On this day, 64 years ago, on July 19, 1961 (June 7, 1961, the central government approved the implementation of the "Fourteen Articles of Scientific Research". On July 19, 1961, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Fourteen Opinions on the Current Work of Natural Science Research Institutions (Draft)"(referred to as the "Fourteen Articles on Scientific Research"). The central government believes that the spirit of the document is applicable to all departments and units where intellectuals work. The Central Committee's instructions emphasize that one-sided understanding and simple and crude style of dealing with issues of knowledge and intellectuals must be corrected. In academic research work, the policy of "letting a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend" must be adhered to, and those who have been criticized wrongly over the past few years must be screened and rehabilitated. The "Fourteen Articles on Scientific Research" stipulate that the basic tasks of scientific research institutions are to provide scientific results and cultivate research talents; adjust research institutions to set directions, tasks, personnel, equipment, and systems to make research work relatively stable; correctly implement science The policy of serving socialist construction and the principle of integrating theory with practice; We must resolutely ensure that the average scientific research working time shall not be less than 5 working days per week; strive for all possible intellectuals to serve the cause of socialist science and help them take the path of being red and professional; the ideological and political work of research institutions must be practical and strictly refrain from formalism; leading cadres of research institutions must conscientiously study Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong's works, study business, and change from laymen to experts. The formulation and implementation of the "Fourteen Articles on Scientific Research" have mobilized the enthusiasm of scientific and technological workers, strengthened the relationship between the party and intellectuals, and helped unite scientific and technological personnel to jointly overcome three years of economic difficulties, improve the work order of research institutions, and improve The level of scientific research and accelerate the production of talents and results have played a powerful role in promoting it.