What kind of institution is the European Academy of Natural Sciences?

The Paper reporter Zhong Yuhao

Is it an academic honor or a business transaction? In the past few days, the gold content of the academician of the European Academy of Natural Sciences has aroused public opinion.

On May 7, Lu Xuefeng, who is a lawyer in the International Intellectual Property Department on the official website of the European Academy of Natural Sciences, responded to the cover news reporter that "the European Academy of Natural Sciences is an ordinary non-governmental scientific research organization". In response to the question of Chinese netizens that "you can be rated as an academician by paying money", he said: "It shouldn't work." ”

The report also mentioned that on May 3, local time, a letter was updated in the "Academy News" column on the official website of the European Academy of Natural Sciences. The letter, written by the founder and president of Professor Vladimir Timinsky to the Chinese academician, stated that the European Academy of Natural Sciences is independent of politics, the state and religion and is "an independent public organization". At the same time, for the first time, the letter clearly stated the nature of the European Academy of Natural Sciences - "We are not a state institution similar to the Russian Academy of Sciences (founded in 1724) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, but we invite scientists of academic value and scientific achievements that are beneficial to mankind, whose publications, monographs and other works can resonate with people." ”

In the information released by some domestic universities such as Yulin University, the European Academy of Natural Sciences is introduced as: headquartered in Hannover, Germany, established by many European scientists. The Academy of Sciences has a Ludwig Nobel laureate channel, many academicians have won Nobel Prizes, and more than 30 academicians are winners of well-known European science and technology awards such as the Einstein Prize and the Copernicus Prize. At present, it has offices and branches in 33 countries in the world, including Germany, Russia, Israel, and Japan. The Academy of Sciences adopts a strict academician replacement system, and the elected academicians need to go through strict academic evaluation and legal processes such as academician recommendation, formal review, defense review, voting election, presidium deliberation, and notary public impartiality, mainly examining the candidates' academic achievements, creative contributions and influence.

At the beginning of February this year, the website of Yulin University announced that recently, the European Academy of Natural Sciences officially announced the list of new academicians in 2023, and Professor Xu Yunhua of our university was elected as an academician of the European Academy of Natural Sciences. Academician V. Tyminskiy, President and Chairman of the Presidium of the European Academy of Natural Sciences, presented a certificate to Professor Xu Yunhua and sent a congratulatory letter on behalf of the European Academy of Natural Sciences, congratulating Professor Xu Yunhua on his election as an academician of the European Academy of Natural Sciences.

The Paper noted that on April 21 this year, a ceremony for the awarding of certificates and awards by academicians of the European Academy of Natural Sciences was held in Beijing, and a background board written in Chinese was set up on the scene.

The WeChat public account "Yantai Municipal Committee of Jiusan Society" mentioned that at the ceremony, Vladimir · Academician Yegorov presented certificates to six newly elected academicians including Huang Guizhou, and unveiled the plaque for Huang Guizhou's academician workstation. Huang Guizhou is currently the deputy director of the Education Special Committee of the Yantai Municipal Committee of Jiusan Society, the director of the scientific research center of the Beijing Innovation Research Institute, and the chairman of the board of directors of New Future Online (Shandong) Digital Service Co., Ltd.

This article describes the European Academy of Natural Sciences, one of the most recognized and influential scientific organizations in the world, across geographies and academic fields. Founded by academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and well-known academic societies in many countries, it is an international scientific organization covering 33 countries including Germany, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Japan. At present, the academy has 1,700 academicians, including many academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 73 Nobel Prize winners, 6 Turing Award winners, 15 Fields Medals, Einstein Awards, Copernicus Prizes and other world-famous science and technology award winners. There is a channel for Ludwig Nobel laureates. The Academician of the European Academy of Natural Sciences is selected by the European Academy of Sciences, and is subject to strict evaluation procedures such as academician recommendation, voting, defense review, presidium deliberation, and medal awarding.

According to the article published by the WeChat public account "Guide Group", Yu Gui, chairman of Guide Group, also participated in the above-mentioned ceremony of awarding certificates and awards to academicians of the European Academy of Natural Sciences on April 21. In his speech, Yu Gui thanked the European Academy of Natural Sciences for recognizing his personal achievements and conferring the honor, and said that being elected as a member of the European Academy of Natural Sciences is not only an honor, but also a responsibility. He will continue to devote himself to the field of intelligent display technology, promote the development of his field, and make greater contributions to the progress of human society.

The Paper noted that the European Academy of Natural Sciences, which claims to have a "strict review process", has grown rapidly in the past two years.

A May 2022 report mentioned that the European Academy of Natural Sciences currently has 425 Fellows, including 320 full Fellows and 105 Corresponding Fellows.

According to this calculation, between May 2022 and April 2024, the number of members of the European Academy of Natural Sciences increased by 300%.

The Paper noticed that in recent years, the handwritten signature of Timinsky, president of the European Academy of Natural Sciences, can be seen on the academician certificates and congratulatory letters announced by some universities and enterprises.

In April this year, he also sent congratulations to an unofficial domestic medicine and food homology industry science and technology conference through a video.

Among these new academicians of the European Academy of Natural Sciences, there is also a post-90s generation.

On April 23 this year, a media report in Shaanxi Province reported that on April 19, the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies held a general election meeting of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies and the second Sino-Russian Traditional Medicine Exchange Conference, the European Academy of Natural Sciences held a ceremony for new academicians, including Tian Zheng, a young man from Xi'an born in the 90s, as the only post-90s academician and the only academician under the age of 35 to accept the formal award.

The newspaper claimed that with the efforts of Dr. Tian Zheng, traditional Chinese medicine has been pushed to a new height with numbers and algorithms, and the academic papers on the diagnosis method of knowing heat sensitivity measurement as the main diagnosis method have been published in SCI think tanks at home and abroad, and the knowledge of heat sensitivity measurement has truly become the fifth Chinese medicine diagnostic method recognized in the world, and at the same time created a national brand of traditional Chinese medicine relying on the diagnosis technology of heat sensitivity measurement - Chengxintang. Through basic and clinical research, he has obtained more than 30 patents at home and abroad, and has been included in the scope of PCT patent recognition by the United Nations WTO.

This issue is edited by Xing Tan