从2010年起,中国科学论文数量已经晋升为世界第二,但是科学创新能力离国际领先还有很大距离。就像在经济领域一样,中国的科学也处在转折时期,关键之点是如何避免“中等收入陷阱”。我们的地球科学不能只盲目追求SCI论文数量,而是要去探索重大的科学问题,实现向更高层次的创新研究过渡。

Since 2010, China has become the second biggest publisher of scientific research papers in the world, but remains far behind the global leadership with regards to the ability of creative innovation. Just like its economy, Chinese science is at a turning point, and the key is to avoid the “Middle-income trap”. Instead of blindly going after quantity of SCI publications, Earth science in China is to address major scientific problems and to perform transition to a new level of innovative researches. This is a written speech to the 4^th Conference on Earth System Science,Shanghai.