Ma Jing, Tan Liying and his wife "The general secretary gave us a 'reassuring pill'"

Ma Jing and Tan Liying in the laboratory. Photo by Su Qiang

Heilongjiang Daily, June 4 news On the morning of May 25, when the Harbin Science and Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Building welcomed General Secretary Xi Jinping who inspected and investigated, there was a couple of professors among the scientific and technological personnel on the scene, who were Ma Jing and Professor Tan Liying, doctoral supervisors of the Harbin Institute of Technology Aerospace School who co-founded HIT Satellite Laser Communication Technology Co., Ltd.

Recalling the scene of face-to-face with the general secretary, the couple was full of affection. Professor Ma Jing, who is usually dressed in casual dress, wears and shoes on this day, which is extremely spirited; Professor Tan Liying is even more blazer skirt with white high-heeled leather shoes, solemn and elegant. When the general secretary visited the transformation project of scientific and technological achievements in the exhibition hall, Professor Ma Jing was the first to introduce the general secretary. In front of the exhibition board of HIT Satellite Laser Communication Technology Co., Ltd., he introduced to the general secretary the scientific and technological achievements and registered companies he led the team to cultivate for 25 years, and introduced the research progress of laser communication with laser communication terminal equipment.

"When the main performance indicators of our test were introduced to reach the international leading level, the general secretary was particularly pleased to hear it. The general secretary listened carefully and read very carefully, and when I introduced the project we were going to do next, the general secretary immediately pointed to the corresponding content on the exhibition board. The general secretary's professionalism, dedication, peace and cordiality left a deep and unforgettable impression on Professor Ma Jing, he said: "The general secretary is particularly keen to see the problem, and can quickly grasp the key points in a large amount of information." "When the general secretary walked to the next booth, he deliberately turned around and shook hands with Ma Jing again." The general secretary's hand is particularly strong, which makes me feel warm and inspired from it! ”

When the general secretary came from the exhibition hall to the central hall, Wang Xiankui, secretary of the provincial party committee, introduced Professor Tan Liying, who was waiting there, to the general secretary, and said humorously: "This is the one in the mom-and-pop shop." Professor Tan also generously pointed at Professor Ma Jing and said, "He is my lover." The general secretary smiled and nodded, very happy. The general secretary smiled and shook hands with the scientific and technological workers who gathered around. Amid the warm applause of everyone, the general secretary improvised a warm speech. As comrades-in-arms and career partners in the same scientific research team, the couple once again witnessed an unforgettable moment together.

Ma Jing and Tan Liying from the same class when they went to college in 1978, became a tacit understanding of life and career partners, so far they have been flying together for 38 years, in the field of satellite laser communications have been working together for 25 years, and are envied as "husband and wife professors". On January 9, 2015, the scientific research achievement of Ma Jing and Professor Tan Liying's team "Star-Earth Laser Link System Technology" won the first prize of the National Technological Invention Award, the highest award for invention and creation in China. Tan Liying told reporters that the so-called satellite laser communication is to use the "laser beam" to link the satellite with the satellite, the satellite and the ground, and transmit high-speed information through the laser. The information transmission capacity of satellite laser communication is much greater than that of microwave satellite communication, which can form a space laser high-speed real-time information network, so that satellites have unprecedented information transmission capabilities. "Imagine that between a satellite moving at a high speed of up to 28,000 kilometers per hour and a ground station, at a distance of nearly 2,000 kilometers, the precise two-way extremely narrow beam of light in the micro-arc measurement level is aligned with each other, which can be said to be a 'needle tip to Mai Mang' under thousands of kilometers of dynamic conditions."

In October last year, HIT Satellite Laser Communication Co., Ltd. was established, and since then, the professor and his wife have a new identity, Ma Jing as the company's technical director, Tan Liying as the chairman, and began the transformation from the laboratory to the market. "In the past, we were not concerned about the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, or we were bound by traditional concepts and did not know much about policies. It was only after repeated pushes by the provincial leaders that it was decided to take this step. Tan Liying described her mental journey to us, she said: "In 2015, Governor Lu Hao came to our laboratory to investigate, and at that time he said, 'Why not transform such a good thing?'" It can be said that we were very euphemistically criticized, and then several meetings were held, and the governors proposed that our philosophy should be changed, and that scientific and technological achievements should serve the country. Vice Governor Hu Yafeng had many long talks with us, and we both learned about the province's documents from the beginning to the end and learned about a number of substantive support policies before we turned this corner ideologically. ”

This time, after listening to the general secretary's enthusiastic encouragement and cordial entrustment to scientific and technological personnel in the science and technology innovation and entrepreneurship building, they were more determined in their hearts. Tan Liying said: "I think General Secretary Xi's speech is a mobilization of scientific and technological personnel, hoping that we will play a more important role in the important stage of the transformation of the old industrial base and use our technology to make greater contributions to the country." The state is so encouraged, the general secretary is so concerned, we are determined to run the enterprise well, strive to transform from scientific researchers into practical talents as soon as possible, and complete the transformation from scientists to entrepreneurs. Ma Jing also sighed, this time the general secretary looked at so many high-tech achievements transformation projects, all gave affirmation, and clearly put forward the implementation of innovation-driven development strategy, we must focus on building a technological innovation system with enterprises as the main body, market-oriented, and the combination of production, education and research, "scientific and technological innovation achievements should go from the laboratory to the enterprise, and then to the market, serving the national construction is the highest goal of scientific research, now it seems that this road is right, the general secretary gave us a reassurance pill to accelerate the industrialization of scientific and technological achievements." Ma Jing said firmly.