China News Service, Kunming, July 15 (Reporter Hu Yuanhang) On the 15th, the 34th Yunnan Provincial Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition Organizing Committee Office (hereinafter referred to as the "Organizing Committee Office") issued a notice on the "Primary Research Cancer Thesis" It is said that the expert group determined that the professional level of the project research report exceeds the author's cognitive level and writing ability, and it is impossible for the author to independently write it. The competition organizing committee decided to cancel the 34th Yunnan Provincial Youth Science and Technology in accordance with the recommendation of the jury First prize of innovation achievement project (elementary school group).
The report said: Recently, online reports that questioned the third-class prize-winning project of the 34th National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Contest Primary School Group, "C10orf67 in the Function and Mechanism of Colorectal Cancer Development" have attracted public attention. The Office of the Organizing Committee quickly established a special investigation working group to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the contest evaluation work. The review committee organized experts to review the project in time.
The expert group believes that the research report on the function and mechanism of C10orf67 in the occurrence and development of colorectal cancer has high professionalism and academic level, but its supporting materials and new materials discovered by investigation visits cannot fully prove the author. Independently completed the overall design and writing of the project report. The expert group determined that the professional degree of the project research report exceeds the author's cognitive level and writing ability, and the project research report cannot be independently written by the author himself. Based on the above, the jury recommended that the text of the project research report be written in a manner that does not comply with Article 3 of the "National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition Rules (2018 Revision)" review principle: "The project research report must be written by the author himself". The first prize of the 34th Yunnan Youth Science and Technology Innovation Achievement Project (Primary School Group). According to the recommendation of the jury, the organizing committee of the contest decided to withdraw the first prize of the 34th Yunnan Youth Science and Technology Innovation Achievement Project (Primary School Group) of the project, and withdraw the medals and certificates.
The office of the organizing committee said, "Thanks to the news media and the public for their concern and attention to the contest, and hope to continue to criticize and correct our work. We sincerely apologize for the social impact caused by the mistakes in our work. We will accept Lessons, deep reflections, inferences, self-examination and self-correction, perfect mechanisms, strengthen supervision, work in strict accordance with the rules and procedures of the contest assessment, and create a fair, open, and fair contest ecological environment." (End)