On December 27, Wu Yan, director of the Department of higher education of the Ministry of education, introduced at the press conference of the Ministry of education that the Ministry of education will thoroughly implement the decision and deployment of the CPC Central Committee on revitalizing higher education in the central and western regions in the new era, implement the key action of revitalizing higher education in the central and western regions in the new era, stimulate the endogenous driving force and development vitality of higher education in the central and western regions, and comprehensively improve the development level of higher education in the central and western regions. In terms of promoting the development of clusters, Wu Yan introduced that the next step is, on the one hand, to promote university clusters, Take Xi'an and Lanzhou as the strategic fulcrum, give play to the leading role of high-level universities, and drive and lead the overall development of higher education in Northwest China; Take Chongqing and Chengdu as the strategic fulcrum, give play to the agglomeration spillover effect of university clusters, and build a bridgehead for the opening of higher education in Southwest China. On the other hand, build professional clusters, guide colleges and universities in central and Western China to focus on the urgent needs of regional development, deeply promote the construction of new engineering, new medical, new agricultural and new liberal arts, adjust and optimize the professional structure, and create characteristic and advantageous professional clusters. (outlook new era)