Gather the majestic power to build a strong country in education
Zhong Yaoping. Throughout human history, a prosperous country is prosperous when education is prosperous, and a strong country is strong when education is strong. All the world's great powers are educational powers, and education has always been a key factor in the rise of powerful countries. ”
From the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasizing that building a strong country in education is the basic project of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, to the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China for the first time to arrange and deploy education, science and technology, and talents, and proposed to build a strong country in education by 2035; From the mobilization order issued by the General Secretary of the People's Republic of China in 2018 at the National Education Conference to accelerate the modernization of education, build a strong country in education, and do a good job in education that satisfies the people, to the systematic explanation of the General Secretary in 2023 when the fifth collective study of the 20th Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China on accelerating the construction of a strong country in education, the status and role of education as a major plan of the country and the party have received unprecedented attention, and accelerating the construction of a strong country in education has become a strong voice of the times.
In the historical process of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, leading Chinese-style modernization with the support of the construction of a strong country through education is not only the firm belief and goal of the education front, but also the consensus and action of the whole party and the whole society.
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**The general secretary profoundly pointed out that building a strong country in education is the strategic forerunner of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, an important support for achieving high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance, an effective way to promote common prosperity for all people, and a basic project to comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
The road is simple, and hard work is essential. At present, with a sense of mission and urgency to seize the day, the whole party and the people of the whole country are racing against time and advancing with history to consolidate the foundation of the country's prosperity and strength with the foundation of education. A shocking picture of the construction of an educational power is slowly unfolding, which is exciting.
At the beginning of the new year, the secretary group of the leading group for education work and the party group of the Ministry of Education held the 2024 National Education Work Conference to thoroughly study and implement the important expositions of the general secretary on education, and accelerate the high-quality transformation of the spirit of the important instructions of the general secretary and the grand blueprint for the construction of an educational power into a "real picture". The meeting emphasized that to anchor the goal of building a strong country in education by 2035, it is necessary to look at education beyond education, and focus on promoting Chinese-style modernization to think about the attributes, status and value of education.
Those who observe the situation are clear, and those who are trending are wise. "To look at education beyond education and focus on Chinese-style modernization to think and plan education is to see clearly the great achievements of education since the new era, and to understand how to take the initiative to take action and promote the construction of a strong country in education; We should clearly understand the changes in the current situation at home and abroad, and understand how education can become a strategic guide for the great cause of national rejuvenation and an important support for Chinese modernization; We should clearly understand the global education reform, the competitive trend of scientific and technological development and the law of education development, and understand the fulcrum, ideas and measures of how to build a high-quality education system and build an educational power.
Only by seeing clearly and thinking clearly can we more fully think about and understand the historical position of education, the complex internal and external environment it is facing, and the brand-new mission it shoulders.
Only by seeing clearly and thinking clearly can we have a deeper understanding of the status, role and function of education in promoting Chinese-style modernization, and fully understand the mission, responsibility and work goals to be undertaken in accurately grasping the relationship between education and China, and between Chinese education and the world.
Only by seeing clearly and thinking clearly can we take the initiative to plan policies and measures in the field of education against the benchmark, pay close attention to the implementation of key tasks in the construction of an educational power, take the initiative to take action, and make every effort to promote the realization of the goal of building a strong country in education with wisdom, courage and perseverance that will not stop until the goal is reached.
The three "see clearly and think clearly" have outlined clear ideas and action clues for the majority of cadres and teachers in the education system to study and implement the important expositions of the general secretary on education.
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It seems to be the most ordinary and strange, but it is easy but hard. "Great achievements are the result of struggle. The great achievements are inspiring, the valuable experience is precious, and the glorious mission is inspiring. We must clearly see the great achievements made in education since the new era, and figure out how to take the initiative to promote the construction of a strong country in education.
The gross enrolment rate from pre-school education reached 911%, the beautiful vision of early childhood education has been brought into reality, to the realization of the basic balanced development of compulsory education at the county level, striding towards high-quality and balanced, and then to the gross enrollment rate of higher education to 602%, the level of penetration is getting higher and higher......
