Chinese New Year. Not everyone can have it.
A time for family reunion.
There are some people. For the sake of scientific research, I choose not to take a holiday.
This Spring Festival. College of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University.
Doctor of Biology Ma Zhongxian.
Spend time with classmates and a large field of corn
This year's winter break began.
He came to Hainan from Anhui, 2,000 kilometers away.
Together with the teacher and more than 30 juniors and sisters.
Corn breeding experiments were started in the field.
Work photos of members of the breeding research team.
This is already Ma Zhongxian.
For the fourth year in a row, he came to Nanfan Base.
Ma Zhongxian had to go to the ground every day.
Careful "care" of the breeding material.
His research focuses on breeding.
In his words.
I chose one of the hardest and most tiring.
It is also the most difficult direction to come up with results".
But he felt the path was worth it.
Seeds are the 'chips' of agriculture, and if the people can use the varieties they have developed, how good it is! ”
The breeding cycle of maize is relatively long.
It takes as little as seven or eight years to breed a large variety.
Up to 10 years or more.
In order to be able to add generations to breed.
Summer in Anhui.
Winter to Hainan has become the norm.
Work photos of members of the breeding research team.
A 2023 biology master's student at the university.
Yan Haidong went to the Nanfan base for the first time.
I didn't expect it to come down on the first day.
And he was so tired that his whole body ached.
A simple pollination action is repeated hundreds of times.
Seven or eight hours of work.
The imaginary suitable temperature also became.
Exposure to the sun.
Group photo of members of the breeding research team.
Ma Zhong said first. He loved the feeling of being in the field.
I can observe it directly.
What an exhilarating experience it was to have my own subject materials growing in the fields."
There are basically no holidays off at all
Sometimes even working late into the night
Exploration and utilization of crop genetic resources in southwest China.
The public experimental platform on the first floor of the State Key Laboratory.
Doctoral supervisor: Professor He Min.
Take Sichuan Agricultural University students with you during the holidays.
Do genetic transformation of rice pathogenic fungi.
and the analysis of gene function.
Molecular biology and biochemistry experiments.
The experiment has been going on as usual, and there are basically no holidays. ”
It's a holiday though. But He Min and his classmates still come to the lab early in the morning.
Sometimes they even work late at night before leaving work.
Such a "winter vacation state".
For the teachers and students of the National Heavy Laboratory.
It's not unusual.
Read the literature, do experiments, write **...The arrangement of the Spring Festival is not much different from usual
This Spring Festival, Cao Bing, a 2022 master's student majoring in resources and environment at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, in order to smoothly advance the experiment.
Stay in school for the Chinese New Year. 
Experiment glimpse Ji Qianwei, a 2022 master's student majoring in environmental science, said that the arrangements for the Spring Festival holiday for many UCAS students who stayed in school for the New Year were not too different from usual, reading literature, doing experiments, and writing....There is no wanderer who does not want to be reunited with his family, but he has left a mark of hard work during the critical period of his studies, and the new year spent in the laboratory will also become an unforgettable memory.
Behind the New Year's insistence of the great powers
Chinese New Year. Behind the big scientific installations.
There are also a large number of strivers who stick to the front line.
We can't ignore them.
And we can't forget them.
It's exactly what seems ordinary.
The perseverance of scientific researchers.
to create extraordinary achievements.
Let the image of a great power shine brightly.
In the laboratory of the Tianqin Center of Sun Yat-sen University.
A group of scientific researchers are still working hard to solve the problem.
Whether it is an optical table lens bonding experiment.
Or the air conditioner pushes the attack.
are inseparable from their perseverance.
They may not be able to be like others.
Share a Chinese New Year's Eve meal with your loved ones.
I can't be with my family all the time.
But he spent his time and energy on scientific research.
It is used for the detection of gravitational waves in space.
China program".
Meanwhile. In the depths of Liangshan, Sichuan.
The Jinping Underground Laboratory in China is working day and night.
Discover the mysteries of the universe 2,400 meters underground.
It is essential for detecting dark matter and advancing the study of cosmic physics.
is playing an irreplaceable role.
And on the shores of the South China Sea.
China's first oceanic drilling ship "Dream".
The first sea trials have also been successfully completed.
It has the ability to operate in unlimited navigation areas in global waters.
and sea area 110,000 meters of drilling capacity.
will be guaranteed in the country's energy security.
and the cause of the construction of a maritime power.
Play a key role.
These great powers not only embody the wisdom and sweat of countless scientific research workers, but also nurture the future and hope. The people who stick to the front line are not only the backbone of the country's scientific research, but also let many ordinary people see the beautiful posture of strivers. This is also the extraordinary charm of the great power and heavy weapons - not only the amazing cutting-edge technology, but also the admirable tenacious fighting spirit and determination.
The development of a great country is inseparable from these strong spiritual forces. First of all, it is the spirit of "giving up a small family for everyone". From the "two bombs and one satellite" in the past to today's "Tianwen", "Jiaolong", "Shenzhou", "Chang'e" and other important weapons of the country, behind them are the silent cultivation of many people, and even for the cause of the country incognito, sacrificing personal interests, and achieving collective glory. The scientific researchers who stick to the front line during the Spring Festival holiday have also written contemporary legends, full of strong feelings for their family and country.
Moreover, it is the spirit of struggle that is not afraid of hardships and dangers and bravely climbs the peak. On the way to overcome scientific research problems, they don't know how many experiments to do and how many failures they face. Countless facts have proven that those who lack perseverance find it difficult to obtain the true scriptures, and those who lack ambition are more likely to be knocked down by difficulties. However, we do not see the slightest complaint or depression in this group of respectable and lovely strugglers, only the tenacious fighting spirit and the indomitable spirit of forging ahead. Of course, there is also the perseverance of Yugong to move mountains, and the great confidence in the prospects of China's scientific undertakings. They are presented in every detail of scientific experiments and technology research and development, and are also integrated into different stages of work such as theoretical exploration and practical innovation.
Such a state of mind is admirable and fascinating. Perhaps, many people do not have the talent to engage in scientific careers, but they can draw the spirit of upward struggle from those who stick to it, and obtain a steady stream of forward momentum. Just as the ancients said, "no accumulation of steps, no thousands of miles, no accumulation of small streams, no rivers and seas", perseverance and continuous pursuit every day and night allow us to see that every year a new big country is unveiled in front of the world.
In the eyes of real scientific researchers, there are 365 days a year, there is no clear distinction between holidays, and only when a major breakthrough is made and a major weapon is born, it is the most worthy of celebration. Correspondingly, it is also extremely necessary to give them sufficient spiritual care and living security, and create a better scientific research environment and growth space for them as much as possible. Only in this way will the strength of the strivers be more stable and the pace of progress will be more stable in the face of the future.
*: China Youth Daily.