 genuine national laboratories, 3 belong to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the University of Science and Technology of China is the only university in the country with a national laboratory.

When the University of Science and Technology of China used to conduct enrollment promotions in high schools, it highlighted three points: the only school in the south with heating, the only university with a national laboratory, and the small number of enrollments will not depreciate.

It can be seen how difficult it is to become a national laboratory.

What is the status of Guanghua University?

Just a private university.

"I disagree!"

The first dissenting voice appeared.

The speaker was a leader of the Ministry of Science and Technology, surnamed Hu.

Leader Hu was furious and his attitude was very firm.

"This is nonsense! Guanghua University is just a private university. I would not agree with a national laboratory, let alone two!"

He stared at Wu Deming, "Which of the five existing national laboratories and the nine local national laboratories under construction is not stronger than Guanghua University's scientific research strength?"

"Are you sure about Mr. Hu?" Wu Deming smiled and didn't panic at all.

"The national laboratory is unique and is also a 'national team' of national scientific research strength. I would like to ask you: Which university or scientific research institution do you think is stronger than Guanghua University in the field of photonic science?"

"Is it Tsinghua University or the Chinese University of Science and Technology or the Chinese Academy of Sciences?"

Leader Hu was speechless.

How to refute this?

Guanghua University holds photonic screens and optical cores, not to mention domestic universities and scientific research institutions, even if they are placed in the world, none of them can beat them.

As Wu Deming said, the national laboratory is unique, which is equivalent to eating alone. Basically, only the strongest in the same field are eligible.

"Then the establishment of two national laboratories should not be approved. There has never been such a precedent in China!"

Seeing that the other party was trying to change the subject, Wu Deming was even more confident.

"The national laboratory is a new thing. The country has been exploring and groping since 2000. The two batches of national laboratories under pilot construction in 2003 and 2006 and national laboratories in the preparatory stage have either failed or been thrown into construction. , what does that mean?"

Wu Deming's eyes lit up, and he said loudly: "It shows that there is something wrong with our past path!"

"What exactly should a national laboratory be like?"

"Is it the Lawrence National Laboratory, Alamos National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, or Helmholtz in Germany?"

As he spoke, he looked at the other party, "Leader Hu, do you say there is no such precedent in China?"

"Then there can be a precedent for this now!"

"The super high-speed rail plan initiated by Guanghua University has been recognized by the central government. The investment in the construction of this railway project is as high as trillions. Isn't [National Laboratory for Vacuum Rail Transit] worthy of its name?"

"Or do you think the Hyperloop flight network's decision was wrong?"

The last sentence made Leader Hu's face change drastically. He didn't dare to take this big hat on.

"I……"

His lips twitched, not knowing how to respond.

In the end, the big leader came out to save the siege.

"I think, what Xiao Wu said still makes sense. The National Laboratory undertakes a major mission in national scientific research, and it cannot be broken or established."

The big leader smiled and said: "In this way, we raise our hands to vote, comrades who agree to approve the construction of the [National Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Semiconductors] and [National Laboratory for Vacuum Rail Transit] at Guanghua University, please raise your hands."

Basically everyone in the meeting raised their hands.

The emotional intelligence that can come here is not low, and the reason for the behavior of Hu's leader is purely a matter of personal position.

Just like any country has hawks and doves.

The meaning of the big leader's words is actually biased towards Wu Deming's point of view.

"Only three comrades object. Following the principle of the minority obeying the majority, I announce the approval of Guanghua University to build the [National Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Semiconductors] and [National Laboratory for Vacuum Rail Transit]!"

[National Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Semiconductors] will rely on Guanghua University as the main building, and include the Photonic Screen Laboratory, Optical Core Research Center, and Carbon Nanotechnology Laboratory.

[National Laboratory for Vacuum Rail Transit] will also rely on Guanghua University as the main construction, and the vacuum hyperloop laboratory will be included.

The meeting is over.

The big leader deliberately let Wu Deming stay.

"Xiao Wu, what's going on at Guanghua University recently?"

In the face of the inquiries from the leaders, Wu Deming patiently said: "Minister, there is no big news at Guanghua University, but President Chen of Guanghua University contacted me a few days ago, hoping to use the TaihuLight supercomputer through the green channel."

"Light of Taihu Lake? Should the laboratory need to use calculations?"

Wu Deming's face became weird, he shook his head and denied: "No, it's for a student."

"A student?" The big leader was also stunned, what is this operation?

"It seems to be called Lu Zhou. This student needs to use supercomputing to solve a math problem." Wu Deming said after thinking for a while.

"Is this question difficult?"

"It seems to have plagued the mathematics community for 60 to 70 years, and because of this matter, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States has made a lot of conditions to invite this student Lu Zhou to study for a Ph.D." Wu Deming slowly explained this matter.

After listening to it, the leader sighed, "This student Lu Zhou is indeed a genius, and I hope to come back after completing his studies."

"Yes, I believe it will!" Wu Deming affirmed.

The reason why the state and the ministry attach so much importance to and vigorously build Guanghua University is that they value each other's private university attributes and can be flexible.

Domestic colleges and universities are basically dominated by public universities, which makes it difficult to avoid the existence of problems such as ranking seniority and factions.

There is no shortage of top scientists in China, but because of the domestic scientific research environment, many scientists choose to stay overseas, and a few who return to China are also angrily left because of the environment.

Heartbreaking.

But it is too difficult to reform.

Pull the whole body!

Therefore, the emergence of Guanghua University is too opportune.

The development of Guanghua University, with the help of its private nature, can attract back scientists living abroad.

Does it matter whether the school is private or public?

Because there are still some issues on the appointment of personnel that have not been resolved, the results of the approval project made at this meeting have not been announced to the public.

Only a few people really know the news.

...

The Davis family home in Cambridge, USA.

"Oh, Lu, you are a genius!"

Professor Edward looked at Lu Zhou's draft calculation and exclaimed.

He dared to swear to God that this young boy with glasses in front of him would definitely shock the world mathematics community in a few years!

ps: It was a headache to look up the information of the national laboratory. I read it for at least two or three hours... There is too much information, and in the past two years, nine major local national laboratories have been created. I am really speechless... I think it is still Not as good as the previous five national laboratories, the management is too chaotic, and there are many factions.

In addition, the China Eastern Airlines plane had an accident, and I really never knew when the accident would come.