Twenty-seven years ago today, on November 4, 1998 (September 16, 1998 lunar calendar), Lenovo Group swallowed the Computing Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. On November 4, 1998, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Computing Institute and Lenovo Group jointly held a press conference to announce that the restructured and remodeled CAS Computing Institute would become the Central Research Institute of Lenovo Group. Previously, when the Chinese Academy of Sciences introduced 12 measures of its "Knowledge Innovation Project" to the outside world, it mentioned the "close relationship" between the Computing Institute and Lenovo Group, which caused an uproar because it would have a significant impact on the reform direction of the traditional Academy of Sciences system and play a crucial role in the development of China's information industry. Lenovo was originally just a third industry of the Institute of Computing. Founded in 1956, it is one of the ace forces of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It has developed the famous 103 and 104 computers, and has successfully completed the data processing work for the "two bombs and one star". Lenovo (formerly the New Technology Development Company of the Institute of Computing), founded in 1984, is just one of its more than 20 "third industries". At the beginning, Liu Chuanzhi resolutely walked out of the ivory tower with the start fee of 200,000 yuan given to him by the 11 people of the Institute of Computing and the old director Zeng Maochao. Now, Lenovo Group has become the largest computer company in China, and its sales volume has jumped to the third place in Asia Pacific. Last year, its turnover was 12.50 billion yuan. At a press conference on the 4th, Liu Chuanzhi and Zeng Maochao, the two departing directors of the computing institute, smiled at each other. Liu Chuanzhi told reporters: "When the old director gave us 200,000 yuan, I'm afraid I didn't expect it to be today. At that time, he just told me that the funds in the institute were tight, and the state needed to wean the mother and make up for the lives of poor scientific and technological personnel." The best choice for the best time "Choosing to announce the cooperation between Lenovo and the computing institute now is the most suitable time to do what we want to do the most," Liu Chuanzhi said. A few years ago, Lenovo also had its own Central Research Institute. But like all domestic scientific research institutions, a lot of achievements have been produced and cannot be turned into real products. In 1995, Lenovo decided to dissolve the research institute, break up the staff and enrich the subsidiaries and business departments. In just three years, computers, QDI boards, and system integration basically formed a product chain. "To achieve the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, this is the simplest truth, everyone understands. But why has it been unable to solve it? The key is that the internal management of the enterprise is not good and does not adapt to the market. What our enterprise pursues is not profit maximization, but cost maximization. If you shop, you will have power and benefits, but no one cares about whether there is profit. If these problems cannot be solved, you will not be able to attach high-tech that really has a market. Will professors and doctors be laid off? Dr. Gui Wenzhuang, director of the High Technology Bureau of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that the driving force for this reform is that the Chinese Academy of Sciences will change the current situation of the Institute of Computing, which is small and far from the market, and solve the problem of low research funds and talent flow. The original research funding of the Institute of Computing was as little as 20,000 yuan, and as much as 50,000 yuan. After the reform, with the support of Lenovo and the Academy of Sciences, the per capita research funding of the new Institute of Computing will reach 20-400,000 yuan. To improve efficiency, we must first streamline our staff. After the reform, the existing 1,400-person Institute of Computing will be divided into two, and the new Institute will retain less than 100 people. It is also called the Institute of Computing of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Others will enter the second part Regarding the issue of the way out for scientific and technological personnel that people are generally concerned about, Director Gui said that the accurate term should be "collective transfer work", because among the 1,400 people, in addition to the retirement team of 600 or 700 people, the vast majority of the people who will enter the second department are already in more than a dozen companies of the computing institute, of which Lenovo alone has 200 people. The second department will be an independent enterprise legal person in the future, responsible for managing the companies and retirees of the original computing institute. The Academy of Sciences will be organized according to the original business, and the head fee will be sent to the second department, so the idea of layoff does not exist. Director Gui said that everyone should be confident in the overall quality of the personnel of the Academy of Sciences. Scientific and technological personnel are a valuable asset of the country. There are four ways for the staff of the Institute of Computing: to enter the new institute; to enter Lenovo or other computing companies; to socialize administrative logistics and enter the future Lenovo Science and Technology Park; and to find another career. Who will guarantee basic research? The newly established Institute of Computing is still a national research institute. The incoming director is Gao Wen, who has both the doctorate title of China and Japan and is the chief scientist of the intelligent computer theme of the National 863 Program. He said that he will follow the principle of doing something and not doing something, and only do topics that have significant contributions to the country's economic development, not free research. The New Institute of Computing is the unit with the strongest R & D strength in this field in China. "It provides a think tank for the development of the national information industry and a technology library for the domestic large-scale computer industry. "It is reported that the research and development of the future computing institute will be set up according to 532:50% for applied research, which will be mainly completed in cooperation with Lenovo; 30% for the completion of key technologies needed by the country; 20% for basic research. The new computing institute will jointly build the Central Research Institute with Lenovo, with a view to becoming a model of integration with industry. Out of the ivory tower or demolish it, the computing institute has become Lenovo's Central Research Institute, what about other institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences? Director Gui Wenzhuang said that the reform of our country's scientific system is still in the experimental stage. Starting with Lenovo and the Institute of Computing, this year the School of Internal Medicine will launch 12" knowledge innovation projects ". The Chinese Academy of Sciences was established after liberation following the Soviet model and has made great contributions to the scientific development of our country in various periods in history. But it was established to adapt to the planned economic system. Director Gui said that the current situation must be reformed. The Academy of Sciences in the United States is only an institution serving academicians. Germany and France also have very physical academies. How to go in the future of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is still uncertain.