(Source: "Guangming Daily"2026-02-25）
[Guangming Forum]
The prosperity of education will make the country prosperous, and the strong education will make the country strong. Promoting high-level opening up of education to the outside world is an inevitable requirement for accelerating the construction of an educational power. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to improve the strategic strategy of education opening to the outside world, coordinate the two major articles of "bringing in" and "going out", and effectively utilize world-class educational resources and innovative elements to make my country an important world education center with strong influence. Building an important education center with global influence is a necessary and important issue in building an educational power. It points out the direction for continuously improving the international influence, competitiveness and voice of my country's education in the new era.
"Outline of the Plan for Building a Powerful Nation through Education (2024—2035Year)》Proposed“Improve the strategic strategy of education opening to the outside world and build an important education center with global influence”. "Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the Fifteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development" clearly states“Promote the positive interaction between independent innovation in science and technology and independent cultivation of talents, and build an education center, science center, and talent center with global influence”。20267192_7316
Since modern times, the formation of important education centers in the world has always resonated with the development of an open economy, the prosperity of ideology and culture, and the transformation of science and technology industry. Educational central cities are highlands where high-quality resources gather and integration hubs of innovative elements. With their highly concentrated educational resources, continuous knowledge innovation capabilities, and superior talent training mechanisms, these cities have become core carriers for the coordinated development of education, science and technology, and talents. They not only provide intellectual support for national development, but also contribute important forces to global education governance.
At present, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation are developing in depth. International competition around high-quality talents and technological commanding heights is unprecedentedly fierce. The global educational cooperation map and educational cooperation paradigm are undergoing profound changes. my country is facing unprecedented historical opportunities in building a global education center. As the core unit of modern governance, cities play a key role in this process. Educational central cities are not only gathering places for high-quality educational resources, but also the main battlefield to promote the in-depth integration of education, technology, and talents. It is not only an important support for a powerful country in education, but also a window to showcase the country’s educational strength. It has a number of world-class universities, a high-level graduate education system, and an open and inclusive study abroad environment. It can become a source of innovation for global educational ideas, a test field for educational reform, and a connection point for educational cooperation. From the perspective of knowledge production, education center cities transform knowledge into technological achievements through industry-university-research collaborative innovation, injecting impetus into industrial upgrading and maximizing the release of educational value.
Constructing a global education center city evaluation system with Chinese characteristics is an important exploration to enhance the voice of education opening to the outside world, and is a vivid practice of "strengthening standard leadership and brand building" in the opening up of high-level education to the outside world. For example, the w88 casino launched the "Global Education Center City Evaluation" project, adhering to the principles of data availability, indicator comparability, and leading the times, to build a system that covers educational development, contribution, support, and service4First-level indicator,12Secondary indicators,24Evaluation framework for three-level indicators, released for the first time“Global Education Center City100strong(2025）”List. The list shows Europe, Asia, and North America“Three pillars”8791_8859
Building an important education center with global influence and actively participating in global education governance requires coordinated advancement and long-term success. Adhere to the strategy of opening up to the outside world and do a good job in the two-way process of "bringing in" and "going out". It is necessary not only to absorb world-class educational resources and innovative elements, but also to promote Chinese educational concepts, standards and models to the world; to strengthen the carrier role of education center cities, with Beijing, Shanghai and other first-mover cities as the lead, to create a number of internationally competitive educational highlands, and to radiate and drive regional education associations. develop together; deepen the integration of industry, academia and research, build an ecological system for the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talents, so that educational innovation results can be better transformed into development momentum; improve the education evaluation system, continue to enhance the voice of Chinese education in global governance, and tell the wonderful story of the high-quality development of Chinese education.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, my country actively participated in the improvement and innovation of the global education governance system and became an important participant and contributor in global education innovation and cooperation. The international influence of my country's education has continued to demonstrate. Looking forward to the "15th Five-Year Plan", we must grasp the new missions, new challenges, and new opportunities facing education from a more forward-looking perspective, use the strength of education to consolidate the foundation of national prosperity, promote mutual learning among civilizations through educational openness, and inject a steady stream of surging momentum into the great cause of building a powerful country through education and national rejuvenation.
(AuthorHuang Baoyin is Secretary of the Party Committee and Researcher at the w88 casino）
