77-year-old professor donates 82.08 million life savings： there are successors in scientific research.

　　Professor Zelin Wang from Henan Agricultural University.

　　Recently, the news that Zelin Wang, a 77-year-old professor at Henan Agricultural University, donated his life savings of 82.08 million yuan has attracted a lot of attention. On January 4th, Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned from Henan Agricultural University that after being transferred to Henan Agricultural University, Zelin Wang has successively obtained three invention patents and 12 new veterinary drug certificates without applying for funds, which has completely overcome many major poultry epidemic prevention problems.

　　Not long ago, Zelin Wang proposed to donate all the remaining 82.08 million yuan from lifelong scientific research to the school.

　　Obtained 3 invention patents and 12 new veterinary drug certificates.

　　The conversion rate of scientific research achievements is 100%

　　According to the staff of Henan Agricultural University, intensive aquaculture rose in China more than 40 years ago, but old diseases such as Newcastle disease broke out frequently, and new diseases such as avian influenza and bursal disease were introduced and spread rapidly, causing a large number of poultry deaths and seriously endangering the development of poultry industry. At the beginning of 1984, Zelin Wang was transferred to Henan Agricultural University, and innovatively carried out collaborative innovation in Industry-University-Research, and achieved rolling development in the form of cooperation with enterprises.

　　In the past 35 years, Zelin Wang has made many achievements in scientific research and innovation without applying for funds from the state. He has successively obtained 3 invention patents and 12 new veterinary drug certificates, presided over the establishment of a major poultry disease virus germplasm resource bank, and created a concentrated inactivated vaccine research and development platform, which broke the foreign monopoly and completely overcame many major poultry disease epidemic prevention problems such as new and efficient Newcastle disease and infectious bursal disease, and was called "a domestic umbrella for China chickens".

　　The research project "Development and Application of Highly Efficient Concentrated Combined Vaccine against Poultry Diseases" by Professor Zelin Wang from Henan Agricultural University also won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award in 2012. The Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has made statistics on the projects studied by Professor Zelin Wang: within the calculation period of economic benefits, this achievement has created a total of 188.829 billion yuan for the society, with an average annual increase of 15.736 billion yuan for the society; The research expenditure per 1 yuan for this scientific research achievement can increase the net income of 115.81 yuan per year for the society within the calculation period of economic benefits, and the new economic benefits in recent three years are 78.996 billion yuan.

　　At the beginning of 2014, it was learned that Professor Zelin Wang’s team was going to develop a new vaccine, and four companies immediately invested 19.5 million yuan to support it.

　　According to reports, Zelin Wang’s scientific research achievements have been produced on a large scale in more than 20 famous biological products factories across the country, with a 100% conversion rate and an average annual economic benefit of more than 10 billion yuan. Zelin Wang and its independent legal entity have accumulated nearly 100 million yuan in achievement transfer funds and cooperation funds. At present, two listed companies need to pay 8% of their annual market sales as patent royalties to Zelin Wang and Henan Agricultural University for 12 consecutive years because they use Zelin Wang patented technology.

　　Purchase advanced equipment and set up innovation fund.

　　Zelin Wang donated research income several times.

　　According to the school staff, despite the high income from scientific research, Zelin Wang’s personal life is very frugal. At present, the 77-year-old Zelin Wang goes out "if he can walk, he won’t ride a bike; if he can ride a bike, he won’t take a bus; if he can take a bus, he won’t take a taxi."

　　Zelin Wang, who is worth nearly 100 million yuan, spends all his money on scientific research and public welfare. When he earned the first 4 million yuan, Zelin Wang used the money to gradually build two experimental buildings for the school, and purchased the most advanced high-speed centrifuges, overspeed centrifuges, low-speed large-capacity centrifuges, thickeners, freeze dryers and other advanced instruments and equipment in universities in the province at that time.

　　In 2005, the income from the transfer of the new drug certificate developed by Zelin Wang was 5 million yuan. According to the agreement, apart from the income from schools and colleges, individuals and poultry institutes can get 3.45 million yuan. After he got the funds, he gave 2.3 million yuan to the Poultry Institute for laboratory construction, and later donated all the remaining money, of which 1 million yuan was donated to the Poultry Branch of China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Society to set up an innovation fund to encourage young scientists to join the cause of poultry disease prevention.

　　In 2015, two new drug certificates were acquired by two enterprises in Zelin Wang. According to the agreement, the enterprises will pay 8% of their annual sales as patent royalties to Zelin Wang for a period of 12 years. According to the income calculation in recent years, the conservative income in 12 years is 10 million yuan. However, in March 2019, Zelin Wang submitted a report to the school, and donated all the part allocated to him to set up the Institute’s scientific research and innovation fund.

　　Not long ago, Zelin Wang once again found a school and expressed his willingness to donate all the remaining 82.08 million yuan from lifelong scientific research transformation to the school, hoping to build a high-level biosafety level III laboratory, commonly known as P3 laboratory in the industry.

　　"My achievements were achieved under specific historical conditions. Without the support of reform and opening up, schools and colleges, and without everyone’s efforts, it would be impossible." Zelin Wang said, "I am old, but there must be successors in scientific research. The money will only be valuable if it is used where it is needed more."

　　Text/reporter Guo Linlin Coordinator/Jiang Wei