"When the youth are strong, the country is strong. ”
General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that "young talents are the source of national strategic talent strength", and it is necessary to "give young talents more trust, better help, and more powerful support, and support young talents to take the lead and be the protagonists." "After the establishment of the Central Talent Work Leading Group in 2021, it is clear that the cultivation of young talents will be the strategic focus of talent team construction.
Young talents are the new force and reserve force of philosophical and social science research. The party group of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences attaches great importance to the cultivation of young talents, and regards the cultivation of young talents as a strategic task related to the long-term development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Gao Xiang, President and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group, attended the symposium many times and talked face-to-face with young scientific researchers to understand the needs of young people and respond to their concerns. He pointed out that the party group of the academy is determined to take effective measures to strengthen the cultivation of young talents, continue to optimize the talent management and evaluation system, increase the reform of the professional title system, encourage and support young scholars to form an academic community, build more platforms for young talents to start a business, and help young talents grow and become talents faster.
Under the strong leadership of the party group of the hospital, at the end of 2023, the "Regulations on Exceptions and Adjustment of Professional Titles" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") was issued and implemented. The professional title index resources of the whole hospital have been revitalized, the multi-dimensional professional title exceptional index system has been established, and the growth channel of outstanding young talents has been built and improved.
The implementation of the "Regulations" sounded the clarion call for the reform, a series of institutional reform measures have come out in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the talent training mechanism has been continuously improved, and the entrepreneurial enthusiasm of the young officers of the whole academy has been greatly stimulated.
Give full play to the role of the "baton" of the professional title
As early as the 80s of the 20th century, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences began to explore the implementation of professional titles, and a group of young talents were promoted to professional titles through this channel and emerged. After the 90s, the work of professional titles entered the stage of normalization and standardization development, and the exceptions were mainly focused on academic qualifications.
It's 2020. In the face of the new situation, new tasks and new requirements of the prosperous development of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics and the acceleration of the construction of the "three systems" of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics, it has become a top priority to cultivate and gather a group of outstanding talents, stand on the commanding heights of history and the times, and do learning with soul, thought and responsibility. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has taken the initiative to seek innovation and change, opening the prelude to the reform of the professional title and personnel system in the new era, and focusing on the key to supporting young talents to stand out.
This year, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences issued the 2020 professional title evaluation notice and the newly revised "Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Professional Title Evaluation Management Measures", which clearly stipulates that young professionals with strong professional ability, real talent and real learning, and important contributions can appropriately relax the conditions for the number of years and allow them to apply for senior professional titles exceptionally.
In 2021, Ni Hongfu, a young scholar at the Institute of Economic Research, was promoted to Zhenggao, and Yang Bo, a young scholar at the Institute of Ancient History, was promoted to deputy high.
"In 2020, the year before I was exceptionally promoted to associate researcher, the number of associate senior titles in our Institute of Ancient History was 0, that is, there was no deputy high index at all. Referring to his exceptional promotion path, Yang Bo believes that it is more appropriate to use the words "timely rain" and "charcoal in the snow" to describe it.
In 2022, according to the deployment of the party group of the academy, the Bureau of Personnel and Education drafted relevant regulations, and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences established a professional title index adjustment system. This year, 3 people were exceptionally promoted to senior titles, and 3 people were promoted to senior titles using adjustment indicators. Among them, the youngest was Yang Hongyuan, a young scholar of the Institute of Philosophy, who was born in 1989 and was 32 years old that year.
In Yang Hongyuan's view, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' implementation of the policy of making exceptions to professional titles has effectively eliminated the outdated concept of seniority and emphasizing performance over potential achievements, stimulated and guided young people to devote themselves to academic research, helped promote the growth of young scientific researchers, and greatly liberated and developed the scientific research productive forces.
Intensify efforts to break the rules and release a strong signal of talent system reform
One stone stirs up a thousand waves. The release of a series of reform signals has given young scholars hope, and everyone is eager to try and full of enthusiasm. As Zhou Zhenyu of the Institute of Archaeology, who was promoted to the title of researcher, said, it has obvious positive significance, it breaks the traditional restrictions on professional title evaluation, provides a fast promotion channel for young scholars with outstanding talents and achievements, and helps to stimulate the innovation potential of young scholars and improve the level of the entire academic community.
