1989

　　Awarded the young scientist award

　　In order to reward young scientific researchers who have made outstanding achievements in scientific research, the Academy of Sciences decided to establish the Young Scientist Award. According to the Provisional Regulations on Youth Science Awards of China Academy of Sciences published on March 29th, since 1989, this award has been selected once every two years, with 5 first prizes and 20 second prizes selected each time. Among them, the first prize is regardless of discipline; In the second prize, there are 7 in mathematics and physics, 4 in biological science and agriculture, 4 in geoscience and 5 in technical science. According to the regulations, the qualifications of the candidates for the first and second prizes are: (1) scientific researchers of China Academy of Sciences who are under 40 years old (those who have made special contributions are not more than 45 years old), who have made major discoveries or put forward new academic ideas in scientific research activities, been highly praised by the academic circles after being published in important international academic conferences or authoritative magazines, or have made major inventions, solved key problems in economic construction or social development, and achieved obvious economic or social benefits; (2) Those under the age of 35 who have made outstanding creative achievements or published academic papers with important scientific significance. Candidates are recommended by the unit, selected by the Young Scientist Award Evaluation Committee, and finally approved and issued by the Dean. Winners enjoy honorary certificates and bonuses of corresponding prizes; The research project of the award-winning personnel can be given priority to receive a one-time special research funding of 100 thousand yuan; Winners are not limited by the number of years of service, and can be promoted to professional and technical positions without exception; Within five years after winning the prize, provide the winner with an opportunity to study abroad for one year at public expense.Can provide them with 1-2 times to participate in international academic conferences; Priority should be given to solving the problems such as the housing corresponding to the winners’ positions, and the moving of spouses and children.

　　1989年首届中国科学院青年科学家奖，于12月8日公告，共有21位青年科学家获奖，其中一等奖4名，二等奖17名。中共中央总书记江泽民同获奖青年科学家进行了座谈。

　　合肥同步辐射装置建成出光

　　4月26日凌晨，合肥国家同步辐射实验室的专用同步辐射装置成功产生同步辐射光。这是继北京正负电子对撞机之后，中国高科技领域的又一重大成就。

　　合肥同步辐射加速器是中国第一个专用同步辐射光源，它的主体是一台800Mev的电子储存环和一台200Mev直线加速器作为注入器；围绕电子储存环有光电子能谱光束线、软X射线光刻光束线、时间分辨光谱光束线、光化学光束线以和软X射线显微光束线以及分别与它们相匹配的实验站。该装置可以提供从红外、可见光、真空紫外到软X射线的具有频谱宽且平滑连续的同步辐射光源，具有可准确计算、强度高、方向性好、亮度高、偏振、有脉冲时间结构、洁净等诸多优点。这种具有一系列优良特性的波谱，在物理学、化学、生物学等基础科学方面，以及在材料科学、表面科学、计量科学、医学、显微技术、超大规模集成电路光刻等技术领域，有广泛的用途。获1995年国家科技进步奖一等奖。

　　Promulgate measures for the administration of open laboratories

　　China Academy of Sciences took the lead in establishing an open laboratory in China in 1985. By 1989, there were 63 open laboratories, 2 open research institutes and 8 open field experimental stations in the whole hospital. In the construction of open laboratory, the policy of "openness, mobility and union" is put forward. It has formed a new operating mechanism and management system, such as the competitive elimination mechanism of regular inspection and comments, and accumulated some experience in the past few years. In order to make the open laboratory run and develop healthily, on April 17th, 1989, the president’s office meeting passed the Administrative Measures for the Open Research Laboratory of China Academy of Sciences.

　　The Academy of Sciences has set up a special fund for open laboratories, which are mainly engaged in basic research and applied research. Scholars at home and abroad can go to the laboratory for scientific research after approval, and can also be employed to participate in cooperative research. Introduce competition mechanism, and implement the system of preferential support and elimination through regular inspection and evaluation; Organize inspection and evaluation every three years, publish the results of inspection and evaluation instrument, and adjust and update 15% of open laboratories according to disciplines. Encourage laboratories with basic conditions to start opening at their own expense according to the conditions of opening laboratories. After three years of practice, they will participate in the unified appraisal of the whole hospital, and the advanced ones will join the competition of the open laboratory fund of the hospital.

