简析延安自然科学院的筹备与建设

Study on the Preparation and Construction of Yan′an Academy of Natural Sciences

1940年前后,由于抗战形势焦灼、国共摩擦加剧,为组织和培养科技人才以求自救,中国共产党决定在边区创办第一所以培养科技人才、开展科学研究为职能的理工科大学——延安自然科学院。由于边区当时存在资金有限、物资紧缺、师资匮乏、生源不足等困难,延安各界针对开办此科研机构的必要性和可能性提出了一些质疑。然而边区技术人员经过自力更生、艰苦奋斗,克服物质和人员上的重重困难,最终成功筹备并创建了这所大学,于1940年9月正式开学,为边区科研工作的开展、科技人员的培养奠定了组织基础,是边区筚路蓝缕开展自然科学教育的重大成果。

Around 1940,due to the situation of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression,the intensified friction between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China,in order to organize and cultivate scientific and technological talents,the Communist Party of China decided to establish Yan′an Academy of Natural Sciences,the first university of science and engineering with the function of cultivating scientific and technological talents and carrying out scientific research in the border region.Because of the limited funds,the shortage of materials,teachers and students,many people in Yan′an raised some doubts about the necessity and possibility of establishing this scientific research institution.However,after hard work,the technical personnel in the border region overcame many difficulties,finally successfully established the university.It officially opened in September 1940,laying the organizational foundation for the development of scientific research and the cultivation of scientific and technological personnel,which was a significant achievement of the natural science education in the border region.