However, the strength of the professional title and index adjustment in the exploratory stage is not large enough, the coverage is not wide enough, and the young talents benefited are not enough. In order to further intensify the reform and formulate institutional measures that are more in line with the needs of the development of philosophy and social sciences and the development of young talents, in 2023, the Personnel and Education Bureau will carry out a research that lasts for several months according to the deployment of the party group of the college.
From interviewing and researching the bureau-level leaders of the affiliated units to discussing with young and middle-aged backbones, from finding out the academic achievements of outstanding young talents to surveying the opinions of various groups, extensive, in-depth and solid investigation and research have laid a solid foundation for policy formulation. After many special meetings and discussions, the final research and formulation of the "Regulations" was deliberated and approved by the party group meeting of the academy.
This year, a total of 11 people were promoted to professional titles through exceptions and adjustment indicators. Among them, 6 people were exceptionally promoted to senior titles (5 people were exceptionally promoted to senior and 1 person was exceptionally promoted to deputy senior titles), which was double that of 2022, and 5 people were promoted to deputy senior titles using adjustment indicators.
Cao Jing, born in 1995, joined the Institute of Finance of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences after graduating with a doctorate at the end of 2021. In June 2023, at the age of 28, she was exceptionally promoted to associate researcher.
Cao Jing deeply felt that the reformed professional title system has built a comprehensive evaluation system oriented by innovation ability, quality and contribution, which has greatly stimulated the research enthusiasm and innovation motivation of young scholars.
The multi-dimensional evaluation criteria allow all kinds of talents to show their strengths and compete with each other
With the goal of improving the scientificity of professional title evaluation and encouraging and promoting the growth of all kinds of talents, the "Regulations" further optimize the current policies and regulations, and strive to make the system design more comprehensive and accurate to reflect the academic level, innovation ability and work performance of scientific research personnel, and more in line with the laws of scientific research and talent growth.
Increase the selection of application conditions, and pay more attention to the quality and level of results——
The "Regulations" further improve the "menu-based" comprehensive evaluation criteria, increase the application conditions and options, and optimize the evaluation of countermeasure research results, high-quality academic monographs, research projects and scientific research awards, and overseas journal papers.
According to the "menu" evaluation criteria, Feng Ming of the Institute of Quantitative and Technical Economics, who has made remarkable achievements in think tank research and application of countermeasures, Qu Shenning of the Institute of Industrial Economics, who has published high-quality papers and has been selected for the relevant national talent plan, Huang Chengliang, who has made outstanding achievements in the research of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, and Yu Xiang, who has made great achievements in the publication of high-quality foreign journal papers, have been promoted to senior titles.
Some researchers lamented, "The introduction of the 'menu-style' evaluation standard allows young scholars to achieve better development according to their own interests and strengths, without having to fall into involution in the competition for the number of generalized research results." This will help motivate young researchers to stay true to their original aspirations, aim high, and devote themselves to their respective research fields."
Set up a separate achievement standard to guide scientific research talents to calm down and do thoughtful learning——
The reform is innovation-oriented, with scientific research ability, theoretical innovation, academic level, etc. as the focus of evaluation, and in addition to the original comprehensive standards, a separate achievement standard has been established. In the design of evaluation indicators, more attention should be paid to the quality, contribution and influence of the results, and researchers should be encouraged to focus on specific fields for a long time, improve their academic originality ability, and concentrate their time and energy on producing high-quality research results.
Thanks to the new policies and regulations, Zhang Hao, a young scholar at the Institute of Financial and Economic Strategy, who has been focusing on collecting data, conducting research, and writing papers, has been promoted to the senior title by virtue of several high-quality papers published in top journals and authoritative journals.
Break the seniority of seniority and explore the establishment of a cross-level exceptional system——
The newly formulated "Regulations" abolished the original minimum tenure limit, and no longer set a minimum tenure for those who have been promoted with exceptional years, and qualified outstanding talents with corresponding professional titles can apply for exceptional promotion.
