国家自然科学基金委员会三届四次全体委员会议日前在京召开。国家科技部部长朱丽兰到会并作了重要讲话。朱丽兰对国家自然科学基金委过去一年在持续稳定支持基础研究,稳定基础研究队伍,加大对高层次科技人才的培养力度,开展国际合作与交流等方面的工作给予了充分肯定。朱丽兰部长说,我们都处在知识经济时代即将来临的大形势下,前途光明而又充满挑战。在这一形势下,我们必须对知识的重要性,对知识的生产、流通、使用的整个环节都有清楚的认识。基础研究属于知识的 The Fourth National Committee of the Third National Committee of the National Natural Science Foundation of China held in Beijing recently. Minister of Science and Technology Zhu Lilan attended the meeting and made an important speech. During the past year, Zhu Lilan fully affirmed the work of the NSFC for its steady and steady support of basic research, stabilization of basic research teams, intensification of cultivation of high-level scientific and technological personnel, and international cooperation and exchange. Minister Zhu Lilan said: We are all in a bright and challenging future with the advent of a knowledge-based economy. In this situation, we must have a clear understanding of the importance of knowledge and of the entire link in the production, circulation and use of knowledge. Basic research belongs to knowledge