Advancing on the road to building a strong education country: A summary of the achievements in the development of education on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China
2024-09-14
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, China's education industry has taken strong steps and opened up a path for the development of socialist education with Chinese characteristics. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has placed education in a strategic position of priority development, leading the education industry to achieve historic achievements and undergo pattern changes, and making great strides towards becoming an education powerhouse. Framework: Build the world's largest and high-quality education system in the Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai, located in the hinterland of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, with vast territory and sparse population, and inconvenient transportation. Once upon a time, obtaining high-quality education and illuminating students' dreams of success were the deepest expectations here. In 2019, with the assistance of Shanghai, Guoluo Xining Ethnic Middle School, which is dedicated to solving the problem of "good education" for children in agricultural and pastoral areas, officially opened. The lush campus environment, well-equipped student dormitories, and digital smart classrooms... This is the home of children from Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Xining, and also the place where they can realize their dreams. In June 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Qinghai for inspection and his first stop was to visit the teachers and classmates at Guoluo Xining Ethnic Middle School. General Secretary Xi Jinping warmly said to his classmates, "Coming here from pastoral areas may bring some changes in your living habits, but you will have more opportunities in your lives. Education is the great plan of the country and the party, and it is related to the development of the country and the future of the nation. At the beginning of the founding of New China, 80% of the population was illiterate, and the gross enrollment rate of higher education was only 0.26%. The low cultural level has become an important obstacle to the development and progress of the nation. After 75 years of unremitting efforts, China has built the world's largest and high-quality education system, and achieved a historic leap in the level of education popularization. According to data, in 2023, there will be 498300 schools of all levels and types in China, with 291 million students in education and 18.918 million full-time teachers. There is both a quantitative improvement and a qualitative leap. The popularization level of preschool education and compulsory education in China has reached the average level of high-income countries, and higher education has entered a globally recognized stage of popularization. A number of universities and a large number of disciplines have already entered the world's advanced level. To cultivate talents for the Party and the country. Focusing on the fundamental task of cultivating morality and nurturing talents, a comprehensive education system for the development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor skills has been established. Starting from the autumn semester of 2024, the newly revised unified textbooks for morality and rule of law, Chinese language, and history will be implemented in primary and junior high schools across the country. The new textbooks have more diverse material selection, more scientific arrangement, and a more distinct educational orientation. As the integration of ideological and political education in primary, secondary, and tertiary schools continues to advance, the Party's innovative theories are not only incorporated into textbooks and classrooms, but also into the mind; Integrating labor education organically into the entire process of youth growth, loving and knowing labor has gradually become a new trend on campus; From continuing to deepen the reform of physical education teaching, implementing aesthetic education immersion programs, and youth reading actions... Nowadays, education is no longer solely based on "intelligence", and a comprehensive coordinated development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor is taking shape. With the vigorous development of education, the channels for students to grow and succeed have become even broader. In December 2022, the General Office of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Deepening the Construction and Reform of the Modern Vocational Education System", which proposed five key tasks, including enhancing the key educational capabilities of vocational schools, and cultivating more high-quality technical and skilled talents, skilled craftsmen, and national craftsmen. Three hundred and sixty rows, each row produces a top scholar. China adheres to the equal importance and coordinated development of vocational education and general education, accelerates the construction of a modern vocational education system, and enables students with different endowments and development interests to effectively learn and diversify their talents. After 75 years of ups and downs, the scientific and cultural literacy of the entire nation has been comprehensively improved, providing strong talent support for national development and laying a solid foundation for the construction of an educational powerhouse. Shortcomings: The sense of education achievement among the people has significantly increased. On July 1st of this year, the Ministry of Education opened a hotline for student financial aid in universities, and universities affiliated with various provinces, regions, municipalities, and central departments have also opened hotlines to provide financial policy consultation and assistance for college freshmen, especially those from economically disadvantaged families. Since its first opening in 2005, the hotline for student financial aid in universities has been continuously open for 20 years. Today, the annual number of student financial aid recipients in China's student financial aid policy system has reached 160 million, fully achieving the goal of providing all necessary assistance. From achieving full coverage and increasingly improving the student financial aid policy system, to supplementing high-quality teachers for rural schools in the central and western regions through the "Special Post Plan"; With the acceleration of the