In addition, explore the establishment of a cross-level exceptional system, young talents with outstanding academic achievements and excellent performance can be directly declared for senior professional titles without being restricted by level, and completely break the seniority ranking. In terms of condition setting, adhere to high standards, and include the application of countermeasure achievements, special prizes of countermeasure information awards and top journal papers that have made outstanding contributions to the service of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the Party Central Committee into the professional title exceptional evaluation system.
Zhang Heng, a young scholar at the Institute of Finance, believes that this is a major institutional breakthrough. Through this more effective measure of exceptional promotion of professional titles, it not only solves the problems of difficult evaluation of professional titles and insufficient promotion indicators of the institute, but also selects a group of young scholars with good academic achievements and is expected to become the backbone of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, stimulates their passion and enthusiasm for university research, and more effectively ensures that there are successors to the cause of philosophy and social sciences.
Open up the work of professional titles and talent introduction, and move the talent evaluation forward——
In order to increase the attraction and support of young talents with potential and development prospects, the title reform will move the talent evaluation link forward, and for full-time university doctoral graduates and outbound postdoctoral fellows who come to work in the institute, the previously published results will be included in the calculation scope of exceptional results. This means that as long as they meet the exceptional standards, outstanding young talents who have just graduated can apply for senior titles as soon as they are admitted to the hospital.
Build a full-chain and full-cycle training system for young talents
The formulation and improvement of the policy of exception and adjustment index of professional titles is only a microcosm of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to deepen the reform of the system and mechanism and help the growth of young scholars. In addition, in 2023, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences will also formulate and implement a series of talent systems such as the mentorship system for young scholars, the "Qingqi Plan" and the "Peiyuan Plan" to create a first-class environment for the growth of young talents.
At the end of 2023, the Young Scholars Mentorship System will be fully implemented in the whole school, and 199 young scholars will be included in the first batch of Young Scholars Mentorship Program. The affiliated units of the institute selected and equipped 219 senior scholars who are politically reliable, theoretically sober, have excellent academic style, and have profound academic accomplishments as mentors to carry out two-year guidance and training for young scholars, improve their ideological and political quality and scientific research ability, and help them buckle the "first button" of their academic career.
In 2024, 193 newly admitted young people will receive funding from the Young Enlightenment Scheme. Compared with the previous youth scientific research start-up projects, the implementation rules of the "Youth Enlightenment Plan" are more scientific and reasonable, the scope of funding is larger, the age has been relaxed, and the funding intensity has been greatly enhanced. At the same time, the assessment requirements have become more stringent and clear.
The mentorship system for young scholars and the "Qingqi Program" are aimed at "Xiaomengxin" who have just been admitted to the hospital or have just been admitted to the hospital, while the "Peiyuan Program" is aimed at young scholars who have already made their mark, have strong political quality, and have a solid theoretical foundation. The selected candidates can independently determine the topic selection, write academic theoretical monographs, and also form research results of applied countermeasures, which will provide important reference for the decision-making of the Party Central Committee.
"In 2023, under the leadership of President Gao Xiang and the party group of the academy, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences will launch a series of innovative talent support projects, forming a full-chain, full-cycle and systematic talent training system, and the spring of the researchers of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences is coming. Facing the future, Ni Hongfu, who was selected for the "Peiyuan Plan" after being promoted to the senior title, is full of infinite expectations.
Under the effect of a series of solid measures, outstanding young talents in various disciplines and fields have been continuously gathered, and a good atmosphere of respect for knowledge, talent and creation has gradually taken shape. Some young and middle-aged scientific research backbones said with emotion that the current talent policy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences is like a "blind box", which continues to bring surprises to young scholars. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences is very large and can accommodate everyone's self-development; the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences is changing, and the "blind box" in the hands of young scholars will exceed expectations more and more.
The spring tide is surging, and Vientiane is renewed. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences is becoming a hot spot for young scientific research talents to make great achievements and make great achievements, providing solid talent support for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization, building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, and building China's independent knowledge system.