December 6, by the Yunnan Provincial People's Government and the Chinese Association for Science and Technology co-sponsored by the 2024 Tengchong Scientist Forum in Tengchong Science Hall opened, the world's attention once again focused on Tengchong. Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, former President of Tsinghua University, Tengchong Scientists Forum Chairman Gu Binglin attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. He pointed out that the Tengchong Scientists Forum in three consecutive sessions of the occasion, is also coming to a critical development node. At this moment, the only way to realize the goal of “Chinese characteristics, world-class” is to think of danger in peace, forge ahead, develop and innovate, and continuously make efforts and articles on the specialization, high-end and internationalization of the forum.
The following is the full text of the speech:
Today is a good day, coinciding with the snow festival. In this mid-winter, we have come to the warm and spring-like South of Colorful Clouds to meet again in Tengchong, the “First City of Extreme Border”, to open the curtain of the 2024 Tengchong Scientists Forum. First of all, please allow me, as the chairman of the forum, and on behalf of the two co-chairmen, Mr. Xu Zhihong and academician Rao Zihe, to extend a warm welcome and cordial greetings to all the leaders, honored guests, colleagues, and friends who are attending the event!
Three years ago, it was the most difficult time to fight against the Xinguang epidemic, and with the full support and enthusiastic participation of many scientists and all walks of life, the Tengchong Scientists' Forum came into being. It clearly conveyed to the world the firm conviction of Chinese scientists to bite the green mountain and not to be afraid of difficulties and dangers, and vividly demonstrated the family and national sentiment of scientists to seek up and down for the benefit of mankind. The power of science gives people knowledge and wisdom, and the struggle of scientists gives people inspiration and hope.
Over the past three years, in the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation's trumpet urging the march, in science and technology to strengthen the country's strategic objectives led by the Tengchong Scientists Forum better and better. Academicians and scholars and people from all walks of life to participate in the forum more than once, the forum contributed to the scientific and technological achievements stronger than once, the forum produced more than one year of domestic and international influence. Known as “China's science and technology Davos” Tengchong Scientists Forum, showing more and more powerful to do altar strength and development potential.
As the saying goes: “Three years old to see the big, seven years old to see the old.” A person's growth is so, our forum in three consecutive sessions, is also coming to a critical development node. At this moment, the only way to achieve the goal of “Chinese characteristics, world-class” is to think of danger in peace, forge ahead, develop and innovate, and continuously make efforts and articles on the specialization, high-end and internationalization of the forum.
So, what is the specialization of Tengchong Scientists Forum? In other words, what kind of characteristic road should our forum take?
To answer this question, I think, first of all, we still need to look back and find the original intention. More than eighty years ago, at the time of national crisis, the Southwest Associated Universities created a miracle in the history of higher education in China and even in the world on this heroic land of Yunnan. “The scale of the internal tree of academic freedom, the title of the external bastion of democracy”, the predecessors in the continuation of the Chinese cultural lineage at the same time, but also for the country and the nation's scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance to lay a solid foundation. This heavy history has become the spiritual pillar of Tengchong Scientists Forum. Looking at the country, there is no other forum that has such a magnificent historical heritage and shocking scientific and technological greatness. Therefore, the first keyword of Tengchong Scientists Forum's specialization is “inheritance” - inheritance of the patriotic spirit of the Southwest Associated University, inheritance of the spirit of science and scientists, adhering to the purpose of science and technology to lead the future and benefit mankind, daring to be the first on the road of scientific and technological power, courageous and resolute, which is the most valuable wealth, and also the unique spirit of our forum. This is our most valuable treasure and the unique spirit of this forum.
I think the second keyword of Tengchong Scientists Forum is “union”. I have visited the former site of the Southwest United National University many times, and every time I see the weathered school sign, my eyes will stay on the word “United” for a long time. Back then, the “United” so that the three broken colleges and universities to cohesion, reorganization, so that the dislocated teachers and students together, the will of the people. Now, our forum is also walking the joint road - the Yunnan Provincial Government and the China Association for Science and Technology co-sponsorship, so that the forum ride the waves, stable and far-reaching; Tsinghua University, Peking University, Nankai and Yunnan Normal University of the joint support, so that the forum concerted efforts to do practical work; various disciplines, scientists in various fields and educators, entrepreneurs, financiers and other professions to participate in the forum charisma, vitality highlights. If you walk fast alone, you can walk far together. “Union” is the foundation of Tengchong Scientists Forum and the way to build up the Forum, which is also the unique core advantage of the Forum. We must insist on taking the road of union, take the forum as a link, contact the eight parties and connect the four seas.
Tengchong Scientists Forum characterization of the third keyword, is the permanent site of the Forum location of the name “Tengchong”. In the opening ceremony of the previous two sessions of the Forum and many activities, I have said many times that Tengchong, with its outstanding people and beautiful scenery, is a particularly suitable place for scientists to look up to the stars and collide and exchange ideas. Here is the seat of the Western Yunnan War, with a profound patriotic tradition and historical and cultural deposits; here is the Southern Silk Road must pass through the town, but also China's access to South Asia, Southeast Asia and even the Indian Ocean gateway; here the simple folk customs, pleasant climate, altitude, location and environment, history and culture, biodiversity, and other advantages of the conditions and the town of Davos is very similar to the Davos Forum can learn from the experience of the experience of the Davos Forum, to fully utilize the geographical advantages, to give full play to the effect of the gathering of scientists, to make use of the experience of the Davos Forum. We can learn from the experience of Davos Forum and make full use of the geographical advantages to bring into play the gathering effect of scientists and help local scientific and technological innovation and economic development. Tengchong Scientists Forum since its inception has shown that the forum not only plays a unique advantage of Tengchong, but also promotes the high-quality development of Tengchong, has come out of a new way of academic thought exchange, government, industry, academia and research interactions, scientific and technological achievements, international scientific and technological cooperation, and is becoming the “Belt and Road” science and technology innovation strategy action of a new and important carrier. Carrier.
The winter solstice and the spring will come again. As long as we work hand in hand and persevere, we will surely organize the forum with special characteristics and at a high level. Finally, I would like to wish you all the best of luck with the beautiful symbol of “Tengchong, Heshun” - career Tengchong Wanli, and life Heshun!
