An investigation by Taiwan‘s Ministry of Education confirmed that NTU professor Lee Tuk-chung violated cross-strait regulations by hosting four research projects in China without permission for a total of 2.45 million RMB. Lee was fined 300,000 New Taiwan dollars (about 70,000 RMB). This is the first Time that Taiwan’s Ministry of Education has punished a Taiwanese scholar for participating in China’s “Thousand Talents Program”.
When Lee Tuk-chung, a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at National Taiwan University, was involved in the selection of the president of the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology last year, it was revealed that he had served as a Changjiang Scholar on the mainland and was involved in hosting China’s national research program. At the time, Lee issued a withdrawal statement clarifying that he had not accepted a part-time contract on the other side of the Taiwan Strait in accordance with regulations. But the Ministry of Education received a report and launched an investigation, announcing on the 18th that the findings were true and that he had been fined, making it the first case of a Taiwanese scholar being fined for participating in China’s Thousand Talents Program.
Lee Tuk-chung was involved in four projects in China
The Ministry of Education’s Department of International and Cross-Strait Education told Radio Free Asia on 19 May that “Professor Lee Tuk-chung of NTU has applied for three research projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China in the name of Harbin Institute of Technology since 2009, and all three projects have not been approved by the competent authorities, which has been verified by the Ministry as a violation of Article 33 of the Regulations on Relations between the People of Taiwan and the Mainland. The Ministry of Education, in accordance with Article 90 of the Cross-Strait Regulations, has approved the application. The Ministry of Education imposed a fine of NT$300,000 in accordance with Article 90-2, Paragraph 1 of the Cross-Strait Regulations.”
The three projects totaled 1.65 million yuan, and Li Duchong collaborated on an 800,000 yuan research project in the name of Fudan University, totaling 2.45 million yuan in research funding for the four cases, Lai said.
The cross-strait regulations stipulate that cooperation with party, military, administrative, and political institutions and organizations in the mainland must be approved by the competent authorities. Li Duzhong did not have permission to do so.
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Li Duzhong was denied last year when he was exposed, and Radio Free Asia called Li Duzhong’s research office at NTU on the 19th and left messages with students and their personal emails in an attempt to contact them, but no response was received before the deadline.
The Taiwan University administration said it respects the Ministry of Education’s follow-up investigation and treatment.
Qiu Chui-cheng, spokesman for the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan, said on the 18th that he respects the results of the Ministry of Education’s investigation.
Taiwan government ordered in 2018 not to participate in China’s Thousand Talents Program without permission
Chiu Chui-ching said, “The Executive Yuan in March 2018 instructed current full-time faculty and related personnel at public and private research institutions and universities not to participate in China’s Thousand Talents Program, Ten Thousand Talents Program, and various other national funds and national key scientific research programs without permission.”
Chiu Chui-cheng said the Land Commission will continue to work together to understand whether there are relevant personnel in Taiwan in violation of the law.
Taiwan University Distinguished Professor Wu Ruibei interviewed by Radio Free Asia, the United States recently to deal with the U.S. universities involved in the “China Thousand Talents Program”, the amount of fines is thirty to fifty times more than Taiwan, and even arrests, prosecutions, dismissals have, Taiwan has been investigating for so long, only Li Duzhong a person with this problem? If not, but only he was fined, is this reasonable? This is like water is already leaking, only a little paint, I’m afraid there is no way to plug the leak.
Scholars: Taiwan should learn from the United States, the national security unit should be involved in the investigation
Wu Ruibei said: “Taiwan should be able to ask the national security unit to go to the United States to ask for advice on how to deal with the thousand people plan? If you want to deal with I’m afraid that the national security system should also deal with the Ministry of Education does not have the ability.”
Wu Ruibei said that the research program in mainland China is not seen to have an announcement, whether Taiwan professors involved in it, only peers in the academic community, close to the leakage of people will know, or in the publication, published articles revealed. The case of Lee Tuk-chung would probably not have been revealed if he had not come out to elect the president, or in the paper acknowledging China.
Wu Ruibei pointed out that the Chinese mainland obviously used the Thousand Talents Program to systematically take intellectual property rights, and in the past, there were professors in Taiwan who went to the mainland to implement plans in space science, which is very serious. Taiwan should do stricter regulation for confidential areas.
KMT member Li Dewei said in an interview with Radio Free Asia on the 19th that he did not understand the case and called on the government to set clear norms, not because different governments have different standards in power. If this problem has existed since 2009, why was it not discovered? The Ministry of Education and NTU should be removed first to investigate the relevant defaulters.
Li Dewei said: “I think the education administration to be consistent, not yesterday is not now, the Ministry of Education cited regulations to have to be more careful, such as how to catch, how to punish, I personally think not to teachers, professors, scholars, experts as thieves, to give them the right amount of space, to list the norms clearly, schools, teachers themselves should have moral standards should also be followed. “
Li Dewei said, Ma Ying-jeou government era to encourage cross-strait academic exchanges, this case will not trigger a chilling effect? If you are worried about national security issues, can’t you fine 300,000 and be done with it? If there is no to serious national security issues, it should be returned to the cross-strait academic should have the freedom.
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