University President: China is too small for human contribution to the collapse of university education (Figure)

CPPCC member and vice chairman of the Association Central Committee, Fudan University, Cai Dafeng, vice president (right) Ben Wang's visit

Reporter Lijie Si reported in 2009 known as the "Master of the War of Chinese academic" year. In the farewell and, Ren Jiyu the elderly, people realized that the Chinese in the field of science and literature, the performance is very empty. "Qian of the question" - why the culture of our University, not outstanding talents were more enlightening. "Two sessions" held before the long-awaited "national long-term reform and development Plan (2010-2020)" finally released, education has once again become a "two sessions" the focus of most attention.
Why not Chinese universities train top talent? "Two sessions", Global Times Globe and Mail reporter an exclusive interview with two members of the Chinese University.
People: CPPCC member and vice chairman of the Association Central Committee, Fudan University, Cai Dafeng, vice president
CPPCC National Committee members, the National Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Commission Acdemy Professor Huang Zhen
Modern small contribution to human knowledge and culture is the sorrow of the whole nation

Reporter: After the death of Qian, the elderly, people talked about most is "Why the Chinese Culture University, not top talent," the problem. How is your view?

Cai Dafeng: China's lack of world-class academic leader, this phenomenon is very obvious. Knowledge creation in the human and cultural creation, China's contribution is very small, this is a tragedy of our nation.

China is the world's intellectual and cultural history to create a very brilliant, but in modern times, we always do it in a very low level. Close view, China's education has developed rapidly, in this respect very hard to do a lot of work, but the single most important task in the (culture top talent, as human knowledge culture to create), our education Quemo be achieved. A university is not doing a good job in this regard, the Chinese higher education are not doing well, this is clearly a problem.
Chinese education has been "secular culture" has lost its soul around

Cai Dafeng: Chinese education is a problem, I am afraid that our culture is also a problem, it should be a matter of thinking. We pay great attention to the shortcomings of the Chinese higher education, including not enough to encourage innovation and the lack of a means of cultivating creative talents. But I generally think that this is the problem this day and age.

I have been thinking about the relationship between education and culture. It is undeniable that values education is to cultivate a Chinese citizen and make it influential in the world, must do two things. First, Chinese citizens to make a very good understanding of their own traditions, while there are "local resistance" is to understand the current Chinese society. This is the future for him on the world stage to make the foundation of success. Secondly, he also has a world perspective. Training will meet these two requirements of the education system, demands that we have in the culture support: This talent is not the Chinese University should develop it? The whole nation should have such a cultural consensus. If you should develop this talent, then, whether they should give him some personality support. Such as to have an independent consciousness.

But we rely on the whole culture of education is almost a kind of secular culture, materialistic culture, and encourage everyone to get from other people more than others things, such a culture around our values, which cause the entire education essentially denied, lost soul.
University to find out their heavy "social mission"

Cai Dafeng: So sometimes I think, we advance the process of running the so-called, is not consciously or unconsciously, into a kind of "anti-education" behavior. Higher educational efforts, the students more utilitarian, more greater efforts to train, the less creative talents. To know that utility is the natural enemy of scientific research.

University of commitment to social responsibility in the whole rigidity and a special mission, bear-oriented nation, contribute to the mission of humanity, need to cultivate generations of transmission. Even if universities have their own mission was not clear on what you want to stick to anything is not clear, you can not cultivate leading professionals.

"State Reform and Development Plan and long-term (2010-2020)" published, very few people talk about "our lack of education in the end, what" we are talking about a number of specific objectives and measures, this of course is needed , but this is only the school building level problems. Reflections on Education in China, but also reflect the culture and values on the missing issue.

University teachers and researchers to resist bad thoughts or they will crumble
Reporter: So you think, how Chinese universities to take some specific ways to change the current "secular culture" of the atmosphere?

Cai Dafeng: University's first task is to "stick." Teachers should have such awareness, students should create a good environment for the growth, first of all you have to alert the community on the bad thoughts on his influence, if not this, then it will crumble. For students, the principals in the end they do not care what you the administrative level, it does not really matter. First of all, the teachers and students to have direct contact with a "play", the current era to offset the pressure we continue to fight down. Of course, we also urge not to instill in students the values of the vulgar.

I think, must give students a broader perspective. We would prefer a little less skill, but also to enable students to have a good mentality. Four years of study and knowledge of science is certainly not enough to only have a good attitude, the students will continue studying and learning continue. He was able to from our generation of parents and teachers learn more than knowledge and vision to see the world the gap between itself and eventually overtake us. With several generations as long as the "beyond", we naturally have "everyone" appears.
China should have the courage to put aside the secular group of people engaged in scientific research only concentrated

Cai Dafeng: China's academic community will not get a master can not master the education sector is also out. Why? Because few people can consistently do the academic sense, the real thing. Very simple rationale is, no Nobel Prize winner for three years out of five years of research results can almost be a topic for decades, he was to succeed. We ask ourselves, do you got to this point?

