Shi Yigong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a famous scientist, is both a top scientist and a topical figure. From serving as the vice president of Tsinghua University to later resigning as the vice president, West Lake University has been created. His achievements are impressive, and many of his remarks are often full of truths and thought-provoking.
Shi Yigong once said in a speech at the European and American classmates that his best students and the most wanted students told him that he wanted to develop in a financial company. This surprised him. He felt that he should be the elite of a country. , No matter what the profession, when I want to transfer to finance, the country has a big problem.
Shi Yigong’s remarks may sound exaggerated, but they actually speak of the current situation today. A large number of outstanding talents are all devoted to lucrative industries, which has an adverse effect on other industries. Not only does scientific research talent attract the past, but also a large amount of capital attracts the past. In particular, the financial industry has been almost thriving in recent years, and its profit rate far exceeds that of other real economies, not to mention basic science practitioners like biology. The resulting talent crowding-out effect naturally has a great negative impact, and is the influx of talent really good for the financial market? I'm afraid that may not be necessary. After all, an industry has a limited capacity for jobs, and the disorderly competition of too many talents can only make the industry more serious.
Many people say that the financial industry in the United States is very powerful. We are cutting leeks all over the world, and we must learn from their finance. Teachers in many domestic colleges and universities also hold this view, believing that the American approach is correct. It can only be said that they lack the basic distinguishing ability. Shi Yigong has been in the United States for many years, and he has a relatively deep understanding of the United States, and he always hit the nail on the nail on the shortcomings of American finance.
For example, Wall Street in the United States is not only cutting the world’s leeks, but also taking away most of the wealth of American society, kidnapping the economic and technological progress of the entire society. American companies pay more attention to such literally false prosperity, playing with financial tools and increasing leverage, which eventually caused a financial crisis that affected the world. Finance is not incapable of innovation, but should be vigilant against financial innovation. When talents begin to compete disorderly in the financial market, it may cause instability to the entire society.
However, the analysis of such a problem should not be limited to criticism, but should analyze the reasons for its propaganda. In economics, people are all brokers and they are profit-seeking. Nowadays, talents rush to the financial industry, in the final analysis, this industry can make money, but other industries cannot make money. Since there are other majors in the school, the key to retaining talents is whether they can be given the treatment of retaining talents, and not always empty.
Shi Yigong actually saw this, and he repeatedly proposed to improve the salary of grassroots researchers. Especially the treatment of postgraduates and doctors is worthy of recognition. In addition, some problems may not be solved in a while, such as basic disciplines. Although everyone knows that they are important, these basic disciplines cannot be transformed into actual productivity and economic benefits in a short time. Therefore, low pay and narrow outlets have become inevitable. In fact, these basic disciplines do not require a large number of talents. After many people engage in and study these majors, most of them face the problem of transferring to majors. It has both the financial attraction of finance and other industries and the poverty repulsion of the profession.
To attract talents in basic scientific research, we must remove all kinds of pressures on it. Further increase the intensity of investment in personnel funds, improve the material basis of basic innovation and development, and change the past funding method that puts more emphasis on people. For those students who aspire to devote themselves to basic subjects, they should be subsidized at the postgraduate level. Don't let them miss life opportunities for a little profit.
These changes are currently visible, but the speed of improvement is still too slow. Don't really wait until our basic disciplines and key disciplines get stuck everywhere before regretting it.