construction of a high-quality education system, the sense of education achievement among the people has significantly increased, from the national fiscal investment in education accounting for no less than 4% of the gross domestic product for more than 10 consecutive years, to the basic balance of compulsory education in all 2895 county-level administrative units across the country. Fully guaranteeing the priority development of education - the national financial investment in education funds maintains the largest expenditure in the general public budget, consolidating the strategic position of education priority development. The "Excellent Teacher Program" annually trains around 10000 undergraduate level normal students for 832 poverty-stricken counties and land border counties in central and western China. Compulsory education teachers should achieve an average salary income level not lower than the average salary income level of local civil servants, and their treatment should continue to improve. The atmosphere of respecting teachers and valuing education in the whole society has become stronger. Satisfying the people's demand for "good education" - implementing the action of expanding and improving the quality of basic education, actively promoting the popularization, inclusiveness, safety, and high-quality development of preschool education, accelerating the high-quality and balanced development of compulsory education, expanding high-quality resources for ordinary high schools, and promoting diversified development; A new pattern of basic education that is more equitable and of higher quality is being constructed, including the implementation of standardized construction projects for compulsory education schools, strengthening the construction of small-scale rural schools and boarding schools in townships. Make every effort to solve urgent, difficult, and anxious problems - facing the shortcomings in the process of educational development, China actively promotes admission to nearby schools without examination, standardized admission by district, and transparent supervision of admission; Significant progress has been made in promoting the "double reduction" work and regulating private compulsory education. The proportion of children of migrant workers who attend public schools and enjoy government purchased degree services exceeds 95%, and compulsory education has entered a new stage of high-quality and balanced development and urban-rural integration. Assisting Development: The ability of education to serve economic and social development continues to enhance, and the journey towards building a strong country and national rejuvenation requires countless high-quality workers, specialized talents, and a large number of top-notch innovative talents. This spring, the Ministry of Education announced the results of the registration and approval of undergraduate majors in ordinary colleges and universities in 2023, as well as the registration and approval of vocational education specialty settings in 2024. The adjustment range is the largest in history, and the specialty settings in universities are more in line with economic and social development. Over the past 75 years, by anchoring national strategic needs and socio-economic development needs, China has continuously promoted education reform and development, and the mission and task of education serving socialist modernization construction have been more fully demonstrated. The key technologies provided by universities are closely related to major national projects such as Shenzhou Flying, Jiaolong Entering the Sea, and Beidou Networking. Universities should fully leverage their role as the main force of basic research and the source of major technological breakthroughs. Among the national science and technology awards in 2023, the the State Natural Science Award, Technological Invention Award and Science and Technology Progress Award led by universities accounted for 75.5%, 75.6% and 56.5% of the total respectively. We are firmly committed to the path of independent talent cultivation, and China has launched the implementation of the "Strong Foundation Plan" and the "Top Talents Training Plan for Basic Disciplines", continuously promoting the reform of education and training for outstanding engineers. More than 70% of the new employees in modern manufacturing, strategic emerging industries, and modern service industries come from vocational colleges, and skilled craftsmen and national craftsmen continue to emerge. To better serve local economic and social development, China is deepening the construction of the "Double First Class" initiative, establishing a system and mechanism for integrating vocational education, industry education, and science education, and promoting the formation of schools, disciplines, and majors that are in line with national strategies. Empowering the construction of a learning oriented society, China has implemented the digital education strategy action, and the national smart education platform has become the world's largest digital center and service platform for educational resources. Everyone can learn, everywhere can learn, and anytime can learn is accelerating its realization. The circle of friends in Chinese education is also constantly expanding. After 75 years of effort, a new pattern of international education exchange and cooperation that is more comprehensive, multi-level, wide-ranging, and proactive is accelerating, and the international influence of education continues to increase. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, 8 out of 10 people were illiterate, and by 2023, the average length of education for the newly added labor force will exceed 14 years; From 147000 college graduates in 1980 to over 10 million by 2022; From only 300000 students enrolled in various vocational schools in 1949 to about 10 million high-quality technical and skilled talents trained annually in vocational schools today... After 75 years of hard work, education has yielded fruitful results. Standing at the new starting point of accelerating the construction of a strong educational country, education is constantly planting the foundation of people's happiness, consolidating the foundation of national prosperity, and making greater contributions to comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation with Chinese path to modernization. (New Society)
Edit：He Chuanning Responsible editor：Su Suiyue
Source：Xinhua
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