For a people who are loyal to science, he did not care for this price paid. But researchers in China are now reluctant to go this route, because I felt it too risky on their own, may not realize their own value. The intention of such a quick success in scientific research under the act, it is impossible to make a contribution to mankind. Our universities and research personnel now can not resolve this long-standing research, is not short of money, lack of equipment, is the lack of perseverance.

Soviet Union and trained a large number of mathematicians, culture methods is very clear, that does not allow researchers dry anything that you concentrate on engaging in scientific research. "The question Qian," The truth is very simple, is that China dare to do a lot of people in this realm (the realm devote to scientific research), if China were a thousand people do in a particular academic field for decades, is bound to the master. Only 30 people do, then the probability that the master is too small.
China has not set aside administrative concept of a university could rely on the Government to "adopt" a living
Reporter: So you think that, in developing a world-class top-class university talent, or several issues, is there a specific point in time?

Cai Dafeng: If the interference reduced to a minimum, that is, whether in the world, China has a large enough group in a particular area of investment to make enough, on this basis, I think, after years in China 15,20 there will be such a master.

I said that to all professionals, "Burden." There can be administrative-level school management, not the executive level can also control schools, no means no.
Reporter: But as you said, if Chinese universities set aside administrative level, how to ensure that teachers are paid the most basic protection of life?

Cai Dafeng: This is a problem, I can say that China does not have such a university to prepare, so most Chinese universities are not their own constitution, Chinese universities are still in their infancy, is by government "adopt" a living. Chinese universities like the University of admissions as the United States can not, nor teach them so much, we can only rely on administrative alive. Pulled out of the administration, some universities in China is very weak in ability.

In short, if a country in mathematics and literature can not lead the world, can not be called great powers. As a big country, in this respect has been missing. Currently, Chinese universities in the field of basic sciences more difficult to adhere, and in applied science, was able to obtain more resources. Successor to see (the field of basic science) before the road hopeless, do not come to participate, the last traditional literature, folk arts and basic science departments atrophy. Therefore, we must reflect on the lack of national education. The expectations of Chinese education is their faith in our own based on a clear understanding, not even the "utilitarian" This words are not mentioned.
Reporter: After the death of Qian, the elderly, people talked about most is "Why the Chinese Culture University, not top talent," the problem. How is your view?

DR: At present, the scale of China's universities have been running over the United States, Russia, India and become the world's first, and has made great progress. It should be said, university purposes, "985", "211" program, (State) has given a great investment, the paper published in Chinese universities, research facilities, etc., with the top universities in shrinking the gap even more. But really, like you said, the Chinese University in top-notch talents and original scientific research results published in both the gap with international standards is still very large.

Last year, after the death of Qian, the media are saying that, "Qian pain," the problem. I feel the Chinese Culture University in the top-notch talent with the world-class universities, and poor he sent in the "spirit of the lack of a university" is a kind of "truth, idealism." University and the community should be different, as Premier Wen Jiabao said, "the university should have independent thinking and independent soul," Now that the University is possible to lead the community. Therefore, this is the biggest problem in Chinese Universities, Qian also talked about the elderly, "University of Utilitarianism," I think this directly affects the top-notch talents.
State university funding over the "icing on the cake," I want teachers to live with dignity
Reporter: You think that "utilitarian" What is the cause?
DR:
This matter, which has many problems, but I think there is one aspect that should be changed to the University state funding mechanism. The current state of the college funding "icing on the cake" and more "timely help" the less, that is, teacher salaries in the most basic aspects of this has not been resolved.

I, for example, a young teacher's wage income is more than two thousand dollars. How do teachers in the university community more dignified life, this is a very important issue. At present, teachers or day to work for their own survival. He must then issue a day to improve their lives, such intangibles put in scientific research, personnel training and economic interests linked to that of the. Once linked to that, just as swift. In fact, this is not conducive to the emergence of original scientific research, is not conducive to top-notch talents, but also the school's atmosphere to the ruining.

First-class university to a top-notch talent and originality of the results, the annual salary system must be implemented. Made subject to income and the number of decoupling, not linked with economic interests.
China repeatedly throughout the education system for students to pursue "an answer"
Reporter: You just mentioned the teaching aspects, then the selection of students in the school context, but also what are the problems?

DR: From the student perspective, I think this is a systems engineering, this is not just university issues. A primary school student has been accepted from an exam-oriented education, said the quality of education for so many years, but also thunder and no rain.

Currently, our education is for students to always back and forth in pursuit of a standard answer, but in fact, life is not simply "yes" and "no" relationship. From the perspective of the students thought the training system, said the problem is in the whole education system. Speaking from the perspective of universities, Chinese universities are also doing some work, we proposed, the University is not simply imparting knowledge, but a personality development.
2020, a number of universities into world-class worth the wait

DR: For the "National Reform and Development Program for long-term (2010-2020)", the Chinese University is full of expectations, our future will be the outline of the practitioners. Framework mentioned in the 2020 to build a number of world-class university, I think this is worth the wait, is there hope to achieve.