Zhao Yi's post on Weibo immediately sparked a heated debate among the public. In a short amount of time, there were more than one hundred thousand comments under the Weibo post, and the number of shares rapidly exceeded ten thousand.
Many media accounts also shared the post and some media outlets simply put out news articles based on the content Zhao Yi published, analyzing it in a series.
Every sentence of the Weibo post was meticulously interpreted—
"It is because scientists push forward human technology that they are great, not because they win some world-class award. Awards are just an embellishment to scientific research, not the pursuit of it."
"This statement suggests that any award should not stand above scientists. Scientists do not conduct research to win awards; their research advances the progress of human technology. Awards are merely a recognition of their contributions."
