The college entrance examination was just resumed during the reform and opening up. At that time, the college system was in ruins, and a group of good teachers were needed first. This group of teaching staff can be competent for the educational research work of the school. Some of these scholars are already very good, and some are trained after the reform and opening up, but most of them are backward in foreign languages at this time, and it will take time to keep up with the progress of the West. Students who read PhD know that the research problems and ideas in other people's publications are often shaped a few years ago and made step by step in recent years, so reading literature is not enough to catch up with the West. At this time, a group of scholars living in the United States and Europe are needed to come back for guidance and exchange. There are not many such people, and even fewer are assigned to various majors, and the progress is slow.
At the same time, there was no senior high school entrance examination at the beginning of that era. Many junior high school graduates go to technical secondary schools and then directly assign jobs, so the integration with higher education is not enough. At this time, a group of well-trained teachers who graduated from normal universities were needed to teach middle schools, so there was a delay. We must wait for the normal university to form a stable student source and stable teachers. This is very difficult, because college students rely on good high school education, and high school education needs to rely on good normal universities. This is a dilemma, and it will cost a lot to solve it. In fact, today, you can still see many middle school teachers with backward thinking and poor learning. This problem has not been completely solved.
High school education was barely connected, but at that time, it was necessary to vigorously develop the economy. The role and demand of engineering colleges are greater than that of basic disciplines, so the basic disciplines have less funds, can not communicate with the outside world, and have low priority. Until today, the salaries of doctoral students and master students are still pitifully low, and this problem has not been completely solved.
By the 1990s, the university system was gradually formed. The young people who are crazy about winning the gold medal at IMO were born from the womb. We fast-forward to today. 1990 We are 27 years old, 1985 We are 32 years old. At the age of 22, most people have graduated from college, and they have graduated from doctoral programs for almost five years. Basic subjects like mathematics need to do 1 2 rounds of postdoctoral work, that is, 3 to 6 years, and then they will be rated as small AP, assistant professor and finally associate professor, thus obtaining tenure. Of course, this is the American system. America is the center of academic exchanges all over the world. If one wants to make achievements in basic subjects, then some schools in America and Europe are the best choice. In other words, many people in this generation who want to make big news are still worried about their own teaching. What they want is more stable and meaningful research, but it doesn't have to shock the world. Because these studies can help them stand firm. Assuming that they return to China at this time, most of their research partners are also in the West, or more bluntly, in the United States. After they become domestic professors, they will also go out for meetings from time to time. Our own country has not yet become the center of academic flow. Scholars in their own country have long been unable to stably export their achievements at home.
This is what I'm talking about. It is impossible for China to become a node in academic circles and output achievements around this node. Even if we have patriotic scholars, they need to have a lot of exchanges with foreign scholars to ensure the advanced nature of their achievements. If there are world-class mathematicians at this time, there is a great possibility that they are Americans or green cards. At this time, there were more domestic college students studying abroad, and more people eventually became China scholars, but that was later.
The development of the whole academic circle is closely linked, and the more links there are, the longer the delay will be. What you said about high school mathematics and physics is only the result of high-intensity training and national system competition, which is completely different from the problems faced by academic circles. Besides, killing foreigners is too biased. I don't think we kill foreigners.
Of course, this is only a small part of the big problem. You should know that the output of world-class mathematicians is closely related to the times. Chen Jingrun can prove 1+2 because countless mathematicians paved the way and proved many weak conclusions. He also benefited from the achievements of many predecessors, such as vinogradov's Weil Triangle and Method. Vinogradov himself proved the triple prime number theorem earlier in the last century (1+ 1+ 1). Russia has made great contributions to the development of mathematics in the world. Under such an ecological environment, I am not surprised that Chen Jingrun's achievements were given by Soviet scientists. We are very lucky to have Chen Jingrun. A world-class mathematician and physicist may just be a child prodigy in the eyes of ordinary people, who was arranged by God to come down to earth and open the door to a new world for mankind. As everyone knows, there are countless unsung heroes behind these scientists. They work day and night, telling us which roads are impassable because of repeated failures. Through constant communication and self-criticism, these scholars give inspiration and hope to future generations. Finally, the lucky one seized the opportunity of the times with his talent and diligence, and became a "world-class scientist" who was very powerful to most people but didn't know what he had done.
Knowing this, you will understand that China needs a large number of world-class scholars, a large number of world-class universities, generous remuneration for scholars, stable scientific research conditions, and a large amount of scientific research funds, which I never expected in 2 1 century. Don't you think China still has a long way to go?
And you * * * encourage.