Why did Shi Yigong, who was integrated into the mainstream society of the United States, choose to return to China, what kind of changes he made from Tsinghua to West Lake, whether West Lake University is a cover for making money or the foundation of the country, long press praise and attention, your support is our biggest motivation.
Education is known as the cornerstone of national development, once China did not have a good educational environment, so popular to send students abroad for further study, but now China's educational conditions have become better, every year there are still many students yearning for the sun abroad, and the reason given is also very simple and rude, the scientific research environment of foreign universities is better than the domestic, similar to this, Shi Yigong has heard that the ears are almost cocooned, he also knows that these words are harsh but it is indeed a fact, because he himself is also a member of the yearning abroad. In 1989, Shi Yigong graduated from Tsinghua University and embarked on the road to the United States, in 1995 Shi Yigong received a doctorate degree in molecular biophysics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, followed by a postdoctoral research at a famous cancer center in the United States, Shi Yigong entered the University of Preston in 1998, and in the next ten years he grew from assistant professor to tenured professor, making him one of the top scientists in the United States.
Shi Yigong of course also received an invitation from the top research center in the United States, it can be said that at this time as long as Shi Yigong nodded, then someone will send a GREEN CARD or even nationality in the United States, but Shi Yigong declined the invitation and returned to tsinghua university where he once studied, during his tenure Shi Yigong made outstanding contributions to China's biological research, in 2013 he was elected as an academician of both the United States and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2015 Shi Yigong became the vice president of Tsinghua University, at this time Shi Yigong is almost a model of successful scientists. To be famous and famous to achieve achievements, but in this year he made an unexpected decision, in 2015 12 and 1 west lake institute of higher learning in Hangzhou officially registered in Hangzhou, Shi Yigong as the first dean, this West Lake Institute of Advanced Research is the later West Lake University, but at that time engaged in some pure scientific research work, but where to achieve the top scientists, there will always be several institutions on the body of the dean of the position, in the eyes of outsiders this is just a false name on the Shi Yigong hanging, But Shi Yigong's heart slowly began to change, after the establishment of Westlake University, the reporter had an in-depth interview with Shi Yigong, the reporter's first question was, in the face of a better environment in the United States why do you choose to return to China, Shi Yigong's answer is that he wants to come back after completing his doctorate, but has been delayed by non-stop research, he has been integrated into the mainstream society in the United States, but there is always something wrong in a foreign country.
The reporter's second question is, why do you want to leave Tsinghua to establish West Lake University, Shi Yigong's answer is that at that time in the United States, some people said that the domestic scientific research conditions were not good, and I did feel the same after I returned to China, which is fundamentally the difference between the education methods of the two countries, only hard power can retain talents in scientific research, mainly because I always feel that I can do something more, so I resigned from the post of vice president to look out, and Shi Yi did not brew emotions in the face of the problem, but answered the question very calmly. But among them, it is not difficult to see that Shi Yigong returned to China, in order to create a scientific research platform to retain talents, at the beginning she chose Tsinghua as a stage, but the rules there are obviously not suitable for major reforms, so we can only choose westlake university with the institute as the predecessor, but Shi Yigong's westlake university road is not so smooth, at least money is a big problem.
First of all, Westlake University is a private university, the state can only be in the name and faculty to assist, for investment in this aspect of some reasons can not do anything, all this needs shi Yigong to personally do, Shi Yigong was once the vice president of Tsinghua University, the big guy known is naturally not in the minority, but with this point to people to donate funds free of charge, or a little excessive taste, the road and obstruction but still need to carry the weight forward, Shi Yigong cheekily found a good relationship wang Donghui, But to engage in scientific research to ask for money is obviously a bit embarrassing, after seeing Wang Donghui Shi Yigong branch did not make a sound for half a day, but Wang Donghui took the lead in asking whether West Lake University was short of money, Shi Yigong had to confide the truth to Wang Donghui, Wang Donghui was silent for a moment, this matter can not be decided, need to go back to find someone to negotiate together, Shi Yigong originally thought that this matter may have been in vain, but the next morning Wang Donghui called and said that he was willing to donate 100 million yuan of funds for the construction of the school. But Shi Yigong must find other people to jointly fund, as for what happened later we don't know, but at the end of 2016 held a donation conference, the donors included Wang Donghui, Wang Jianlin, Wu Yajun, Ma Huateng and Shi Yigong, the West Lake Institute for Advanced Study was officially announced, three years later the institute was renamed West Lake University with the support of Zhejiang officials, officially becoming China's first private research new university, the school was unveiled with five Nobel Laureates and more than seventy domestic and foreign presidents attended, As of last year, Westlake University has 125 scientists, of which 13 are authoritative figures in their fields, and being able to bring so many scientists together shows the attractiveness of Westlake University's pursuit of goals for researchers.
For these scientists fame and fortune is not important, what they want to do is to use science and technology to change China, someone asked Shi Yigong why he founded West lake university, Shi Yigong's answer is, for the country's future science and technology education reform to explore the way, there is no hiding, simple and simple reasons are enough for him to fight for, then what do you think the establishment of Westlake University means, welcome to leave a message in the comment area to discuss, we will see you in the next issue.