In early December 2009, academicians of the two new election list announced one after another  Then there are the statistics: of the 35 new members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 80 percent are current officials of universities or research institutions  More than 85 percent of the 48 new members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering are serving officials  The newly elected members under the age of 60 have the posts of principal, dean, vice president, chairman
There is no rule that officials can not be elected.
 All believe that official status in the selection of academicians played a very large role