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the level of education at all levels has achieved a historic leap, reaching or exceeding the average level of middle- and high-income countries. In a large country with a population of more than 1.4 billion and uneven regional development, such an achievement is not easy! Behind every decimal point multiplied by the huge school-age population base is the sense of gain, happiness and security of tens of thousands of teenagers receiving a better education.
From the first observation of the quantum anomalous Hall effect to the discovery of a new chiral spirocyclic ligand skeleton structure; From the measurement of the gravitational constant, which has the highest accuracy so far, to the "Nine Chapters" and "Zu Chongzhi" have come out successively; From the C919 domestic large passenger aircraft soaring into the sky, to the "Haidou-1" completing the 10,000-meter sea trial; From the full opening of the Beidou satellite navigation system to the successful ...... of the "Struggler".
The continuous emergence of major achievements in basic research and the continuous achievement of new breakthroughs in key core technologies are behind the courage of universities to climb the peak of science and technology, continue to strengthen the position of the main force in basic research, and give full play to the role of the source of major scientific and technological breakthroughs. The service, support and contribution of education are fully demonstrated.
From all-round planning for the cultivation of talents in basic disciplines, attracting more than 10,000 outstanding students to devote themselves to basic disciplines, to continuing to promote the reform of outstanding engineer education and training, and building the world's largest engineering education system ......
Thinking about what the country thinks and what the country is anxious about, the education system focuses on strengthening the cultivation of talents in basic disciplines, engineers, technological innovation and other talents, and the country's "meta-strength", "hard power" and "sharp power" continue to improve.
With comrades as the core, we have pointed out the direction for the development of China's education and provided a fundamental guarantee; For 11 consecutive years, the proportion of national fiscal expenditure on education to GDP has remained above 4%, consolidating the cornerstone of the education priority development strategy and injecting a solid foundation into education development. Adhere to the position of the people, take root in the land of China to run education, rely on the majority of teachers, continue to promote reform and innovation, and make the development path of socialist education with Chinese characteristics clearer.
To see clearly the achievements of great achievements, we should think about how these achievements were achieved, sort out and summarize experience, actively explore new models of reform, find new entry points to improve work effectiveness, and form new governance capabilities. While seeing the great achievements clearly, we should further enhance the sense of responsibility, mission and urgency to accelerate the construction of a strong country in education, find out the shortcomings and deficiencies of education from the national strategic needs and people's expectations, and then find the next step of the work, and play a role in making up for shortcomings and forging long boards.
It is necessary to organize and implement the outline of the plan for the construction of a strong country in education as the main line of work, comprehensively improve the quality of independent training of talents, support high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement as the main direction of attack, and further deepen the reform in an all-round way as the fundamental driving force, and open up new space for development in the direction of digitalization, internationalization and greening of education.
It is necessary to focus on running an education that satisfies the people, grasp well the connotation and requirements of the times that education serves the people, spend greater efforts and make greater efforts to solve the problems of urgency, hardship, sorrow and hope, and respond more positively to the people's new demand for a better education with a fairer and higher-quality education.
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The key to looking at education from the perspective of education, looking at education based on the overall situation, and looking at education in the long term lies in understanding the special significance, special value and special strategy of education as an "important support" and "basic project", accurately understanding and grasping the internal and external situation, environment and conditions of education, accurately recognizing changes, responding scientifically, and actively seeking changes, so as to show responsibility in supporting Chinese-style modernization. We must clearly see the changes in the current situation at home and abroad, and understand how education can become a strategic guide for the great cause of national rejuvenation and an important support for Chinese-style modernization.
The rise and fall of nations depends on education. A history of the rise of a world power is a history of education development. Proceeding from the law of the rise of a strong country, the development level of education, especially higher education, is the core competitiveness of a country, which determines the development level and potential of a country to a large extent. Today, the baton of building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation has historically fallen on our generation. In the face of national rejuvenation, education is facing many opportunities and challenges.
