First-class projects need salaries to match

THE RESEARCH TEAM of the Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope has recently been seeking to recruit leading scientists and researchers, yet the salaries being offered are not attractive. Beijing News comments:

FAST is one of the most advanced technologies of China, and only top talents in their fields qualify to work here. However, the salary for the job vacancies is far from promising: 100,000 yuan ($14,351) a year.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the average annual salary for researchers, technological service professionals and geological surveyors is 97,000 yuan. If a leading researcher takes a job at FAST, he or she will not be rewarded for their abilities.