Southern Network News (Reporter Chen Weifeng) High-quality development, what is education? The Guangdong Provincial Party Committee issued the opinions on building a strong province in education in document No. 1 of 2024, systematically deploying the "eight major projects" of education, highlighting the strong determination to adhere to the priority development of education.
On the morning of February 18, the first working day after the Spring Festival holiday in the Year of the Dragon, the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and the provincial ** held a provincial high-quality development conference in Shenzhen. "Based on the provincial conditions of a province with a large population and a large education province, Guangdong has transformed the demographic dividend into an innovation dividend and a development dividend with high-quality education. Zhu Kongjun, director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education, said in his speech at the conference that Guangdong will accelerate the construction of an educational pattern of urban-rural integration, regional coordination, inter-school complementarity and group sharing.
He introduced that on the basis of the 610,000 new public places in basic education in the province last year, Guangdong will accelerate the construction of high-quality public degrees, and will add 130,000 public degrees for preschool education, 800,000 for compulsory education, and 130,000 for ordinary high schools this year and next year.
Guangdong will improve the conditions for running vocational education and strengthen the construction of high-level vocational colleges and majors (groups). Arrangement 43500 million yuan to promote the "strengthening of higher education", and strive to add 3-4 high-quality undergraduate universities, 1-2 doctoral degree authorized universities, and 3-4 master's degree authorized universities. Carry forward the spirit of educators, build a team of high-quality professional teachers, and consolidate the foundation for high-quality development of education.
Enhance the support for the high-quality development of education services.
Education is at an important combination point of "science and technology is the primary productive force, talent is the first resource, and innovation is the first driving force". The Guangdong Provincial Department of Education will smooth the virtuous cycle of education, science and technology, and talents, build a talent base to support the development of new productive forces, and form a multiplier effect to promote high-quality development. We will further implement the "long-foundation plan" for the cultivation of talents in basic disciplines, and accelerate the cultivation of various strategic talents such as integrated circuits, industrial software, and foreign-related rule of law, as well as urgently needed talents.
Last year, there were 4 new academicians in colleges and universities in the province, and 6 national key laboratories and 2 national outstanding engineer colleges were approved, and this year we strive to add about 10 new national, provincial and ministerial innovation platforms and more than 2,000 transformation innovation achievements. Promote the construction of pilot cities for the integration of industry and education, and cultivate 28 municipal industry-education consortia and 79 industry-education integration communities. Promote the formal establishment of the City University of Hong Kong (Dongguan) to attract more world-class educational resources and innovative elements.
Join the front line of the "Millions Project".
Serving local economic and social development is an important responsibility and value of universities. Zhu Kongjun said that the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education will meet the needs of the local government, do its best to educate, in-depth implementation of the "Millions of Projects" education action and 100 schools and 100 counties to help the "Hundreds of Thousands of Projects" action, organize 12 normal colleges to vertically help 15 underdeveloped areas, 227 counties in pairs of trusteeship assistance, comprehensively improve the level of "three schools" in townships and counties, and improve the quality of rural education.
Guangdong promotes the first batch of 57 counties (cities) of 82 colleges and universities to build in pairs, each to create more than 1 demonstration model of co-construction projects, and organize the second batch of colleges and universities to pair with 52 agriculture-related areas to help the planning and construction of rural layout, create beautiful polder towns, improve rural features, strengthen scientific and technological support, talent training and decision-making consulting services, and transform teaching and scientific research achievements into new momentum for the development of rural industries, so that the majority of teachers and students can write on the land of southern Guangdong and jointly draw a magnificent picture of the "Millions of Projects".