As we all know, there are many Chinese talents who are unwilling to come back after going abroad for further study, which is also one of the manifestations of China's brain drain. However, in the last century, many scientists chose to return to China to repay the work when the country was in difficulty. The most typical is our Mr. Qian Xuesen. The united States' heavy obstacles still cannot stop Mr. Qian Xuesen's determination to return to China. And the person I introduce to you next also has a patriotic heart of boxing and fist, he is Li Jingjun.
One day in 1941, in the vast sea, there was an oil tanker sailing from the United States to China. Among the many passengers, there is a young lad who is a Chinese, and he has just received a doctorate from Cornell University, a famous University in the United States. This young man is Li Jingjun. At this time, China was suffering from war, and Li Jingjun gave up a comfortable life in the United States. He knew what it meant for him to brave the war to return to China to repay his duties at this time, but Li Jingjun still had no remorse.
However, Li Jingjun's journey back to China was not as easy as expected, and the cruise ship he was riding had to change course several times in order to avoid the attack of Japanese submarines. Eventually, the cruise ship that was supposed to land in Shanghai docked in Hong Kong, because Shanghai was already occupied by Japanese devils. However, it was not long before Hong Kong was also occupied by Japanese devils. Li Jingjun and his new wife were trapped in Hong Kong for two months. It was almost the most difficult day of his life, and if it were not for the help of friends, Li Jingjun and his wife would most likely die because of the war. After experiencing hardships and obstacles along the way, Li Jingjun arrived in Guangxi and took up a position at Guangxi Agricultural College.
In 1946, Li Jingjun became the head of the department of agronomy at Peking University, and this year he was only 34 years old, which can be said to be young and promising. As a professor of genetics, Li Jingjun's achievements are outstanding. During the time of returning to China, he also trained many outstanding talents in the field of life sciences for china. Therefore, Li Jingjun is also known as the "father of Chinese genetics". But it is regrettable that after returning to China for 10 years, Li Jingjun chose to leave the United States because he had no way to serve the country, so what is going on?
It turned out that in the early 1950s, the development of genetics in China was relatively lagging behind. At that time, the Soviet genetics experts were divided into two factions, one was the Michurin school and the other was the Morgan school, and the two sides completed a debate over genetics. As a result, in the controversy, Li Jingjun was affected. In fact, this is not just an academic dispute, but a political farce. In this farce, Li Jingjun was ostracized, and in desperation, he chose to leave the country and go to the United States. I have to say that this is a big loss for the genetics community in our country.