《中共中央关于科学技术体制改革的决定》颁发以后,我们曾就当前青年知识分子发挥作用的情况进行了一次比较全面、广泛的调查。我们感到,在影响青年知识分子发挥作用的诸种因素中,旧观念的束缚和压抑乃是一个不可忽视的重要方面。旧观念在科技和教育界的主要表现近几年,随着改革的不断深入和对外开放的日益扩大,人们的思想观念发生了很大变化,从而为青年人才脱颖而出、发挥作用提供了良好的社会环境,但是也要看到,由于各种原因,致使不少旧观念至今还潜藏在一些同志的思想意识之中,并不时地妨碍和影响着广大 After the CPC Central Committee’s Decision on the Reform of Science and Technology System was issued, we conducted a more comprehensive and extensive investigation into the role played by the current young intellectuals. We feel that the restraint and repression of the old ideas are an important aspect that can not be ignored in the various factors that affect the role of young intellectuals. In recent years, with the continuous deepening of reform and the opening up to the outside world, great changes have taken place in people’s ideas and concepts so as to provide a good society for young talents to stand out and play their role. However, we must also realize that many old ideas have so far been hidden in the minds of some comrades due to various reasons and have, from time to time, hampered and affected the vast