"In recent years, high-level research universities have cultivated more basic research talents and constantly strengthened their role as the main force of basic research talent training through the 'strong foundation plan' and the basic discipline top talent training plan. This year's government work report proposed to build 288 basic discipline top student training bases and continue to promote the construction of world-class universities and first-class disciplines." CAS Member Gao Song, president of Sun Yat-sen University, said in an exclusive interview with the reporter of Guangming Daily that training top innovative talents in basic disciplines is a major strategic task of building a strong education country. In China's basic research innovation system, high-level research universities have irreplaceable advantages. The representative of Kao Song said that first, the basic research of high-level research universities has a long tradition and deep foundation. The basic discipline layout of high-level research universities is relatively early and relatively complete. Most universities have good academic heritage, and the discipline system is relatively mature and complete. It is the main source of national basic research talents and scientific and technological innovation talents. Second, high-level research universities have natural advantages and resource conditions of interdisciplinary integration. High-level research universities are generally comprehensive universities with multiple disciplines and departments. The comprehensive advantages of multiple disciplines create natural favorable conditions for promoting the cross-integration of disciplines, disciplines, science and education, industry and education. Gao Song said that reviewing the history of science and technology in the world, we will also find that high-level research universities have always been one of the cornerstones of scientific and technological innovation in a country. Gao Song said that China's high-level research-oriented universities have a number of national major scientific and technological basic research supporting platforms and scientific researchers engaged in basic research, and have produced a series of important basic research results. The role of the main force of basic research has been constantly strengthened. "The new era, new situation and new tasks herald new challenges. Under the strategic requirements of" two overall situations ", we should attach great importance to the role and function of high-level research universities as the main force in basic research, and play their important leading role in basic research to a greater extent and depth." Gao Song's representative suggested that we should increase the investment in the "basic scientific research business fees of central universities" of high-level research universities, improve the long-term Basic research investment mechanism of stability. The funding source of colleges and universities is mainly the per student funding, while the normalized funding source for scientific research is only the "basic scientific research business costs of central colleges and universities", which accounts for a relatively low proportion of the overall funding. With the continuous improvement of the basic research capacity of high-level research universities, the investment of this business fee has not adapted to the needs of development. In terms of the existing "stock" funding support mechanism, we should make good use of the investment channel of "basic scientific research business fees of central universities", study the scientific standards for increasing investment as soon as possible, increase the investment scale and strength of this business fee, fully support high-level research universities to carry out independent research topics around the international scientific frontier and national strategic needs, and fully encourage the original exploration from "0 to 1" Research on basic scientific issues of key technologies, "unpopular" basic directions and international scientific and technological cooperation. Gao Song's representative suggested that the "people-oriented" funding model be implemented to build