　　In terms of organization and management, the open laboratory is a relatively independent scientific research entity under the leadership of the institute, which is open to domestic and foreign countries; Establish an academic committee as an academic accreditation body; The office director responsibility system is implemented, and the office director is selected by the dean from domestic and foreign scientists for a term of three years; The fixed staff of the laboratory can only account for about 1/3 of the researchers that can be accommodated in the laboratory, and 2/3 should be mobile objective researchers. The full-time management staff only has one academic secretary and one administrative secretary, and the fixed staff is appointed for three years. The funds for opening the laboratory shall be accounted for separately in the institute’s finance, which shall be arranged by the director of the laboratory as a whole and accounted for according to the subject.

　　Beijing 35 MeV Proton Linear Accelerator Built

　　On May 15th, the Beijing 35MeV proton linac designed and built by the Institute of High Energy Physics passed the expert appraisal. This equipment integrates cutting-edge technologies in many fields, such as high voltage, high vacuum, ultra-high frequency, precision machinery, electronics, high-precision optical measurement and electromagnetic measurement, computer and automatic control. The proton energy beam is 35MeV, the maximum pulse current intensity is 60mA, and the beam pulse width is 100 μ s.. It is mainly used in the preparation of short-lived isotopes in medicine and the research of neutron therapy for cancer. Most important short-lived fast neutron isotopes in nuclear medicine, such as carbon -11, fluorine -18, gallium -67, iodine -123 and thallium -201, can be produced on the isotope preparation device of this accelerator. The accelerator’s fast neutron generation system, treatment positioning system, neutron dose testing system and automatic control system constitute the first strong neutron cancer treatment device in China. In addition, it can also provide proton beams for nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry experiments.

　　Beijing 35MeV proton linear accelerator has been running normally after its completion, and has achieved many important research results, and was awarded the first prize of the 1991 National Science and Technology Progress Award.

　　Set up a scientific publishing fund

　　China Academy of Sciences has decided to set up a scientific publishing fund from 1990, with an annual allocation of 3 million yuan to support the publication of excellent and important scientific books and periodicals. On May 25th, this year, the Trial Regulations of Science Publishing Fund of Chinese Academy of Sciences was promulgated to the whole country. The "Regulations" stipulate that the fund shall face the whole country and implement the principle of fair competition and merit-based support. Set up an expert committee of the Scientific Publishing Fund of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which is composed of famous domestic scientists and editing and publishing experts, to manage the fund; The office of the Committee is located in Science Press. At the same time, it is also stipulated that the fund will raise donations through multiple channels and accept donations from home and abroad.

　　The Committee of Experts on the Science Publishing Fund of the Chinese Academy of Sciences deliberated and adopted the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Trial Regulations on the Science Publishing Fund of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Measures for the Application of the Science Publishing Fund of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Regulations on the Organization of the Professional Group of the Expert Committee on the Science Publishing Fund of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the list of members of the professional group.

　　According to the above-mentioned documents, the Science Publishing Fund of Chinese Academy of Sciences is mainly used to finance the publication of high-level excellent and important scientific books and periodicals in natural science and technical science; All the projects that are funded by the Science Publishing Fund, all regions and departments in China, overseas Chinese and Chinese scientists and technicians can submit written applications to the Office of the Expert Committee of the Science Publishing Fund, and the Office of the Science Publishing Fund is determined according to the prescribed evaluation procedures, adhering to the principles of relying on experts, fully developing academic democracy, fair competition and merit-based support. Priority will be given to young workers.

　　Establish a dean scholarship

　　In order to encourage graduate students to make progress, it was decided to set up the Dean’s Scholarship, and the Regulations on the Dean’s Scholarship of China Academy of Sciences was promulgated on June 22nd.

　　China Academy of Sciences Dean Scholarship is the highest award for graduate education; Scholarships are divided into two types: special awards and excellent awards, which are selected once a year, including no more than 10 special awards and about 150 excellent awards. The conditions for the Excellence Award are that graduate students have excellent academic performance, strong scientific research ability, remarkable scientific research achievements, theoretical innovation or development, and published high-level papers in international and domestic first-class academic journals during their study; Innovating in technology, achieving good economic or social benefits, participating in major scientific research projects and making great contributions. The conditions of the special prize are that the graduate students are particularly outstanding in their studies, have made great inventions during their studies, have made innovations or developments in theory, have important academic value, can promote the development of their disciplines and majors, have made great breakthroughs in technology, have achieved remarkable economic or social benefits, or have made significant contributions in other aspects. The first batch of Dean’s Scholarships were selected by the Academic Degrees Committee and announced on the eve of the National Day. There were 9 winners of special prizes and 136 winners of excellent prizes.

