Chapter 489 Absolutely not spending a penny on research institutes!_1

In the 1990s, the National Academy of Engineering was officially established and became the highest honorary and consultative academic institution in the national engineering science and technology community. However, the Academy of Engineering does not have its own research entities, it is merely a "virtual body," which is a clear difference from the research institution, the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By contrast, the Chinese Academy of Sciences focuses on basic scientific theoretical research, while the Academy of Engineering focuses more on the application of engineering technology.

At the beginning of the Academy of Engineering, the selection process for the first group of academicians determined that there would be around one hundred members. Seventy of them were nominated by relevant departments and commissions under the State Council, and the other thirty were "concurrent" members from the academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.