Artificial intelligence, big data, quantum information, biotechnology, ......A new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation in the world is accelerating, bringing unprecedented opportunities and challenges to the country's economic development and education development. How can education adapt to changes and become a leading force in supporting and leading economic and social development?
With the rapid expansion of knowledge and information, the deep learning of artificial intelligence surpasses the modern learning methods of human beings, and the modern school and modern school system are facing institutional challenges......How to cultivate talents who will not be easily replaced by artificial intelligence, where is education going, and how should education itself adapt and seek change?
The strategic guidance and important support are reflected in comprehensively improving the quality of independent talent training, and striving to build a talent training system that meets the requirements of Chinese-style modernization.
Behind the fierce global competition in science and technology, in the final analysis, it is the competition of talents, the essence of innovation-driven is talent-driven, and the essence of a scientific and technological power is a talent power. What kind of talents are needed to realize Chinese-style modernization? The answer is talents with firm ideals and beliefs, high ability and high morale. Only in this way can we respond to the call of the times and shoulder the important task of the times of national rejuvenation.
Adhere to the positioning of strategic guidance and important support, not only to cast the soul of the new people, answer the core topic of establishing morality and cultivating people, and continuously enhance the awareness and recognition of young people with Chinese-style modernization, but also to continuously improve the education system, improve the training system of top-notch innovative talents, cultivate a large number of high-quality talents who can support and lead high-quality development, and build a solid talent foundation for the construction of a strong country.
The strategic guidance and important support are reflected in helping the country achieve high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance, and win the strategic initiative of national development.
The key core technology cannot be bought, bought, or bought. Behind the bans, there is a slowly falling "iron curtain of science and technology", and the construction of "small courtyard walls" on the grounds of *** is becoming a means to curb and suppress China's scientific and technological progress. Science and technology have never had such a profound impact on the future and destiny of the country as they do today, and have never had such a profound impact on the people's lives and well-being as they do today.
To adhere to the positioning of strategic guidance and important support, it is necessary to face the key technologies in the core fields of the country and the major strategic needs of the country, fight a protracted battle for basic research, the battle for tackling key core technologies, and the active battle for the reform of the scientific and technological system, and build a solid foundation for national rejuvenation with the initiative of scientific and technological innovation and the ability to be self-reliant and self-reliant.
The strategic guidance and important support are reflected in promoting high-quality economic and social development and demonstrating the ability to support regional modernization.
From the Yangtze River Delta to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to the central and western regions, the central region, the northeast region and other regions, the strategic consultation meeting on education power has been held in full swing, and the strategic cooperation between ministries and provinces has been deepened and solidified, and fruitful results have been continued. At present, the role of education in helping the high-quality development of the region has become more prominent, which has written a vivid footnote for "what education is in the construction of a strong country".
To adhere to the positioning of strategic guidance and important support, we must firmly believe that only when education, talent, and science and technology are strong, will there be strong industries, strong economies, and strong cities. Actively integrate into the overall situation of regional economic and social development, identify the breakthrough and entry point of serving regional social and economic development, and improve the "adaptability" with regional economic development, so that education can better become a "fast variable" to adapt, support and lead economic and social development.
The strategic guidance and important support are embodied in improving the quality of the population, developing human resources, and promoting the all-round development of people.
The people's yearning for a better life is our goal", "the country is the people, and the people are the country" ......The essence of Chinese modernization is the modernization of people. Education carries the expectations of the general public for a better life of career development, brilliant life and social fairness.
To adhere to the positioning of strategic guidance and important support, we must actively adapt to the changes in population structure, advance the layout of education, better meet the diversified, personalized, dynamic and lifelong education needs of the people, and effectively enhance the support and contribution of education to high-quality development, and the driving force and creativity of common prosperity.
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Historically, education, as the most important social subsystem, has always been a key force in leading and driving social change. At present, education is facing major changes unseen in a century, and the magnificent picture of change is desirable, but also brings challenges and pressures. It is necessary to have a clear understanding of the global trend of education reform and the law of education development, and to understand how to build a high-quality education system and the ideas and measures to build a strong education country.
