Only 10% of 1.2 trillion scientific research funds have been transformed

Source: Bio 360 2014-12-26 is approaching the end of the year Reimbursement has become a "nightmare" for many people, but also a "dream" for others In recent years, the phenomenon of misappropriation of scientific research funds, science and technology "brokers" and "tourists" has resulted in a large number of loss of scientific research funds At the same time, the "impetuosity" of scientific research, the "administration" of project application, and the "utility" of fund implementation have resulted in a very low transformation rate of scientific research investment For example, in 2013, the R & D investment of the whole society in China has reached 1.2 trillion yuan, of which the financial R & D investment is 500 billion yuan, ranking the top in the world, while the transformation rate of scientific and technological achievements is only 10%! The loss of scientific research funds is serious in some universities and scientific research institutions A large number of scientific research funds are not used for scientific research itself, but they are almost "omnipotent": large enough to pay wages and benefits, small enough to pay meal cards and telephone fees There are various ways to get scientific research funds First, misappropriation With the increase of scientific research funds, some people regard scientific research funds as "Tang Monk meat" and try to enrich their own pockets Li Ning, a professor of China Agricultural University, was arrested on suspicion of transferring the national science and technology major special funds to his company Chen Yingxu, Dean of the school of water environment of Zhejiang University, was sentenced to 10 years for transferring the huge scientific research funds to two leather bag companies he owned Second, expand the use The attitude of some units to the management of scientific research funds is basically who gets the funds and who is responsible for them After obtaining the research funds, the unit takes part of the management fee, and the remaining research projects, funds allocation and reimbursement are often the heads of the project has the final say Some units "eat, drink, Lazar and sleep, can rely on funds" Scientific research funds are used to pay wages and benefits, study abroad, eat, buy cars, transportation, build houses, decorate, buy furniture and so on Some funds can't even say where to spend them Third, fraud Some people have come up with all kinds of crooked ways to get scientific research funds, which are dazzling For example, making up a list of service personnel or using student ID card to claim "service fee", making up false invoices in the name of travel expenses and office expenses, making up false contracts and preparing false accounts, etc At the same time, there are loopholes in the financial reimbursement process of many units The financial staff of one scientific research unit said that they only check the validity of invoices, regardless of the rationality of invoices Imperfect accountability mechanism and insufficient punishment also contribute to the chaos of reimbursement Although some universities and scientific research institutions have formulated funds management and operation methods, many of them are easy to be implemented For those who violate the regulations of funds management, some are only "internal notification", while others require that the illegal funds be returned With the increase of scientific research investment, some researchers make use of policy gaps and loopholes to promote strange phenomena such as "science and technology brokers", "tourists" and "bosses" "There is a kind of technology broker in the technology market recently, who conspires with enterprises to obtain scientific research funds and then receive kickbacks." "Not long ago, a person who is familiar with the operation of science and technology projects came to the door and said that he could win the funds of science and technology projects of relevant departments, up to 10 million yuan," said the chairman of a company that produces artificial turf in Jiangsu If the enterprise is willing to cooperate in reporting the project, after obtaining the funds, each party will share 5 million yuan I rejected the request on the spot " A cadre of the forestry system in a county in Northeast China said that a scientific research project reported by his department won 500000 yuan this year This fund was "slashed" at the provincial level, and "slashed" at the municipal level Only 170000 yuan remained in the county This summer, he received an inspection team from the Department with the right to allocate funds The group "visited" for a week, essentially for summer vacation In order to receive them, there was not much left in the last 170000 yuan In some places, too much funding resources are concentrated in the hands of a few "learning lords" and "learning bullies" The allocation of scientific research funds from top to bottom has become a hotbed of corruption Jiang Daming, director of China Finance Association and professor of Nanjing audit institute, believes that the administrative leading allocation of funds leads to confusion in the application mechanism of scientific research projects, giving corruption an opportunity "To do a project, sow it first" and "to run part of it", in fact, is to send it Small projects cost hundreds of thousands of yuan, and large projects cost millions of yuan If you don't run, you won't get the project A college teacher said that his college had applied for a one million yuan project, and the introduction fee alone would be 600000 yuan, and the remaining 400000 yuan would be divided by two cooperative teachers The "technology bubble" must be squeezed out At present, the distribution of scientific research funds in China leads to a serious phenomenon of re establishment of light management and heavy application and acceptance As long as the project is completed, the funds can be obtained The management of scientific research process and the evaluation of scientific research results are loose, which makes it difficult to guarantee the output efficiency of scientific research funds A large number of scientific research projects are "dead end", or just stay on papers, and the achievements cannot be transformed, which also causes the loss of funds Qu Daokui, chairman of China robot industry alliance and President of Xinsong robot, has experienced some so-called "innovation projects": in the project application process, universities and scientific research institutes have long talked about how to spend money; in the implementation process, no one supervises and no one really innovates; in the acceptance process, find a group of "experts" familiar to research institutions and university professors to spend money There are problems in the three links of declaration, implementation and acceptance, and a lot of money has been wasted At the same time, the scientific research atmosphere "impetuous", project application "administrative", funds implementation "utilitarian" and other issues have greatly affected the effectiveness of scientific research activities in China According to statistics of China Academy of science and technology development strategy, there are more than 3.2 million R & D personnel in China, ranking first in the world, but the technological innovation ability is only ranked 19th in the world; the number of international scientific papers in China has ranked second in the world, and the number of patent applications and authorizations of domestic invention are ranked first and second in the world, but they can make money However, the transformation rate of scientific and technological achievements is only about 10% Wang Hongguang, vice president of China Academy of science and technology development strategy, said that, taking the textile and clothing industry as an example, China's patents account for 80% of the world's total, but none of the top 20 profits In the pharmaceutical industry, 90% of China's total profits are from generic drugs From 1949 to 2008, the profits of generic drugs in the past 50 years are not as much as that of a foreign new drug A professor at Nanjing University of Technology said that in the past few years, many papers and research achievements have been smashed out with money, but the real importance is not much, and there are not many tests in the market Such a "research bubble" must be squeezed out.