In the editorial, Shi Yigong, dean of the
School of Life Sciences at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and Rao Yi, dean of the
School of Life Sciences at Peking University in Beijing, singled out for criticism the funding mechanism for mega science projects in China, alleging that to procure grants, «it's an open secret that doing good research is not as important as schmoozing with
powerful bureaucrats and their favorite experts.»