From ChatGPT to Wensheng's large model Sora, in the exclamation, artificial intelligence has become ubiquitous. The acceleration of technological and industrial transformation has put forward new requirements for talent training. The pedestal of the edifice of education built by mankind over hundreds of years has been violently impacted, from the concept of education to the goal of education, from the content of education to the method of education, and the underlying logic of education is facing reshaping.
Technological forces have conquered cities, technological logic has become more and more widely penetrated, and the value of people has been re-examined. What are the unique advantages of humans not being replaced by robots? How do human beings understand nature, society, and man himself? How can education respond to the new requirements of the intelligent era? The cultivation of emotion, personality, imagination, empathy, creativity, critical thinking, etc., is about how human beings behave themselves.
From climate warming to biodiversity loss, from global geopolitical conflicts to natural disaster shocks ......Human society is in an era of great development, change and adjustment, and global issues are emerging one after another, which tests how education attaches importance to cultivating students' global literacy and plays a role in poverty eradication and protection of the earth.
It is necessary to continue to open up new tracks for education development and shape new advantages for education development, and lead the modernization of education with the support of education digitalization. Educational reform should break through the limitations of tradition, create a new form of digital education, innovate the development path of education modernization, and use digital technology to serve the upgrading of education models, education methods, and education governance, so as to find a "digital fulcrum" for building a high-quality education system and building an education power.
It is necessary to firmly grasp the lifeline of high-quality development and realize the systematic leap and qualitative change from a big country in education to a strong country in education. Party committees at all levels should always adhere to the priority development of education, increase efforts in organizational leadership, development planning, resource guarantee, and funding investment, coordinate the forces of all parties, gather resources from all parties, and ensure that the strategic position of priority development of education is implemented. To consolidate the foundation of a strong country in education, it is necessary to write a good article on the high-quality and balanced development of education, and make basic education more solid. To strengthen the leading role of higher education, talent training should better match the needs of society and better serve high-quality development. To cultivate more skilled craftsmen and craftsmen of great countries, vocational education should show a brighter prospect in the overall promotion of the integration of vocational education, industry and education, and science and education. Only by breaking down the barriers to education connection and building a lifelong learning network that is connected up and down, left and right, and interconnected, can we better serve the lifelong learning of the whole people.
It is necessary to do a good job in the basic project of building the contingent of teachers, and stimulate the potential energy of building a strong country in education. We will continue to improve the teacher education system with Chinese characteristics, and lay a solid foundation for continuously improving teachers' ability to educate people and the level of educational development. Only by introducing more measures to improve teachers, benefit teachers and strengthen teachers, and continue to improve the political, social and professional status of teachers, can we attract more outstanding talents to devote themselves to education and cultivate the "source of living water" for the high-quality development of education.
It is necessary to base ourselves on China, look at the world, and think about Chinese education in the context of global education development. Taking the development of global education as a mirror and coordinates, while strengthening self-confidence, we also see the competitive gap, so as to grasp and enhance the status and ability of Chinese education in world education, form an international comparative advantage, enhance the international influence of China's education, and contribute China's wisdom and strength to global education.
A new journey, the horn is loud; A new departure, a firm step. On the road of striving to promote Chinese-style modernization and strive to build a new chapter of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, teachers and students and cadres in the education system should consciously and actively integrate into the overall situation of Chinese-style modernization, be idealistic and responsible activists, seek truth and be pragmatic, and dare to do good deeds. The whole society should work together to promote the construction of a strong country in education, and work together to achieve the goal of building a strong country in education at an early date. Let us work hard and stride forward, gather the majestic force of building a strong country in education, march rapidly on the journey of Chinese-style modernization, and accelerate the transformation of the grand blueprint drawn by the general secretary into a vivid practice of building a strong country in education, so as to create the foundation of people's happiness with a strong country in education, and consolidate the educational foundation of the country's prosperity and strength.
**: China Education News, Ministry of Education's new government affairs**"Weiyan Education".Editor: Lin Qi.
