不久前,邓小平同志在一次重要讲话中谈到,现在看来,科学技术应该是第一生产力。任何时候,中国都必须发展自己的高科技,在世界高科技领域中占有一席之地。四位学部委员说,基础研究具有连续性,现在间断一下,将会带来比50年代我们在人口问题上的失误所造成的损失还要严重的后果。他们大声疾呼:“中国的基础研究不能再耽误了!” Not long ago, Comrade Deng Xiaoping said in an important speech that science and technology should now be the primary productive force. At any time, China must develop its own high-tech and have a place in the world's high-tech fields. Four academic members said that the continuity of basic research is now intermittent and will bring even more serious consequences than the loss caused by our mistakes in the 1950s. They shouted: “China's basic research can no longer be delayed!”