记者:在第二次全国科学技术大会即将召开之际,人们更加关心中国科学家队伍的发展前景。世纪之交,中国科研队伍将进入新老交替的重要时期。目前,培养和资助中国青年科学家的几项人才工程已开始启动,请你从科学学角度谈谈这些人才工程对于中国科技发展的意义。 赵红州:科学学研究工作者在70年代末就提出了中国科学家队伍的年龄结构问题,预测90年代后期将出现严重的人才断层。随着时间的推移,这一问题已异常突出地呈现在科学界面前。在今后的十 Reporter: As the second National Science and Technology Conference is approaching, people are more concerned about the development prospect of the Chinese scientists. At the turn of the century, the Chinese scientific research team will enter an important period where old and new alternate. At present, several human resources projects that cultivate and fund young scientists in China have begun to be started. Please tell us from the scientific point of view the significance of these talent projects for the development of science and technology in China. Zhao Hongzhou: In the late 1970s, scientists in science put forward the issue of the age structure of Chinese scientists and predicted that there will be a serious human resource breakdown in the late 1990s. Over time, this issue has been outstanding in front of the scientific community. In the next ten