Some time ago, the "two sessions" were held intensively, and education has once again become one of the hottest keywords, at the moment when population growth has entered a downward trend, many places are still planning to increase the number of basic education degrees, and the wave of education groups is still surging, and under the guidance of the national education work conference, the exploration of the characteristics of high school has also been mentioned many times, and at the same time, promoting the opening up of high-level education is still the focus of national and local education work in 2024. In the relevant reports of the National Education Work Conference and the local "Two Sessions", in this issue, we will look for new trends in education development in the 2023 "report card" and the 2024 work deployment.
01 2024 Education Industry Panorama: Bravely Facing the Population Downturn.
Let's start by sharing a set of the latest data-
On January 17, 2024, a press conference on the national economic situation in 2023 was held, according to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, the national population at the end of 2023 was 140967 million, a decrease of 2.08 million; In 2023, the number of births will be 9.02 million, and the birth rate will be 639‰；The number of deaths was 11.1 million, and the mortality rate of the population was 787‰；The natural growth rate of the population is -148‰。
Since 1949, 2023 is the second year in which the natural growth rate of the population is negative, and the last year of negative growth was in 1960 under the influence of natural disasters.
Also released on the same day was the 2023 GDP data, according to the preliminary calculation, the national GDP in 2023 is 12606 trillion, with a growth rate of 52%。
On the day after the release of various data, A-shares opened lower and went lower, and the two cities** fell by more than 2%.
However, it should be noted that in addition to the negative population growth, there is another new trend that deserves attention, that is, the increasing urbanization rate. According to the data of the Bureau of Statistics, in terms of urban and rural composition, the permanent urban population was 932.67 million, an increase of 11.96 million over the end of the previous year; The permanent population in rural areas was 477 million, a decrease of 14.04 million. This also seems to be one of the driving forces behind the increase in primary and secondary school places in the major cities below.
On January 11, a week before the release of macroeconomic data, the 2024 National Education Work Conference was held, and the meeting deployed the key tasks of the year's education work from 7 aspects: focus on building a new ecological and new pattern for the implementation of the fundamental task of establishing morality and cultivating people; strengthen the leading role of higher education; further consolidate the basic education base; enhancing the adaptability and attractiveness of vocational education; Continuously open up a new track of education digitalization; resolutely promote the opening up of high-level education to the outside world; Guided by the spirit of educators, we will strengthen the construction of high-quality teachers.
On the whole, focusing on the fundamental task of cultivating morality, the education work in 2024 revolves around the key words of higher education, basic education, vocational education, education digitalization, education opening to the outside world, and teacher team construction. In the local ** work report, the key work on education, whether it is the summary of 2023 or the outlook for 2024, also revolves around these aspects. For example, increasing the number of primary and secondary school places, building "air classrooms", promoting balanced development, continuing to promote double reduction, and talent policies and other ......
02 New schools and more degrees are being built, and hot cities are facing new tasks.
Focusing on several key words, we explore the 2023 summary and 2024 outlook of the international education highland from the work report of the hotspot city ** of international education development.
Beijing. On the morning of January 21, the second session of the 16th Beijing Municipal People's Congress released the first work report, in terms of education, the report from two aspects: work review in 2023 and key tasks in 2024.
Review of work in 2023: Strive to run an education that satisfies the people, introduce inclusive childcare policies, add more than 6,000 new nursery places in kindergartens, and the coverage rate of inclusive kindergartens will reach 93%; 3. New primary and secondary school places80,000 to achieve full coverage of "hand-in-hand" pairing of compulsory education schools, and release and implement a new round of reform plan for the high school entrance examination; Accelerate the development of municipal colleges and universities.
Key tasks in 2024: Deepen the reform and development of education. 20,000 new primary and secondary school places were added. We will continue to deepen the work of "double reduction", make good use of artificial intelligence and big data technology, improve the digital curriculum system of the whole school period and all disciplines of the "air classroom", and improve the school's education and teaching capabilities. Promote the diversified development of high-quality characteristics of ordinary high schools, optimize and adjust the layout of vocational education majors, support the construction of "double first-class" colleges and universities in Beijing, promote the high-quality development of Liangxiang University Town and Shahe Higher Education Park, and strive to build a top-notch innovative talent training system. Give full play to the role of high-tech innovation centers to promote the integration of industry and education, and the integration of science and education.
Shanghai. On January 23, the second session of the 16th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress released the ** work report, which mentioned in the review of the work in 2023 and the key tasks in 2024 in education
Review of work in 2023: 579 summer nursery classes for primary school students will be opened, and 5,308 new community childcare places will be added. We have accelerated the construction of a high-quality education system, launched the implementation of the "New Five Standards" for compulsory education, deepened the pilot project of comprehensive reform of higher education, optimized and adjusted the structure and layout of vocational colleges, and established the STEM Education Research Institute of UNESCO Class I Center in Shanghai.
Key tasks in 2024: Continue to promote the comprehensive reform of higher education, thoroughly implement the plans of "double first-class", peak plateau disciplines, and the construction of high-level local universities, rely on high-level research universities to build a new highland for basic research, and classify the layout of vocational education industry-education integration platform.
We will further promote the construction of five new cities, provide high-quality public services, and build 26 new primary and secondary schools and kindergartens.
