Zhong Nanshan: Basic research should be oriented to clinical problems, not to problems in literature.

　　China News Service, Beijing, May 29 (Hao Lingyu) Zhong Nanshan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said in Beijing on the evening of the 28th that basic research should be oriented toward clinical problems, not problems found in the literature.

　　Zhong Nanshan made the above remarks during the academician meeting of the two academies in Beijing that day.

He said that many research institutes and academies of science prefer to look for problems from high-level literature. It is now clear that research should be guided by the urgent need for diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

Basic research should be oriented to the problems encountered in the clinic, not to the problems found in the literature.

　　"We have a lesson. After SARS occurred 18 years ago, some units are also engaged in research. Why there is no specific medicine for SARS, MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) and New Coronary Pneumonia? It is because basic research is too much. We have done some things, but we have not done it continuously in 18 years. We have achieved its mechanism and the target of intervention. The article will be finished. Actually, it should be transformed, but we did not do it." Zhong Nanshan said.

　　He emphasized that if the mechanism is not clarified, the target or antibody cannot be found.

To solve the problem of medical diagnosis, treatment and prevention, it is necessary to have basic research as the support.

　　He said that there are more than 800 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. “In their tasks and work, there are too many applications and platforms, which greatly affects peace of mind to do research work.” “Many of the science and technology reviewers are academicians. If not, The academician’s level is not high enough, which is not a good idea. If there is no academician to participate in the meeting, it seems that the standard is not enough.” The time and creativity of scientists should be protected.

　　In addition, Zhong Nanshan called for better integration of scientific and technological innovation, for example, through key laboratories, national laboratories, etc., to gather national forces to carry out work.

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