It is almost impossible for China's private entrepreneurs to obtain the title of "academician" in China, but many of them have the international version of the title of academician.
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Yijian Finance recently combed and found that in the past year alone, a number of Chinese private entrepreneurs have won the title of academician of the "European Academy of Natural Sciences", and even some entrepreneurs have held a grand celebration ceremony.
In late April, Li Shengxue, chairman of Jilin Tiansanqi Pharmaceutical, attended the awarding ceremony of academicians of the European Academy of Natural Sciences. Yegorov-Vladimir, director of the academic committee of the academy, made a special trip to Huawei to present the award.
Yegorov-Vladimir said that Li Shengxue has achieved remarkable results in the innovation of the microscopic theory of traditional Chinese medicine and the innovation of traditional Chinese medicine fermentation technology...... Eligible for medals.
According to the report, Li Shengxue was elected as an academician of the European Academy of Natural Sciences in December 2023, and a relevant seminar was held at that time, which was attended by Zhang Fenglou, former vice minister of health, and Chen Runsheng, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Li Shengxue has more than one title, such as academician of the World Productivity Academy of Sciences, vice chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Academician Consortium, president and chief scientist of the Longevity and Health Science Research Institute of the International Academician Consortium, and chief scientist of the Faculty Committee of the Nanyang Academy of Sciences.
The latest academician of the "European Academy of Natural Sciences" is also the founder and chairman of Feinuomen Array Technology Shen Yushi, who won the title of academician in early February this year, and the president of the European Academy of Natural Sciences and chairman of the presidium Timinsky personally awarded him a certificate.
According to the information released by the official WeChat public account of BioNova in March, Zhao Xiaojian, chairman and CEO of the company, has been awarded the 2024 Academician of the European Academy of Natural Sciences after several rounds of rigorous academic review and selection procedures.
According to the information released by the official account, the academicians of the European Academy of Natural Sciences are selected by the European Academy of Sciences, and are subject to strict evaluation procedures such as academician recommendation, voting and election, defense review, presidium deliberation, and medal awarding.
There are 1,700 academicians of the European Academy of Natural Sciences, including 73 Nobel laureates, 6 Turing Award winners, 15 Fields Medals, Einstein Prizes, Copernicus Prizes and other world-famous science and technology prize winners.
Jiang Fusheng, chairman of the board of directors of Guangdong Hengsong Holding Group, is the most high-profile private entrepreneur who has won the academician of the European Academy of Natural Sciences.
In October last year, the European Academy of Natural Sciences announced that Jiang Fusheng was elected as a member of the European Academy of Natural Sciences in 2023. On October 9, Jiang Fusheng received a certificate and badge.
According to media reports, the news came from Europe, and people rushed to tell each other .......
"China Economic Weekly" reported that on November 19 last year, Guangdong Hengsong Holding Group held a large-scale celebration with the theme of "'Reputation' Rich and Far-reaching" in the No. 1 studio hall of Huizhou TV Station in Guangdong Province to celebrate Jiang Fusheng's election as an academician of the European Academy of Natural Sciences, and nearly 1,000 people participated in the celebration.
Jiang Fusheng said that since he was a child, he believed that reading could change his fate, so no matter how difficult and busy he was, he did not forget to take time to study, which made him an academician of the European Academy of Natural Sciences.
In September last year, Wang Lifeng, chairman of Weifang Lichuang Electronics, was elected as an academician of the European Academy of Natural Sciences. ”
In fact, according to incomplete statistics from finance and economics, in just over a year, there have been many private entrepreneurs who have won the title of academician of the European Academy of Natural Sciences, such as Ling Jianjun, chairman of Jiangsu Lingzhi Environmental Protection, Zhu Kunfu, chairman of the board of directors of Shandong Zhushi Pharmaceutical, Liu Hong, chairman of Zhongke Xingye, Zhang Yi, founder of Yisheng Biotechnology, and Chen Changjin, chairman of Qingdao Hengxing Group.
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Among the domestic private entrepreneurs, why do a large number of entrepreneurs win the title of academician of the European Academy of Natural Sciences?
One of the reasons for this is that there are many academicians of the European Academy of Natural Sciences every year. According to statistics, in the first four months of this year, the "leaders" of the institution awarded the title of academician to at least 30 domestic professors, presidents or business owners.
Another reason is that the title of member of the European Academy of Natural Sciences can be sold at a price.
A Henan university teacher broke the news in an interview with Phoenix.com that in March last year, his colleague received an invitation from an institution to run for membership of the European Academy of Natural Sciences, but if he was to be successfully elected, he would have to pay a service fee of 400,000 yuan to 1 million yuan.
In addition, some professors confirmed that they had received an invitation letter from an agency agency, and the service contract clearly marked the price of "academician co-optation service fee", and some agents said that they would charge 200,000 yuan to 500,000 yuan.
The European Academy of Natural Sciences has also aroused doubts from authoritative media.
Southern Weekly published a commentary on May 6 comparing the "European Academy of Natural Sciences" to the "Claydon University" in Qian Zhongshu's novel The Siege. "Claydon University" is synonymous with "Pheasant University".
The article points out that it is not uncommon for such copycat academic institutions to be favored in the world, including the World Productivity Academy and the Nanyang Academy of Sciences in Singapore, which are considered to be copycats.
At present, a number of academic institutions and units have deleted the news of "XXX was elected as an academician of the European Academy of Natural Sciences" from the official website and social media platforms.
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At first sight, it was found that private entrepreneurs who have won academicians of the European Academy of Natural Sciences are generally not well-known, but this title of "academician" has become the capital of many people's publicity.
In fact, as the highest honor in the academic world, "academician" generally refers to academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China, but it is almost impossible for private entrepreneurs to obtain them.
In 2019, in the list of candidates for academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in addition to universities, scientific research institutions, central enterprises, state-owned enterprise technical backbones, etc., there are 7 scientific and technological workers in private enterprises, including Wang Chuanfu, chairman of BYD.
On June 6, 2019, the list of candidates for the 2019 co-opted academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering to enter the second round of evaluation was announced, and Wang Chuanfu was not selected, only Wang Jian, chairman of the technical committee of Alibaba Group, entered the second round.
On November 22, 2023, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering announced the results of the 2023 academician co-optation, including Lian Yubo, Chief Scientist of BYD, Wu Kai, Chief Scientist of CATL, Wang Haifeng, Chief Technology Officer of Baidu, and Xu Wenwei, President of Huawei Strategy Research Institute.
However, none of the four were later included in the official list.
Perhaps because it is too difficult to obtain the title of "academician" in China, many private entrepreneurs have obtained the title of international academician such as the European Academy of Natural Sciences, but how much gold does the title of academician so easy to obtain?