新就任的中国工程院院长宋健是由该院院士推选的。这位从政多年的学者对工程院有着自己的理解。他说:从现在起到下个世纪中叶50年需要我们几代人投身于现代化工程建设中,我们的民族才能真正的站起来。工程是一个国家的内部结构,这项工作是科技事业中第一重要的工 Song Jian, newly appointed president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, was elected by the Academy's academicians. The politician who has been in politics for many years has his own understanding of the Academy of Engineering. He said: From now until the middle of the next 50 years, we need generations of people to devote themselves to the modernization construction so that our nation can really stand up. Engineering is the internal structure of a country. This work is the first important work in science and technology