Yang Yuliang talked about the cultivation of scientific research talents: attaching importance to psychological education, so that young people can imagine freely in the sea and the sky

If China wants to build a world science and technology innovation power by 2050, talent training is crucial to the construction of China's scientific and technological innovation power.

On the sidelines of a young talents exchange and dialogue meeting at the Fourth Top Scientists Forum, Yang Yuliang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, former president of Fudan University, and director of the Science Popularization Education Committee of the Faculty of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said in an exclusive interview with the first financial reporter that the cultivation of scientific research talents must use an open and inclusive attitude to create an environment for young people to freely conduct scientific research, so that they can think in the open sky and imagine freely.

"When our social environment becomes more and more open, on the one hand, to break down the communication barriers between people, on the other hand, everyone can think in the open sky, then his creativity can be stimulated to the greatest extent." Yang Yuliang told the first financial reporter, "I believe that with an open environment, Chinese will be able to cultivate world-class outstanding scientific research talents." ”

Yang Yuliang, known as a pragmatic "idealistic" educator, also said his education had led him to develop an optimistic view of the world. "The essence of science is truth-seeking, and the most important trait of scientists is to have the ability to think independently and not be bound by authoritative ideas." Yang Yuliang said.

He believes that for the cultivation of scientific research talents, we must also pay attention to the cultivation of psychology. "Psychological development is extremely important when it comes to the cultivation of outstanding talents, but this is often overlooked." Yang Yuliang said, "So we will have people studying creative psychology, such as people with what kind of psychological qualities, more creative." ”

He also said that the issue of scientific inheritance also involves various factors such as psychology. "There are some young researchers in China who tend to only follow and blindly worship their mentors; other young researchers will go to the other extreme, believing that their labor has been exploited, and any kind of psychology will affect the scientific research they do." Yang Yuliang told the first financial reporter, "These are very complex psychological processes, and I think they are all worth studying well." ”

Yang Yuliang also said that as a university, we should think more about whether the environment provided is conducive to scientists to freely engage in scientific research. "All basic research should logically care about downstream applications, but we can't force everyone who does basic research to take application as the starting point." Yang Yuliang told the first financial reporter.

When talking about Musk's intention to establish texas technology in the near future, Yang Yuliang told the first financial reporter: "These entrepreneurs may have experienced something in the process of starting a business, and they hope to integrate this feeling into talent training, which is worth encouraging." For universities of science, science and engineering, running schools by enterprises helps to create a new mechanism for cultivating talents that breaks through the tradition. ”

Yang Yuliang believes that the reform of traditional universities has great resistance, while enterprises run universities are more flexible in mechanism and relatively abundant in funding, which is conducive to creating more efficient universities.