As the first co-optation of academicians after the Chinese Academy of Sciences deliberated and passed the institutional document of "improving the selection mechanism of academicians and maintaining the purity of the title of academicians", the co-optation of academicians in 2023 is of great significance.
The article "Strictly and Practically Strengthen the Management and Supervision of Party Members and Cadres" published by the China Discipline Inspection and Supervision Daily revealed:In the candidate publicity stage, the qualifications of 5 candidates with violations were cancelled, and the sudden major reporting clues involving 22 valid candidates were dealt with during the academician conference
The most direct result of the new reform is that the selection of academicians in 23 years is "rather shortage than abuse", which is the largest vacancy in all previous elections since 2009.
In 2023, a total of 59 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and 74 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering will be elected.
However, this time the results are very different from the planned quotas. Among them, the Chinese Academy of Sciences plans to co-opt 79 people, and 59 are actually elected, accounting for about 747%；The Academy of Engineering planned to co-opt no more than 90 people, but 74 were actually elected, accounting for about 822%。
The vacancy is the largest in all previous elections since 2009, and the results all show that the selection of academicians in China has ushered in the strictest season in history.
In September 2022, the 27th meeting of the ** Deep Reform Commission deliberated and passed the "Several Opinions on Deepening the Reform of the Academician System", emphasizing the need to focus on improving the system and solving outstanding problems, improve the quality of academician selection, better play the role of academicians, and further return the title of academician to honor and academic.
For the first time, intercession and greeting are expressly prohibited in this academician co-election, and violators will be permanently disqualified from running for election.
The selection is divided into two rounds, the first round is changed to external peer expert review, and after the candidates with 120% of the additional quota are selected, the second round of voting is conducted by academicians. Whether it is an academician or a peer expert, they all review and vote independently, which greatly reduces the contact and communication between candidates and voters, and between voters and voters.
The external peer experts participating in the review are the most strictly managed, and each voter needs to hand in his mobile phone, go out of the house, and cannot communicate, and after reviewing the candidates' materials, he or she will vote independently"It is said that the food was brought to you"。
Compared with previous years, the contact and communication between academicians, especially between academicians and candidates, have been greatly reduced. In previous years, the selection of academicians was constantly held in the Division, at least there were professional group discussions, plenary meetings of the Division, and the second round of candidates introducing themselves to answer questions, etc., and it was stipulated that academicians must participate in the whole process before voting, and there were more open exchanges among academicians at these meetings.
But this year, open discussion and communication have disappeared. The links of candidates' self-introduction and answering questions have also been canceled, and external peer review and academician voting are mainly based on electronic materials. "The on-site defense introduction session has also been canceled, and theoretically you can just look at the materials. "
Academicians need to review and vote independently when voting, which effectively reduces the situation of "intercession and greeting" during the election.
Increase the academician withdrawal mechanism to ensure the purity of the team
As an academician with an academic title, because of the huge interest rent-seeking space behind it, it is gradually evolving into a "behemoth" integrating multiple parties and interests.
Some academicians use the title of "academician" to excessively participate in commercial activities, and unreasonable platforms and façade support occur from time to time; Some academicians are hired in two or more units for remuneration, and the phenomenon of "running academicians", which has been criticized by the society, has been repeatedly prohibited; In some projects, the title of academician has become a green "pass" ......
At the same time, some localities and units flaunt their "achievements in scientific research" by the number of academicians, and in order to poach academicians, they reward both tickets and houses, which seems to have turned into a vicious competition.
The reform of the "academician withdrawal mechanism" aims to remove the "lifelong system" of academicians and the interests and halo attached to the title, so that the title of academician can truly return to pure honor and academics.
In 2014 and 2016, respectively, the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the Chinese Academy of Sciences marked it in black and white in their respective statutes."Academician withdrawal mechanism".related content.
FigIn the Constitution of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the expression of the withdrawal mechanism of academicians has been added.
Maintain the purity of the title of AcademicianIt is a sentence repeatedly mentioned by Li Xiaohong, president of the Academy of Engineering, in recent years, which requires every academician to cherish his feathers.
It is academic attainments that make the "academician", not the title of this one academician.