China News Service, July 15 (Xinhua)-Recently, online reports on questioning individual award-winning works in the National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Contest have aroused public attention. The Secretariat of the Organizing Committee of the National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Contest issued a statement on the contest website on the 15th, saying that a special investigation working group has been established for verification.
Screenshot of the website of the National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Contest
A few days ago, an award-winning work named "C10orf67 in the function and mechanism of colorectal cancer development" in the National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Contest attracted attention. Some netizens pointed out that the parents of the pupils involved were researchers from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and questioned whether the children might have completed the research with the help of their parents.
On July 13, the Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported that after preliminary verification, the students of the winning project were the sons of researchers at the Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In response to this matter, the Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has attached great importance to it and has established an investigation team to conduct an in-depth investigation. Follow-up will promptly feed back the relevant investigation results to the society.
On the 15th, the Secretariat of the Organizing Committee of the National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Contest issued a statement on the website of the contest, saying that a special investigation working group has been set up for verification, instructing and supervising the relevant provincial and municipal youth science and technology innovation contest organization units to carry out a comprehensive and serious verification of the relevant situation, and To further verify the progress of relevant investigations, relevant information will be announced to the society in a timely manner.
The statement pointed out that if a violation of the rules of the competition is found, it will be dealt with in accordance with the regulations and will not be tolerated. This will be used as an opportunity to further improve the contest evaluation rules and procedures, strengthen the supervision mechanism, and better guide and regulate youth participation in scientific and technological innovation practice activities. The public is welcome to continue to monitor and jointly promote the sustainable and healthy development of the contest.