创新是科技进步的内在动力,而科技人才是决定可持续创新的核心要素,科技人才队伍是当前以科技为核心的国际竞争中,支撑和引领经济发展以及社会进步的战略中坚力量。科研团队的灵魂是首席科学家,首席科学家的水平直接决定了整个科研团队的水平,首席科学家制目前已经成为国际共识。可以说,首席科学家的数量和质量,才是一个国家研发实力和创新能力的直接体现。 Innovation is the intrinsic motive force of scientific and technological progress, and scientific and technological personnel are the core elements that determine sustainable innovation. The scientific and technological personnel are the backbone of the strategy of supporting and leading economic development and social progress in the current international competition centered on science and technology. The soul of the research team is the chief scientist, the level of chief scientist directly determines the level of the entire research team, the chief scientist system has now become an international consensus. It can be said that the quantity and quality of the chief scientist are the direct embodiment of a nation’s research and development capabilities and innovation capabilities.