In order to study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech at the Scientists’ Forum and the proposition “Insist on the core position of innovation in the overall situation of China’s modernization drive, and take self-reliance in science and technology as a strategic support for national development”put forward by the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of CPC, and promote The Spirit of Scientists,the "First Forum on the Spirit of Scientists" was held in Zitong, Mianyang on November 5th. Liu Chao, Secretary of Mianyang Municipal Committee of CPC, He Yingbo, Deputy Secretary of the Committee of China Academy of Engineering Physics of CPC, and Li Zhenghua, Deputy Director of the Institute of Contemporary China of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,etc., attended the meeting and delivered speeches successively.
Li Zhenghua said in his speech that in May 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the 19th Academician Conference of Chinese Academy of Sciences and the 14th Academician Conference of Chinese Academy of Engineering that many of our academicians are national heroes who do earth-shattering things and live incognito.Calling outstanding scientists national heroes has established the lofty status of science, scientists, and the spirit of scientists in our country. General Secretary Xi Jinping also repeatedly emphasized that it is necessary to "inherit the excellent qualities of the older generation scientists who have the spirit of patriotic dedication and are indifferent to fame and fortune, write scientific papers on the motherland, apply scientific and technological achievements in the great cause of national modernization, and integrate the ideals of life into the struggle of the realization of the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation." In May 2019, the Central Office and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Further Promoting the Spirit of Scientists and Strengthening the Construction of Work Style and Study Style", which clarified the connotation of the spirit of scientists in the new era and issued a call to the whole society to pay tribute to scientists and promote the spirit of scientists.
Deng Jianjun, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and an expert on high-current pulse accelerators, Ouyang Ziyuan, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and an astrochemist and geochemist, Yang Junhua,academician of the International Academy of Astronautics, and Zhu Mingyuan, a member of the Scientists' Spirit Report Group of China Association for Science and Technology and the son of Zhu Guangya, delivered keynote speeches. In the afternoon, many experts and representatives of award-winning authors of excellent papers made speeches. A total of 109 papers were received at the conference, and the initiative of "Promoting the Spirit of Scientists and Building a New Era" was issued.
The conference was co-sponsored by the Institute of Contemporary China of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics, Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, Mianyang Municipal Committee of CPC and Mianyang Municipal People's Government. More than 300 people attended the meeting. They are experts and scholars from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Association for Science and Technology, Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC(National School of Administration), universities and scientific research institutions inside and outside Sichuan Province, and leaders of local party and government organizations.