　　Publish the emblem of the college

　　At the beginning of 1987, it was decided to make the emblem of China Academy of Sciences, and on July 18, 1987, the emblem pattern was collected from inside and outside the academy. After nearly two years of extensive collection of drawings, repeated listening to opinions from all sides, and expert evaluation, it was finally approved by the president’s office meeting, and the Notice on Publishing the emblem pattern was officially issued on October 27, 1989.

　　The emblem of China Academy of Sciences is round, with the words "China Academy of Sciences" on the outer ring, with the handwriting of Guo Moruo, the first president, above it and English below. Inside the ring is a material structure pattern composed of six crystals, which symbolizes the integration and combination of six disciplines: mathematics, physics, culture, heaven, earth and life. There is a gear in the middle, which symbolizes technical science. The meaning of the whole design is to give full play to the role of the Natural Science Research Center of China Academy of Sciences and promote the progress of national science and technology. The six crystals in the outer ring and inner ring of the emblem and the dot in the middle are peacock blue; The Chinese and foreign characters of China Academy of Sciences and the parts outside the crystal in the ring are white; The edges and six decorative points in the middle of the pattern are silver.

　　Beijing Lenovo Computer Group Corporation was formally established.

　　Beijing Lenovo Computer Group Corporation was formally established on November 14th. Its predecessor was the Computing Company of Chinese Academy of Sciences, which was founded in November 1984. At the beginning, there were only 11 staff members and 200,000 yuan of start-up funds. They started with the development, production and promotion of Lenovo Chinese character system, and after five years of hard work, they developed into a first-class export-oriented computer industry group integrating technology, industry, trade and information services in China. By November 1989, there were more than 700 employees at home and abroad, 17 subsidiaries, 2 research centers, 3 production bases, 1 training center and 31 maintenance stations all over the country. The company insists on researching, developing, producing and managing its own computer high-tech products and creating social and economic benefits, and has successfully transformed 126 high-tech achievements into products urgently needed by the market. The company’s self-made products and one-time development products account for more than 80% of the total turnover. Lenovo 286 microcomputer, newly introduced in 1989, was sold in large quantities to more than 30 countries and regions such as the United States, Canada, Europe and Southeast Asia. In Beijing New Technology Development Experimental Zone, Lenovo has the largest number of fist products, and its development benefit ranks first.

　　Hold a meeting on foreign affairs to sum up ten years’ work.

　　From December 21st to 23rd, a conference on foreign affairs was held in Beijing to summarize the foreign affairs of China Academy of Sciences in the past ten years of reform and opening up.

　　In the past ten years, China Academy of Sciences has implemented the policy of opening to the outside world, made great efforts to strengthen international cooperation and exchanges, and carried out extensive official, non-governmental, bilateral and multilateral cooperation and exchanges, forming a multi-level, multi-channel, multi-form and all-round international cooperation situation. The meeting held that extensive international cooperation and exchanges have promoted the development of China Academy of Sciences in several aspects: (1) A number of high-level achievements have been made. For example, the completion of large-scale scientific research projects such as Beijing Electron Positron Collider, Lanzhou Heavy Ion Accelerator and Synchrotron Radiation Accelerator, as well as the introduction and completion of remote sensing satellite ground stations, have all been achieved through international cooperation; (2) Accelerating the training of talents. In the past ten years, more than 12,000 researchers at different levels have been sent abroad through various channels, such as studying abroad, attending international conferences, short-term training, and long-term cooperative research. Holding a variety of international academic conferences and inviting foreign experts to give lectures in the hospital are also important ways to train talents; (3) Expanded the influence of China Academy of Sciences in the international scientific community. There are more than 100 scientists in the hospital who hold various positions in international organizations, some of whom hold major leadership positions in relevant organizations; (4) It has opened up a channel for the technical products of China Academy of Sciences to enter the international market and participate in international competition. For example, BBO crystal from Fujian Institute of Physics, BGO crystal from Shanghai Silicic Acid Pipe Institute and NdFeB permanent magnet materials from Sanhuan Company have all entered the international market through international cooperation.

