19 years ago, Japan made a bold statement: to win 30 Nobel Prizes in 50 years. Has it achieved it now?

It is undeniable that Japan is a very powerful country. They dared to attack us with a small territory. Of course, they lost in the end. Although the other party's expansion failed, Japan still cannot be underestimated in terms of technology. Nineteen years ago, Japan even proudly said that it would win 30 Nobel Prizes in 50 years. So how many has Japan won so far?

In 2001, Japan proposed the so-called "50 30" plan. This plan is to win 30 Nobel Prizes in 50 years. When this plan was first proposed, basically no country was willing to believe that Japan could succeed. After all, even the United States may not be able to guarantee that it can do this kind of thing, let alone Japan. But what people didn’t expect was that in the 19 years since the plan was proposed, Japan had actually won 19 Nobel Prizes. This also illustrates the strength of Japanese scientific research from the side. After all, not all countries can achieve one Nobel Prize a year.

At this time, some people are curious, why is Japan, a country with a small land area, able to achieve such amazing achievements? In fact, most of the Nobel Prize winners achieved their achievements in the 1970s and 1980s. Therefore, when we want to understand why Japan has such strong scientific research strength, we must We must first understand what happened in Japan in the 1970s and 1980s in order to achieve such amazing achievements.

In the 1960s, in order to develop its country's economy, Japan formulated a series of economic recovery plans. At the same time, while the economy is developing, Japan has also formulated a plan for domestic science and technology development, and it is estimated that 20% of the national income will be devoted to scientific research. Although two world economic crises broke out later, Japan's economy is still developing. It seems that Japan's economic development policy is very successful, and it is precisely because of its economic development that it has money to invest in scientific research. Japan's success Economic development plays a vital role in Japan's ability to win so many Nobel Prizes.

By 1975, Japan’s proportion of the national economy invested in scientific research had exceeded 2. At the same time, a large number of scientific research talents have been born in Japan, laying a solid foundation for Japan's scientific development. Moreover, over the years, those who have won Nobel Prizes in Japan have basically graduated from famous local universities in Japan. This means that Japan has the ability to cultivate Nobel Prize winners.

So this so-called "50 30" plan may not be a joke to Japan. Although it was a defeated country in World War II, Japan has never given up on its own development. It is precisely because of this that although Japan is a small country, it still cannot be underestimated by us. The more and more Nobel Prize winners in Japan also prove to us one thing, that is, Japan's scientific and technological level is getting higher and higher, and it is even the top level in the world. For us, this is not A friendly signal. If we don't pay attention, we will easily be left behind. Therefore, we need to work harder.