Solve problems, work hard, and strive forward. At the 2024 National Education Conference held from January 11 to 12, Huai Jinpeng, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of the Ministry of Education, said loudly: "To anchor the goal of building an educational power by 2035, we must look at education outside of education, focus on promoting Chinese path to modernization, the biggest politics, have a deep understanding of the main direction and strategic layout of an educational power, enhance historical initiative and strategic thinking, and write a new chapter of leading Chinese path to modernization with the support of building an educational power." Focusing on the theme and spirit of the conference, the delegates at the conference made suggestions for promoting high-quality development of education at a new historical starting point. Facing the goal of building a strong education country by 2035, everyone is full of spirit and enthusiasm. With a task book, roadmap, and schedule in hand, how can we plan the education work for the next year at key historical junctures? Let's listen to what the heads of education departments from various regions have to say - Mao Jie, Deputy Secretary of the Education Working Committee of the Henan Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Provincial Department of Education - in the future, Henan will continue to implement the vocational education highland construction project. Building a modern vocational education system. Intensify the supply side structural reform of vocational education, deepen the integration of vocational education, industry and education, and science and education. Focusing on the leading advantageous industries in Henan Province and the key cultivation of 28 billion level industrial chains, we aim to create a group of industry education integration communities. Zhu Kongjun, Secretary of the Education Working Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Provincial Department of Education, stated that higher education and even the entire education sector require long-term and stable support, rather than "shooting one gun for another". Next, Guangdong will focus on organized scientific research in higher education, especially in the field of basic research, and pay more attention to talent cultivation in urgently needed disciplines. Liu Yanbing, Secretary of the Education Working Committee of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee and Director of the Municipal Education Commission - The two key words of basic education are fairness and quality. We should pay special attention to the trend of population change, strengthen forward-looking layout, deepen the expansion and improvement of basic education, consolidate and deepen the achievements of "double reduction", make basic education a lever that benefits the people and creates a good ecology for basic education. Chen Chunlei, full-time deputy secretary of the Education Working Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and deputy secretary of the Party Group of the Provincial Department of Education - The meeting has provided us with many new ideas, which are thought-provoking. In the construction of a powerful country, education must be, and education will certainly make great achievements. We should think about education in the "big country" and in the overall situation of Chinese path to modernization. Wu Jinchang, Deputy Director of the Education Department of Guangxi, pointed out that if we do not fill the gaps in building a strong country, there will be gaps, especially in border areas with ethnic minorities. Due to weak foundations and weak financial resources, there is still a gap in development foundation. We will mobilize more high-quality resources to support the development of weak areas, especially in terms of policy and financial support. Mao Caisheng, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Education Bureau of Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, emphasized the importance of developing vocational undergraduate education and cultivating outstanding engineers. Next, we will closely connect with the industrial needs of our city, vigorously implement the integration of industry, education, science and education, and accelerate the cultivation of a group of innovative and applied talents urgently needed for enterprise development. (Lai Xin She)