Guangzhou. On January 15, the fourth meeting of the 16th Guangzhou Municipal People's Congress issued a work report, which pointed out:
Review of work in 2023: Deepening comprehensive cooperation between Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macao. Accelerate the construction of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Headquarters Base for Mainland Transfer and Transformation and the Guangzhou-Hong Kong Science and Technology Cooperation Park, and successfully completed the first undergraduate enrollment plan of HKUST (Guangzhou). Implemented the pilot program of endorsement for talents travelling to and from Hong Kong and Macao, and handled 5,360 endorsements. Seven cross-border social security service projects have been implemented, and the Health Service Center for Hong Kong and Macao Residents has been officially opened. There were 49 new pairs of sister schools in Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macao, an increase of 145%。
8720,000, an increase of 7,485 regular high school enrollment plans, an increase of 119%。The proportion of students "sleeping on their back" during lunch break reached 996%。There are 13 new vocational schools that meet the standards for running schools. Guangzhou players won 13 gold medals in the second national vocational skills competition, ranking first among sub-provincial cities. There are 86 new postdoctoral research platforms in the city, 48 national leading talents, and 6 new academicians of the "two academies" in Guangzhou. A total of 1,738 green cards were newly issued, and the foreign talent attraction index ranked among the top three in the country.
Key tasks in 2024: Strengthen the support of science and technology education talents, and shape new momentum and potential energy for development.
Carry out the "2+2+1" assistance action to strengthen the foundation and improve the quality of basic education, and create a national preschool education universal and inclusive area and a high-quality and balanced development zone for compulsory education. We will promote the plan to tackle key high school degrees, speed up the construction of key projects such as the Bay Area School (Phase II Campus) of Tsinghua University High School and the Knowledge City Campus of China Normal High School, build more than 10,000 ordinary high school places, and increase the number of public basic education places by 70,000. Promote the construction of vocational education at the undergraduate level and the "double high plan". We will further implement the project of meeting the standards for running vocational schools, and complete the settlement of 12 vocational colleges in Guangzhou Science and Education City to promote the integrated development of industry and education. Do a good job in preparing for the 47th WorldSkills Competition.
Promote the construction of higher education connotation, deepen the construction of high-level universities, support the construction of "double first-class" universities of Guangzhou Medical University, the construction of new engineering programs of Guangzhou University and the development of other local universities, and support the construction of HKUST (Guangzhou) into a world-class research university. Do a good job in special education, so that every child can have a fair opportunity to receive education and shine in life.
Shenzhen. On the morning of January 30, the Fifth Session of the Seventh People's Congress of Shenzhen announced the work report of Shenzhen, which pointed out:
Review of work in 2023: 182 kindergartens, primary and secondary schools have been newly renovated and expanded, and 20 new basic education degrees have been added70,000 and 1 bracket60,000, 25 high-quality primary and secondary education groups.
Key tasks in 2024: In the Shenzhen 2024 major project plan and ** investment project plan (draft) prepared by the Shenzhen Municipal Development and Reform Commission, it is proposed that in 2024, Shenzhen will accelerate the construction of education and medical projects such as Ocean University (Phase I) and Shenshan High School Park.
Suzhou. On January 16, the third session of the 17th Suzhou Municipal People's Congress was held, and the report pointed out:
Review of work in 2023: 37 new primary and secondary schools and kindergartens will be renovated and expanded, and 4 new places will be added60,000 classrooms in 560 public primary and secondary schools are all equipped with air conditioning. To protect the physical and mental health of students, primary and secondary schools are equipped with full-time school doctors and psychological teachers to achieve full coverage. Zhangjiagang, Changshu and Taicang have passed the on-site verification of the national compulsory education quality and balance assessment. Nanjing University Suzhou Campus welcomed the first batch of students, and four disciplines of Soochow University entered the top 1 of ESI in the world.
Key tasks in 2024: comprehensively upgrade the talent policy, enhance competitiveness, establish a classified directory list of high-level talents at home and abroad, improve the level of convenient and intelligent services in terms of settlement, housing, and children's education, and make every effort to build a preferred city for returned talents. Continue to polish the International Elite Entrepreneurship Week and the International Maker Competition.
Accelerate the creation of a modern education highland. Optimize the allocation of educational resources, build and expand 23 primary and secondary schools, improve the closeness and coverage of famous school groups, promote the facilitation of school enrollment for children of permanent residents, and strive to achieve full coverage of counties (cities and districts) with high-quality and balanced development of compulsory education in the province, and lead the province in high-quality ordinary high schools with high characteristics.
Strengthen the integrated development of education, science and technology talents, promote the construction of high-level research universities, support Soochow University to build a world-class university with Chinese characteristics, accelerate the development of Nanjing University Suzhou Campus and the Suzhou Advanced Research Institute of the University of Science and Technology of China, improve the level of Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools such as Duke Kunshan and Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool, deepen school-local cooperation, and support the characteristic development of universities in Suzhou. Promote the construction of "double highs" in higher vocational colleges, and build a city-wide industry-education consortium and an industry-education integration community.
Epilogue. It can be clearly seen from the ** work report of hot cities that although the length of the ** report of each city is different and the focus is different, it is basically the same as the 7 key tasks in the 2024 National Education Work Conference. 2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and a crucial year for cities to achieve the goals and tasks of the 14th Five-Year Plan.
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