　　In order to further expand international cooperation and exchanges, the meeting also discussed and revised a number of management measures.

　　The Department of Technology submitted six special consultation reports to the State Council.

　　On December 26th-30th, the Department of Technology held an enlarged meeting of all members to discuss and consider six special consultation reports prepared by relevant experts organized by the Department: (1) Suggestions on the trial open recruitment of academic leaders in key engineering colleges; (2) Suggestions on developing the raw material route of China’s iron and steel industry; (3) On China’s energy development strategy with electricity as the center; (4) Suggestions on reasonable communication structure; (5) Research on promoting the virtuous circle of computer development in China; (6) Suggestions on promoting China’s integrated circuit industry to enter a virtuous circle. After deliberation, it was submitted to the State Council.

　　On January 3, 1990, China Academy of Sciences received the instructions from Premier Li Peng on the above-mentioned consultation report: "Please send the six special reports of the Academy of Sciences to the Planning Commission and relevant departments for study and discussion, and adopt them appropriately in the Eighth Five-Year Plan". The General Office of the State Council sent letters to Wang Daheng and Shi Changxu, directors of the Department of Technology, thanking them for their great enthusiasm for making meaningful suggestions to the government, and through them thanking the scientists and scientific and technological workers who compiled these reports.

　　Establish a Committee of Subject Experts

　　In order to promote the scientific and democratic macro-decision-making in discipline development and scientific research management, China Academy of Sciences set up six discipline expert committees in 1989, namely, mathematical mechanics, astronomy, physics, chemistry and chemical engineering, earth science, resource and environmental science, biology and technical science, announced the members of each Committee, and issued the Work Regulations of the Discipline Expert Committee of China Academy of Sciences.

　　The "Regulations" stipulate that the subject expert committee is an academic permanent institution, consisting of about 10 experts in the subject, with 1 director and 1-2 deputy directors. Members are appointed by the relevant professional bureaus for a term of two years. The main duties of the discipline expert committee are: to study and discuss the development trends and trends of this discipline, especially to pay attention to the trends of frontier fields, interdisciplinary and comprehensive fields; Put forward opinions on the development direction, priority areas and major scientific research projects (topics) of this discipline; Close contact with the majority of scientific and technological personnel, listen to various opinions, and reflect them to the relevant bureaus of the hospital through various means; Pay attention to the growth of scientific and technological talents and make suggestions on training and selecting outstanding young scientists and academic leaders. After the establishment of the discipline expert committee, it has been playing an important role in making discipline development plans, strategic research and determining the key scientific research plans and major scientific research projects of the Institute.

　　Development of polypropylene grade polypropylene resin

　　Among the five varieties of chemical fibers, namely polyester, nylon, polypropylene, acrylic and vinylon, four varieties are imported from abroad, and only polypropylene is successfully researched and developed by China.

　　Since the 1960s, the Institute of Chemistry has invested in the research of polypropylene. Since 1970s, a great deal of research has been done on polypropylene spinning, and the key technology of "new stable spinning process of polypropylene" has been mastered. A new scheme of developing polypropylene grade resin by adjusting the molecular weight of polypropylene by chemical degradation is put forward. In order to further develop the industrial production of polypropylene spinning special materials, the Institute of Chemistry cooperated with the No.3 Chemical Plant of Liaoyang Petrochemical Fiber Company to carry out more than ten difficult technical transformations on the polypropylene equipment and production process introduced by Liaohua in the 1970s and built in the 1980s, and solved the technical problems such as polymerization, purification, refining, drying, granulation, packaging and measuring instruments in the imported technology, and developed a series of flowing polypropylene spinning special materials created by chemical degradation. The spinning performance and aging resistance of the new products have reached the level of similar advanced products in the world, which has laid a foundation for the polypropylene industry in China and driven more than 20 provinces and cities across the country to develop a series of new polypropylene products with various specifications, such as polypropylene filaments, staple fibers, bulked yarns and non-woven fabrics.

　　This project won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award in 1989.