Right and wrong, how should we decide? It became the primary task of the "intelligent computer expert group" at that time. As the leader of the expert group, Wang Cheng, with a high sense of responsibility, put forward that "we must know the world, otherwise we can't grasp the development trend;" You must know China, otherwise you can't optimize the strategic deployment. Through careful planning by him and all the comrades in the expert group, demand seminars in various fields and at all levels were held in China; I visited the United States, Europe and Japan abroad, consulted the world-famous artificial intelligence experts at that time, and made a special trip to visit the leaders of Japan's fifth-generation aircraft.
After several months of analysis and discussion, all the comrades of the expert group came to the conclusion that according to the actual demand for information technology in China and the state's investment in the "863" project, the strategic positioning of the "306" project must not follow the old road of the fifth generation of Japanese aircraft, but should follow its own path in light of the national conditions. It is pointed out that "intelligent computer" is a developing concept, and its goal is to design a computer that is more reasonable, smarter and easier to use than the existing computer. One of the important tasks is to fully tap the potential of existing computers, analyze the defects and bottlenecks of existing computers in application, and overcome them with artificial intelligence technology; At present, the focus is to make Chinese computers interact with systems with Chinese pronunciation, Chinese characters, graphics and images, so that they have rich software design and production capabilities and a powerful intelligent application system development environment. The long-term goal is to establish a more harmonious man-machine environment. 1990 In September, the former State Science and Technology Commission held a report meeting on the strategic objectives in the information field in Wuxi, and unanimously adopted the outline of the development plan formulated by the "306" expert group.
Wang Cheng and the "306" expert group also put forward the guiding ideology of "indomitable spirit": theoretical and methodological innovation, key technological breakthrough, and beneficial application and product development. Pay attention to the quality of papers and the level of "innovative" subject verification system; Pay attention to the prototype performance of "breakthrough" topic; Pay attention to the social and economic benefits realized in the category of "benefits". After nearly 10 years of hard work, by 1995, due to clear thinking and correct direction, the 306 project has achieved many gratifying results, such as Dawning computer system, extensible cluster system, client/server system, agricultural expert system, military decision-making system and so on. And published a series of papers with international influence. At the same time, it also promoted similar projects. In order to realize the long-term goal of establishing a harmonious man-machine environment put forward by the "306" expert group, in 1996, Wang Cheng and other comrades cooperated to complete the monograph "Theory, Realization and Application of Virtual Reality Technology". After the anniversary of the "863" Plan 10, under the leadership of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the strategic research on China's high-tech development in the next 5 ~ 10 years was carried out. On the basis of summarizing the experience of the past 10 years, Wang Cheng analyzed the development trend of the world information field and submitted a series of strategic consulting reports. For example, 1997 reported its understanding of the development trend of computer architecture at the "863-306" expert group meeting on August 25th; In August of 20001year, he submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Science and Technology on building a virtual network computing environment. The development history of information technology in the world and China proves that Wang Wei's viewpoint and realization approach are correct, strategic and forward-looking, and it is also a development path with China characteristics that conforms to China's national conditions.
1On June 4th, 1997, the National Leading Group for Science and Technology held its third annual meeting and officially launched the "National Key Basic Research (973) Plan". 1On July 7, 1998, the "Expert Advisory Group on National Key Basic Research and Development Planning" was established, consisting of 19 people. Zhou served as the team leader and Wang became an expert consultant in the information field. Wang has been involved in the "863" project for a long time. Although he is familiar with the development of key technologies in the information field, he deeply feels that he does not know enough about the current situation and national conditions of basic research and cannot put forward directional opinions and suggestions. To this end, with amazing perseverance and down-to-earth style of study, he conducted a high-load investigation on the current situation of basic research in the information field at home and abroad. On April 15, 2000, at the conference held by China Computer Federation, Wang Cheng put forward 12 questions about the leap-forward development of computers in China. Soon, he submitted a strategic report in the information field to the "973" Expert Advisory Committee. In order to effectively and seamlessly cooperate with China's "863" plan, "973" plan, special tasks and product development projects related to the information field, and effectively implement the development policy of "doing something and not doing something", he proposed to the Ministry of Science and Technology to "strengthen top-level design and realize macro-order and overall optimization".
200165438+February, the central government set up a national leading group and decided to set up a national information expert advisory committee to provide decision-making consultation on major issues such as policy planning, popularization and application, network and information security. At the first meeting of the National Informationization Expert Advisory Committee, Wang became a member of the Expert Advisory Committee. Since then, he has devoted more energy to the research on the development strategy of national informatization construction. On June 4th, 2004, at the annual meeting of the founding of China Academy of Engineering 10, Wang Cheng gave a report on the development trend of information technology in the early 20th century, which was well received by the academicians attending the meeting.
In the domestic expert group in the field of information technology, everyone thinks that Wang is diligent, quick-thinking, sincere and fair, and it is a pleasure to cooperate with him. Let's conclude with an excerpt from Academician Wang Cheng's memoir edited and published by China Academy of Engineering. "History is the trajectory left by people's group movements in time and space. In fact, all successful people are attributed to the team, because they have been guided by the older generation of scientists, assisted by outstanding scientific and technological workers of the same generation, and sincerely cooperated by rising stars. Openness and modesty are the foundation of cohesion. All rivers run into the sea, with great tolerance, strong perseverance and strong rigidity. Selflessness and fearlessness, taking the public as the foundation, will have the same criteria and goals. When awarding prizes after a research project is completed, someone may be awarded the title of "number one", which is a rough place left by the formalization of "team achievements". You should never think that you really should be the "number one".