'This project has been carried out to this extent and should not be interrupted. I agree to approve it and no longer hesitate.'
On December 22, 1981, Deng Xiaoping made the above instructions on an 'emergency report'. Regarding the matters mentioned in the report, Deng Xiaoping emphasized 'no longer hesitate' three times.
The report from the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences wrote: 'Request the Central Authorities to approve the positive and negative electron collider program reported on December 5th...' In addition to Deng Xiaoping, Hu Yaobang, plus Wan Li and Yao Yilin Deputy Prime Minister.
Three days after the report was submitted, Deng Xiaoping met with Professor Li Zhengdao, who was enthusiastic about Sino-US high-energy physics cooperation. Before the meeting, Deng Xiaoping said to Li Chang, the then party secretary of the Chinese Academy of Sciences: 'Be persistent, make up your mind, don't hesitate any more.' When the project progressed and funded, he said to Yao Yilin: 'The five-year period, the funds should be relaxed, don't hesitate any more, this benefit is great.'
37 years ago, it was these three 'no longer hesitate' that the Beijing positive and negative electron collider project was successfully launched, which opened a new chapter in China's high-energy physics research.
