Source ｜ Interface News
Reporter ｜ Niu Qichang
Head image ｜ Visual China, Tu Yan attended the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and gave a speech
In the past two days, “Tu Xun lost his academician” suddenly appeared on the Hot List. The interface news query found that according to regulations, 2020 is not the year for the addition of academicians. On February 29, 2020, the relevant staff of the Chinese Academy of Engineering also told Interface News that the above information was untrue, and the academicians of the two academies had just one round of elections last year, and Tu Yu did not run.
Online rumors recently said that “In 2020, the academicians of the two academies will be elected, and Professor Tu Yi will be re-elected” because of “no overseas background, no doctorate, and insufficient thesis.
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Interface News noted that, in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the Articles of Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, additional academicians are selected every two years. The “Articles of the Chinese Academy of Engineering” is clear. The number of academicians elected each time shall be determined by the presidium. The “Articles of the Chinese Academy of Sciences” is clear.The newly elected academicians are elected by all the academicians with voting rights.
In accordance with the “Co-opted by Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Sciences”, the next election will be 2021, not 2020.
The last time the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences elected members was in 2019. According to public reports, the academician selection of the two academies was officially launched on January 1, 2019. Among them, the number of academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was 71, and the number of academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering did not exceed 80. On November 22, 2019, the results of the additional elections of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering were released. A total of 64 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and 75 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering were elected.
The relevant staff of the Chinese Academy of Engineering stated to Interface News that Tu Yu was over 80 years old. In the 2019 election of the two academicians, Tu Yu did not participate in the election.
Judging from the “reasons for losing elections” mentioned in the online article, the articles of association of the two academies did not explicitly require academicians to have a “foreign background, doctoral degree, and sufficient thesis”.
According to the Regulations of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, make significant and creative achievements and contributions in engineering science and technology, love the motherland, have a decent academic style, and be of good character. A senior engineer, researcher, professor with Chinese nationality or equivalent Experts (including Chinese experts residing in Hong Kong, Macau Special Administrative Region and Taiwan Province, and expatriates) can be nominated and elected as academicians. In addition, according to the Regulations of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, systemic and creative achievements and major contributions in the field of science and technology, love for the motherland, decent academic style, and researchers and professors with Chinese nationality or scholars and experts with equivalent titles can be recommended and Elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Public information shows that Tu Yu was born in 1930 and is now close to 90 years old. He is currently the chief scientist of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. In 2015, Tu Yu won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the antimalarial effect of artemisinin, becoming the first Chinese to win the Nobel Prize in science. However, due to his lack of a doctorate degree, a background of studying abroad, and an academician title, Tu Yu was once known as a “three-none” scientist.
According to the “Implementation Rules for the Additional Selection of Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences”, the age of the recommended person (calculated based on the actual age on June 30 of the selection year) is generally not more than 65 years old. For candidates over 65 years of age, 6 or more academicians are recommended, and at least 4 academicians must be in the same department as the candidate’s recommended department. In addition, the age of the academician candidate reported by the central primary election department must not exceed 65 years of age.
Similarly, in the “Implementation Measures for the Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering”It is clear that the age of a candidate is in principle not more than 65 years. Candidates over 65 years of age are valid only if they are nominated by 6 academicians and can only accept nominations by 6 academicians. Among them, no fewer than 4 academicians should .