中华民族能不能拥有在21世纪领兵带队拼搏在世界科技前沿的科技将帅才,关键看今后数年能不能选拔和培养出一支跨世纪的学术和技术带头人队伍。这是事关共和国未来发展的刻不容缓的战略任务。七月中旬,全国专家工作暨造就跨世纪学术和技术带头人工作会议在北京举行,对这项紧迫的任务作了新的部署。从中央到地方,一系列加速培育跨世纪学术和技术带头人的计划和工程正在落实或抓紧制订。 “百千万工程”勾划蓝图 Whether or not the Chinese nation can possess the masters of science and technology who lead the troops in the 21 st century to fight hard at the cutting-edge of the world's science and technology depends on whether we can select and train a cross-century academic and technological leader in the next few years. This is an urgent strategic task that concerns the future development of the Republic. In mid-July, a nationwide expert work conference on creating cross-century academic and technological leaders was held in Beijing, and a new deployment was made to this urgent task. From the central to the local level, a series of plans and projects to accelerate the cultivation of academic and technological leaders across the century are being implemented or are being drafted. “Millions of projects” outlined the blueprint