The development of the country depends on talents, and the rejuvenation of the nation depends on talents. Embarking on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way and marching towards the second centenary goal, we are closer to realizing the grand goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation than at any other time in history, and we are thirsty for talents more than at any other time in history. In the final analysis, the competition of comprehensive national strength is the competition of talents, and talents are the key to independent innovation, especially the irreplaceable nature of top talents. Facing the future, we should pay more attention to the independent cultivation of talents, especially strive to cultivate more strategic scientists, and accelerate the establishment of competitive advantages in human resources.
Today's world has entered the era of big science, and the complexity, systematization and coordination of scientific research have been significantly enhanced, and the importance of strategic scientists has become increasingly prominent. In his important speech at the Talent Work Conference, the General Secretary pointed out: "Strategic scientists are scientific talents and the 'key minority' in the national strategic talent force. "China needs strategic scientists, including strategic scientists who plan for the long-term and comprehensive development of science and technology, as well as leading scientists who play a leading role in a certain professional field, and the chief engineer and chief engineer of the project who preside over the big science and technology project. In terms of vigorously cultivating and using strategic scientists, the general secretary pointed out: "It is necessary to adhere to the standards of practice, and find among the leaders of major national scientific and technological tasks scientists with profound scientific literacy, long-term struggle in the front line of scientific research, broad vision, forward-looking judgment, interdisciplinary understanding ability, and strong leadership ability of the combat organization of the large corps." "In-depth study and implementation of the spirit of the important exposition of the general secretary and the training and use of strategic scientists, we must take strategic thinking as an important indicator. Having strategic thinking means being able to conduct comprehensive research and strategic planning on the development trend of science and technology, major national needs, and international competition, which can not only see comprehensively, but also see far and accurately.
Strategy is the core of a strategic scientist. Strategic thinkingFor strategic scientists, it is related to whether they can raise and solve overall, fundamental and forward-looking scientific problems. The strategic thinking of strategic scientists mainly includes two dimensions: overall concept and forward-looking judgment. The overall concept refers to the ability to break through the limitations of the profession and the industry, and consider the development of science and technology from the interests of the whole country. To solve the problem of a science and technology or an industry, we need to consider various complex factors, and only by standing high can we see the whole picture, and avoid "seeing the trees but not the forest". The backwardness of an industry may involve the level of development of technology or other industries in many other areas, and it is difficult to find solutions without a holistic view. Strategic scientists are to overcome major scientific and technological difficulties related to economic and social development and development, and put forward the future development direction, development ideas and development priorities of science and technology from a higher position and a broader perspective.
In addition, the ability to make forward-looking judgments beyond the average scholar is also a skill that strategic scientists need to possess. Scientists with a broad range of knowledge and interdisciplinary understanding have the vision to foresee the future, which mainly comes from the accumulation of knowledge and experience in the front line of scientific research for a long time. For a period of time, there may be a major breakthrough in one or several branches of science and technology exploration, which is called "the discipline of the time" in the academic community. However, it is difficult to accurately judge the "discipline of acquisition" in advance, because the seemingly easy breakthrough is often accompanied by unexpected traps, and there is even a lack of "pseudo-discipline discipline" that may cause a waste of scientific research resources. At such a time, it is necessary for strategic scientists to exert their forward-looking judgment and promote the healthy development of science and technology in accordance with the law of development.
In order to provide talent support for the basic realization of socialist modernization by 2035 and lay a good talent foundation for building a modern socialist country in an all-round way by the middle of this century, it is far from enough to have only a few or a dozen strategic scientists. **The general secretary pointed out: "It is necessary to adhere to the long-term vision, consciously discover and cultivate more high-level compound talents with the potential of strategic scientists, and form a growth echelon of strategic scientists." "This requires us to better create a good environment for the growth of talents in the process of cultivating strategic scientists, and promote the formation of a growth echelon of strategic scientists. It is necessary to take multiple measures at the same time, improve the system and mechanism, avoid the tendency of simply determining remuneration and allocating academic resources based on academic titles and talent titles, and accelerate the establishment of a talent evaluation system oriented by innovation value, ability and contribution, such as highlighting the original orientation of basic frontier research, highlighting the demand orientation of social welfare research, and highlighting the market orientation of applied technology development and achievement transformation evaluation, so as to form an evaluation system that is conducive to the research and innovation of scientific and technological talents.
The formation of the growth echelon of strategic scientists also requires strategic scientists to assume their own responsibilities. Strategic scientists should give more trust, better help, and more effective support to young scientific and technological backbones, support young talents to take the lead and play the leading roles, truly discover and promote strategic scientific and technological talents from major scientific and technological projects, and create large-scale reserve talents for the formation of a strategic scientist growth echelon.
The author is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering).
People** 2024-02-02 09 Edition).