``Fourteen Articles on Scientific Work'' refers to the ``Fourteen Suggestions on the Present Work of the Research Institutes of Natural Sciences (Draft)'' jointly put forward in June 1961 by the groups of leading Party members in the State Science and Technology Commission and the Chinese Academy of Sciences and approved by the Central Committee in July of the same year for trial implementation. In its instruction conveying its approval of the draft document, the Central Committee pointed out: ``It is of vital importance to do successful work among the intellectuals.'' ``In recent years, quite a few comrades have adopted a one-sided approach to knowledge and the intellectuals, and the handling of related matters in an oversimplified and crude way has also become somewhat more widespread. Serious attention must be attached to this question so as to ensure that a correct attitude will be taken and the Party's related policies will be correctly implemented.'' This draft document formulated a series of specific policies on the correct understanding of the standards by which workers in the natural sciences are considered ``red and expert''; on the correct implementation of the policy of ``letting a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend'' and of the principle of integrating theory with practice; on defining the fundamental tasks of the scientific research institutes (achieving positive research results and training qualified personnel); on maintaining stability in scientific research work and ensuring adequate time for it; and on improving the Party's method of leadership in research institutes. The Central Committee held that the guidelines set forth in this document were applicable to all departments and units employing intellectuals.