Chinese materials scientist Li Aizhen's research on semiconductors has international standards, and she has contributed to the country and broken through the blockade of Western technology.
After the age of 63, he submitted a total of 4 applications to the Chinese Academy of Sciences for academicians, but all of them ended in vain.
In 2007, she suddenly became an academician of the United States, and as soon as the news came out, the whole country was in an uproar, was she really disloyal to the motherland?
1. Eliminate being "stuck" by foreign countries
Li Aizhen was born in 1936 in an overseas Chinese family, her parents attached great importance to Li Aizhen's education since she was a child, and she was admitted to the Department of Chemistry of Fudan University because she was smart and studious.
After graduation, she was assigned to Shanghai Metallurgical Institute as a researcher, during which Li Aizhen experienced a cruel ten years of catastrophe, and it was not until the reform and opening up that her research path regained sight.
In 1980, Li Aizhen was sent to Carnegie Mellon University in the United States as an academic visiting because of her outstanding performance.
But they were all wrong, Li Aizhen not only returned to China two years later, but also brought back the valuable experience she learned abroad.
After seeing the gap between China and abroad, Li Aizhen said that China must have its own technology, and there must be people who are not afraid of dedication and do not care about gains and losses.
At that time, the development of the international semiconductor field was changing with each passing day, and the research, technology and equipment in this field on the mainland were far behind the international level, and the advancement of China's semiconductor research was almost stagnant, and the road to development was almost blocked.
Due to the deliberate monopoly of Western countries, the mainland did not fully master the molecular beam epitaxial semiconductor technology that foreign countries have long been familiar with until the 80s, and the development of this technology in China is struggling.
was "stuck" by a foreign country, and Li Aizhen could only silently return to China to bring people to create relevant laboratories.
She led the research team to experiment and research day and night, and worked hard alone when the team was resting, and finally developed the molecular beam epitaxy equipment.
This technology is of great benefit to the research of national defense, economy, medical and other fields, and because of Li Aizhen's breakthrough, the "export restrictions on molecular beam epitaxy equipment" that have been implemented abroad for many years have also been lifted.
However, it was such an awe-inspiring cutting-edge scientist who suddenly joined the ranks of American academicians in 2007, and the Chinese people were extremely shocked when they heard the news.
What happened to Li Aizhen, who was once patriotic and enthusiastic, and was full of confidence in improving national technology?
2. Patriotic scientists become academicians of the United States
Since 1999, Li Aizhen has submitted four applications to the Chinese Academy of Science and the Chinese Academy of Engineering for the evaluation of academicians, and unexpectedly, these four applications have all failed, when Li Aizhen was over 60 years old.
Later, Li Aizhen's dynamics were very rare, and sometimes she only occasionally appeared at scientific meetings such as the International Conference of Academicians.
It was not until 2021 that a list of candidates for academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering was released, among which a female chief engineer of Moutai Group was shortlisted, that the Chinese people once again paid attention to the selection of academicians.
The hotly debated question is, do people at the level of business managers have the level of cutting-edge scientific research?
With tobacco academicians in the front and Moutai academician candidates in the back, shouldn't the state's backing force be high science and technology? The country has already relied on bayonets in the international arena
At this moment, Li Aizhen's name once again came to people's minds, and netizens discussed the reason why Li Aizhen was elected as a Chinese academician 4 times. According to official information, the main reasons for Li Aizhen's failure to be selected several times that year were not enough recommenders and overage.
The people of the country felt unjust for Li Aizhen, but Li Aizhen herself said firmly: I only remember what people gave me, but I don't remember what I didn't give.
As soon as these words came out, countless Chinese people were moved to tears, but this emotion came to an abrupt end in 2007.
In May 2007, Li Aizhen suddenly became a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences, and she said in her thank you speech that it was her life's honor to be a member of the top scientific research team.
The people immediately did not understand, some questioned her for being unpatriotic, and some felt that this was a naked brain drain and felt sorry for the country.
But Li Aizhen did not care too much about her grievances, she spoke out in the media, saying that if she did not have the platform and funds given by the motherland, and without the support of the state, it would be impossible to have today's achievements, she said that she must not forget her roots.
Facts have proved that Li Aizhen has not forgotten the motherland and forgotten the fundamentals, and she still maintains her determination to never say die after becoming a foreign academician.
According to the official website of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Li Aizhen has published more than 200 papers, and has made good achievements in both invention and patenting.
In addition, she has also won several categories of awards such as national progress awards, provincial and ministerial awards, and has long been a leader in the professional field.
Even after she retired, she couldn't stop at all, and insisted on working in the front line of scientific research, even during the Chinese New Year, as if this was her lifelong fun and habit.
Facts have proved that what the Chinese people cannot understand is not the tobacco academicians and Moutai academicians, but the Chinese people really care about whether these academicians and candidates really have high scientific and technological research capabilities, and whether they can really be good examples and benchmarks for the Chinese people.