First graduate studentsSEEDYouth Development Forum showcases interdisciplinary creativity

College students sow innovation “seeds”

（Source: "Modern Education News"2012-11-30 Front page reporter:Zhu Haibin）

“Cultivation of students’ innovative spirit” was written into the report of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.11month25Day, the "seed" representatives of the innovation power of Beijing universities - students from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua, Peking University, Foreign Economic and w88 and other universities9Outstanding graduate students gathered togetherFirst graduate studentsSEEDYouth Development Forum, use their interdisciplinary and interprofessional perspective to explain "innovation", and answer the new requirements for education put forward by the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China from one side.

　　“SEED"originally means "seed", and "SEED"is the English word"share”“enlighten”“enjoy”“develop", intended to be shared by (share) Life stories, enlightening wisdom (enlighten), enjoy the process of exploration and creativity (enjoy) life, enjoy the fun of thinking and achieve great development (develop）。

Imagination of the unknown has always had practical significance

Deng Yuchen, a doctoral student at the Chinese Academy of Sciences who is participating in two national-level research projects, talked about his fascination with "general relativity" and "time travel." AlthoughPPTis all in English, but it only took this PhD candidate just ten minutes to let the students in the audience roughly understand what the feasibility of four-dimensional space and time travel is.

Known as the representative writer of the "post-new generation" of science fiction, and has won the "Science Fiction World" Galaxy Award for Best Newcomer, what Xia Jia, a doctoral student in the Chinese Department of Peking University, said is also the question she is asked most: Why write science fiction? What’s the use of science fiction?

"Why climb mountains, because the mountains are there! Why do people have problems, because the universe is there!" Xia Jia said, "Science fiction has always had practical significance for the imagination of the unknown. It pursues the ultimate answer to the universe, life and everything."

　　University of Foreign Economics and BusinessZhang Yuanmeng, a master's student in law w88 casino, once dreamed of becoming a "gold medal" renowned in the legal field. However, when she actually interned in a law firm, she saw that the most ordinary and helpless clients regard the law as their last "straw for help." This made her decide to change the direction of her life, "Speak for the weak and defend the rights of the weak." She said firmly, "At any time, you must not give up your dream of looking up at the stars."

Innovation should pursue a simple and bright rhythm

Chen Jiaqi, a master's student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Tsinghua University, has obtained a national patent. He is the chairman of Tsinghua University's "Sky Factory". "Sky Factory" is a cross-department and cross-disciplinary cooperation platform that has received funding from the American Boeing Company.

After the implementation of corporate management, "Sky Factory" has gone downhill. After in-depth reflection, Chen Jiajia realized that “non-technical diversified expansion is not what students are good at.” At that time, he made timely adjustments and proposed to "oppose perfectionism, cumbersome philosophy, and blind innovation, trying to pursue a simple and bright rhythm and focus on the project."

　　w88 casinoLiu Dongjin, a doctoral student in finance, said that he has been thinking about three questions: Why do people live? What is the greatest happiness for a doctoral student? What is the direction of innovation? In his continuous thinking about these issues, he clarified the research direction of "how to stimulate innovation in interdisciplinary fields."

Wei Han, an international student from India, is a special doctoral student in the Department of History at Peking University. His efforts are directed toward "transnational exchanges and promoting peaceful development." When talking about cultural exchanges between the two countries, he gave an example: In China, someone would ask him, "Indians eat with their hands, how do they drink soup?" In India, some people will ask him, "China uses chopsticks to eat, how do you use chopsticks to drink soup?"

Science and art are equivalent at a high level

He Rongqiao, associate director of the Chinese Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that whether it is an innovation in the sciences or an innovation in the liberal arts, it is the understanding of laws. Innovation in the sciences allows us to improve our understanding of the laws of nature in a certain aspect, while innovation in the liberal arts allows us to improve our understanding of the laws of society.

For example, He Rongqiao said that if you smell a bottle of French perfume, you feel the fragrance is good, and then smell another bottle, you feel the fragrance is even better. So if you can describe this difference in language so that readers feel like this after reading it, this can be said to be an innovation in the liberal arts. In science, truly valuable innovation depends on whether its innovation results can be cited by many people and whether they can be manufactured into a variety of products. From this perspective, science and art are equivalent to a certain extent.

“Innovation is the soul of the Chinese nation. Only a nation with an innovative soul can win in the future society.”Wang Ling, Secretary of the Party Committee of w88 casinoFrom the students who participated in the forum’s speech, I saw the need for innovation in the rise of the Chinese nation. “Innovation and fantasy must be realized and turned into solid actions.”

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