Research bases are not places for recreation

THIRTY KILOMETERS from Kunming, the capital of Southwest China's Yunnan province, is a field base of the provincial environmental science research institute established to conduct research on rare and endangered plants. But a resort and golf course have been built on its campus where some people indulge in recreation, Beijing Times commented on Wednesday:

The recreation facilities, including "four star" guesthouses, restaurants, must have cost millions of yuan to build. Journalists did not find the relevant information on public bidding, so no one knows where the funds for the facilities came from.

Even if the funding proves to be proper, the institute still has to use its resources for scientific research, instead of trying to entertain a few or simply go for profits.