Why does an investment institution pay a lot of money for the science award? Shen Nanpeng, founder of Sequoia China: It is not a whim

Why would an investment institution pay a lot of money for the science prize?

On November 1, at the launching ceremony of the "World Association of Top Scientists Award", Shen Nanpeng, founder of Sequoia China, said that the exclusive donation of 500 million yuan and the commitment to provide permanent financial support are not a whim, but an interest, but a responsibility.

In the past three years, as a global strategic partner that continuously supports the World Association of Top Scientists, Sequoia China has witnessed the development of this annual scientist event into a cross-border, interdisciplinary and cross-field international scientific and technological exchange platform, where the world's top scientists exchange, discuss, speculate and harvest, becoming a bright name on Shanghai's city business card.

Today's scientific development increasingly requires interdisciplinary exchanges and international cooperation, especially in an era when the epidemic continues to rage and mankind is facing many challenges, "we need the solidarity of global scientists more than ever, and we cherish the unique value of the world's top scientists association." ”

"In our corporate culture, 'Sequoia loves science' is already an unwritten consensus." Shen Nanpeng said that Sequoia China has always had a unique focus and sustained interest in science. The firm belief in scientific and technological innovation and scientific spirit is an important concept of Sequoia in helping high-tech enterprises "grow from seeds to towering trees" in the past 10 years, and will continue to guide Sequoia's long-term and in-depth support for innovation in future frontier fields such as artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, and life sciences.

Mankind is facing many urgent problems and urgently needs science to provide better answers, such as the global public health challenges brought about by the epidemic and scientific and technological solutions for the "double carbon" goal.

"Therefore, the World Association of Top Scientists Award is a permanent 'public welfare investment' in human science and technology by Sequoia China." Shen Nanpeng said that in the past 10 years, sequoia China's development has benefited from the industrial opportunities brought about by the progress of basic scientific and technological progress. Sequoia China has the responsibility and obligation to increase its support for cutting-edge and basic sciences, and encourage more people to do "difficult and correct" things in the field of science.

This is a global award that starts in Shanghai and is based in China. Today, Shanghai is committed to building an international science and technology innovation center with global influence, "I believe that such an international top science award, like the 'Oriental Pearl' in the field of science and technology, will become a new symbol of Shanghai's modernization and internationalization." Shen Nanpeng said.

For the "World Top Scientists Association Award", Shen Nanpeng has two expectations: this is the award, but also the direction. Behind the awards, it should be the future direction of human technology. It is hoped that the results of the award will be sufficiently cutting-edge, basic and authoritative, and become an important direction and long-term driving force leading the development of global science and technology; this is the "fruit" and the "seed". The award is the "fruit" of scientists' long-term research, but also the cultivation of future "seeds" and the vision of scientists for human science and technology.

Column Editor-in-Chief: Huang Haihua Text Editor: Huang Haihua Caption Source: Lai Xinlin Photo

Source: Author: Huang Haihua