The "Breaking the Five Onlys" reform is a significant initiative in the new era for advancing the integrated development system and mechanisms of education, science and technology, and talent, and it is also a crucial requirement for supporting high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and promoting Chinese modernization. This paper leads into the evaluation of professional natural science researchers in universities and gives a systematic analysis of the deep-seated issues in the present evaluation mechanism: unclear orientation, ambiguous standards, rigid output indicators, the disconnection between research outcomes and applications, and insufficient impact. It proceeds to explore aspects such as formulating classification standards, enriching evaluation subjects, and optimizing the review mechanisms, and to build a diversified and classified evaluation system, based on in-depth research into the laws governing scientific research in natural sciences and the growth of scientific talents. This system strives to break through the stubborn problems and seeks to achieve a fundamental transformation in evaluation: from a “quantity-oriented” approach to a “quality-oriented” one, from an “individual-oriented” approach to a “strategy-oriented” one, and from a “single academic orientation” to a “diversified value orientation”. This transformation aims to inject strong momentum into achieving high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and building a leading nation in science and technology.

Dong Bin, Song Yanzhuo, Yang Zhiyong, Li Jingwei, Chen Yongqiang. Research on the Optimization Paths of a Diversified Evaluation Mechanism for Professional Technical Talents in Natural Science Research at Universities under the Background of "Breaking the Five Onlys". Frontiers in Educational Research (2026), Vol. 9, Issue 5: 69-75. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2026.090511.

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