The son's award-winning invention is highly similar to his father's research results, a teenager or a tech prodigy?

Source: Chengdu Business Daily

The son's two award-winning inventions are highly similar to his father's research results, which raises questions: "Is he a teenager or a prodigy of science and technology?"

In 2015, Liu Mouyang, a middle school student in Hefei, won a number of scientific and technological awards for his invention of "Portable Smog Pollution Gas Rapid Identification and Detection Device", and was therefore admitted to the local key high school; 3 years later, he won multiple awards and national patents for his invention of the "Drunk Driving Safety Laser Rapid Screening System". Therefore, Liu Mouyang was once considered a "prodigy" of science and technology.

However, with the in-depth understanding, some netizens found that Liu Mouyang's two award-winning projects were highly similar to the patent achievements of his father, Liu Jianguo, president of the Hefei Institute of Physical Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In response, Liu Jianguo himself responded, "Don't just look at the appearance, go and see what is different." On October 27, the Hefei Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Organizing Committee of the National Youth Science and Technology Competition also responded separately, saying that they were investigating the matter.

Secondary school students won two awards for their inventions

Both are highly similar to the results of my father's research

Recently, Liu Jianguo, president of the Hefei Institute of Physical Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was exposed to using the scientific research results of himself and the laboratory team for his son to win awards and further education. Through inquiries about relevant information, the Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News reporter found that Liu Mouyang, a student who had studied in a middle school in Hefei, was exposed to be the son of Liu Jianguo, who had won the third prize of the 30th National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition and the first prize of the 30th Anhui Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition in 2015 for inventing the "Portable Smog Pollution Gas Rapid Identification and Detection Device" (also known as the "Portable Multi-component Gas Ultraviolet Field Analyzer"). In 2016, he was awarded the 8th Youth Science and Technology Innovation District Mayor Award in Shushan District, Hefei, and was promoted to a key high school in Hefei as a special student.

Since then, Liu Mouyang has won the third prize of the 33rd National Youth Innovation Achievement Competition in 2018, the first prize of the 2018 Anhui Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition, the 2018 Hefei "Science and Technology Innovation Mayor Award", the "Chongqing University of Technology Special Award" and the "Zhongming Science and Technology Special Award" with the invention of the "Drunk Driving Safety Laser Rapid Screening System", and was selected for the 2018 Anhui Province Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Reform and Opening Up Exhibition.

In the official WeChat public account of the middle school where Liu Mouyang studied, the reporter found that the public account had published a long march article, in which Liu Mouyang's father had said that his name was Liu Jianguo. In addition, after retrieving the relevant information of "portable smog pollution gas rapid identification and detection device" and "drunk driving safety laser rapid screening system", the Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News reporter found that Liu Mouyang was not the original proposer of the above two inventions.

As early as 2012, the Anhui Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics of the Hefei Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences released a research result called "Portable Multi-component Gas Ultraviolet Field Analyzer". Among them, the main completer of the project of "Portable Multi-component Gas Ultraviolet Field Analyzer" is Liu Jianguo. And compared with the name, function, research principle, etc. of the two people's achievements, it was found that there was a high degree of overlap between the two, and the difference in appearance was: the side of the laboratory instrument was printed with the words "Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences", and the device designed by Liu Mouyang became black tape in the same position.

In addition, according to the "drunk driving safety laser rapid screening system" invented by Liu Mouyang, The Chengdu Business Daily - Red Star News reporter found that in 2018, Liu Mouyang declared a national patent for "a new type of alcohol spectral absorption characteristics demonstration and verification system", and obtained the patent authorization in 2020. However, it is worth noting that as early as 2011, Liu Jianguo had applied for two patents, "Laser Drunk Driving Side Online Monitoring System" and "Handheld Laser Drunk Driving Telemetry Early Warning System", and published a number of papers on laser detection of alcohol between 2012 and 2014.

By comparing the contents of the two patents, the reporter found that the two patents use infrared lasers as a light source, using a spectrum of 1.39um, using lasers directly through the carriage online monitoring, by analyzing the change in the light intensity of the detector received signal, determining whether there is ethanol gas and calculating its concentration value.

The father responded: Don't just look at the appearance

According to the official website of the Hefei Institute of Physical Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Liu Jianguo is a doctor, researcher, doctoral supervisor, and a leading talent in scientific and technological innovation of the national "Ten Thousand People Plan". He is currently the president of the Hefei Institute of Physical Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the director of the Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the subject expert in the field of resources and environmental technology in the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", and a member of the overall expert group of the "Blue Sky Science and Technology Project" key project of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Engaged in the research of new technology of optical monitoring of environmental pollution and the research of optical remote sensing monitoring technology, he has been authorized by more than 130 patents and published more than 200 papers. He has won 4 second prizes of national scientific and technological progress (two of which ranked first), 6 first prizes of provincial and ministerial science and technology, and other awards. At present, he is a member of the overall team of the Strategic Pilot Science and Technology Special Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Class B) "Atmospheric Haze Cause And Control", and the person in charge of projects such as "Development of Key Technologies and Equipment for Haze Monitoring".

As for whether he used the scientific research results of himself and the laboratory team to provide his son Liu Mouyang with an award, on October 26, Liu Jianguo responded to the Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News reporter on the phone, "Don't just look at the appearance, go to see what is different." But when the reporter wanted to communicate further, Liu Jianguo hung up the phone and said it was inconvenient for him to respond to the meeting.

Student Teacher:

This situation belongs to the "big hand holding the small hand" The father did guide and help the son

According to the surging news report, Liu Mouyang's classroom teacher during his studies said that Liu Mouyang and his father's patent similarity is also "normal", "this situation belongs to the 'big hand holding small hand', his father is engaged in this industry, the child will certainly be affected in the process of growing up, his father's project he can also participate, it is equivalent to the father to do something for him, similar scientific research results are made by a team." He said that in the process of Liu Mouyang's invention, he did get guidance and help from his father.

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Hefei Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences:

Personnel have been quickly organized to investigate this matter And the results of the investigation will be fed back to the society in a timely manner

On October 27, in response to the fact that "the son's award-winning inventions are highly similar to the results of the father's research institute", the official website of the Hefei Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences issued a statement saying that the Hefei Institute of Physical Science attaches great importance to it and has quickly organized personnel to investigate the matter, and will give timely feedback to the society on the results of the investigation.

Organizing Committee of National Youth Science and Technology Competition:

The student's winning work is being verified and corresponding measures will be taken based on the results of the verification

The Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News reporter also learned from the organizing committee of the National Youth Science and Technology Competition in which Liu Mouyang had participated that the organizing committee of the competition is verifying the award-winning works of the 30th and 33rd National Youth Science and Technology Competitions in which Liu Mouyang participated, and will then take corresponding measures according to the verification results.

It is reported that the National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition is a national youth science and technology competition jointly sponsored by the China Association for Science and Technology, the Natural Science Foundation Committee, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and the All-China Women's Federation. From grassroots schools to national competitions, about 10 million teenagers participate in activities at different levels every year, and after selection, more than 500 young science and technology enthusiasts and 200 science and technology counselors gather together to compete, display and communicate.

Chengdu Business Daily - Red Star News reporter Luo Mengjie

Intern Yaqi Chen