Hu Shih once suggested to Chiang Kai-shek that however difficult the situation he should never abandon long-term scientific development, and this is why the Science Development Council, the forerunner to today's National Science Council, came into being.
胡適曾建議蔣介石，再怎麼困難，也不能放棄長期科學發展，因此有國科會前身「科學發展委員會」的設立。