The name of Wang Li, chief engineer of Maotai Wine, appeared in the list of candidates for election as academicians of the mainland Academy of Engineering in 2021. The incident sparked a public debate. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
The name of Wang Li, chief engineer of Maotai Wine, appears on the list of candidates for the 2021 Academy of Engineering on the mainland. The incident sparked a public debate, netizens said “Maotai’s background is really thick”. However, the Guizhou Provincial Science Association staff responded that the selection was in line with the process related to the addition of academicians.
According to the news of Guizhou Maotai Liquor Co., Ltd. on February 17, Wang Li, 48, chief engineer and chief quality officer of Maotai Group, was shortlisted for co-option to the Academy of Engineering.
According to the Guizhou Provincial Science Association website, Wang Li and three others are candidates for membership of the Academy of Engineering in Guizhou Province in 2021.
The incident sparked a public outcry, and an article on the Communist Party’s official media, CCTV, said that “all parties concerned should be cautious”. However, on February 18, the staff of the Guizhou Provincial Science Association responded to the matter by saying that the selection was in line with the process related to the addition of academicians.
Netizens mocked: “Maotai’s background is really thick.” “Maotai can support the finances of Guizhou.” “Great country science and technology, sauce leading the way.” “No bottom line to speak of.” “Guizhou people feel ashamed.” “Today is to make wine as an academician, tomorrow maybe the live broadcast will become a virtuoso artist.”
“Seeing Maotai scrambling for academicians, Wuliangye, Fenjiu, Xifeng, and Erpotou you can be indifferent, really high style.” “There is still Hongmao Medicine wine.” “Why not let Lao Ganma to, at least industrial prosperity.” “Sauce-type Moutai out of an academician, so how does the strong fragrance of Wuliangye look?”
“The process is in line, the selection criteria are in line?” “What contribution has been made to the country? The wine sold expensive tax paid more? Academician is a person who has scientific contribution to be qualified! Not money can be!” “But many people do not think so ah. You see Guizhou Science Association does not think so, or Guizhou government thinks there is a huge financial contribution, so push one up. So that the stock price and wine prices continue to raise well.”
There are also netizens said, “In 2011, the mainland came out of nowhere a ‘tobacco academician’, then vice president of the Tobacco Corporation Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute, researcher Xie Jianping was elected member of the Academy of Engineering. Today there is another wine academician, the next is … to eat, drink, gamble and smoke to get all five drugs.” Some netizens sealed Wang Li as “academician of white wine” “sauce-type academician.”
It is reported that in 2011, the mainland tobacco company Zhengzhou tobacco researcher Xie Jianping was elected as an academician, also sparked a public debate, when netizens jokingly called it “tobacco academician. At that Time, some people in Liaoning said that developed countries are restricting the publicity of the tobacco industry, but the mainland has been assessed from the tobacco industry as an academician, it is really hard to understand.
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