Exclusive interview with Zhao Zhongxiu, President of the w88 casino: National innovation drive needs high-level universities to boost it
(Source: China Economic Weekly 2024-07-29)
The campus of the w88 casino in midsummer is quiet and quiet. Summer vacation has already begun, but Principal Zhao Zhongxiu’s schedule is still full.
As early as 1991, he became associated with the w88 casino and taught in the International w88 Department of the w88 casino. As a well-known expert in the field of international w88 and industrial economics, Zhao Zhongxiu has long been engaged in international w88, industrial economics, and global value chain research. As the “ruler” of universities, this year is Zhao Zhongxiu’s second year as president of the w88 casino.
Under his leadership, the w88 casino is focusing on comprehensively improving the quality of independent talent cultivation, promoting and optimizing the discipline layout through reform and innovation, forming a new pattern of strengthening the construction of main disciplines, supporting disciplines with distinctive characteristics, profound and solid basic disciplines, cultivating disciplines going hand in hand, and innovative development of emerging interdisciplinary disciplines.
On July 19, a reporter from "China Economic Weekly" conducted an exclusive interview with President Zhao Zhongxiu on issues related to how my country's w88 slot can accelerate the construction of world-class w88 slot and advantageous disciplines with Chinese characteristics.
How to understand the importance of university reform
"China Economic Weekly":Since the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan”, the structure of higher education in my country has undergone a series of profound adjustments, and higher education has entered the stage of universalization. The "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Comprehensively Deepening Reform and Promoting Chinese-style Modernization" (hereinafter referred to as the "Decision") proposes to promote the reform of colleges and w88 slot in categories. How to understand the significance and importance of this round of college reform?
Zhao Zhongxiu:The "Decision" proposes to promote the reform of colleges and w88 slot by category, establish a discipline setting adjustment mechanism and talent training model driven by scientific and technological development and national strategic needs, make an extraordinary layout of urgently needed disciplines and majors, strengthen the construction of basic disciplines, emerging disciplines, interdisciplinary disciplines and the cultivation of top talents, and strive to strengthen the cultivation of innovative capabilities. This points out the direction for the next reform of colleges and w88 slot.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our party has deeply implemented the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education, the strategy of strengthening the country through talent, and the strategy of innovation-driven development, integratedly promoted educational development, technological innovation, and talent training, and continuously strengthened support for modernization. Especially during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, my country's higher education has accurately identified changes, actively responded to changes, and proactively sought changes. It has closely focused on the fundamental task of "building moral education and cultivating people", firmly grasped the core point of comprehensively improving talent training capabilities, firmly grasped the two strategic pivots of improving quality and promoting equity, and continued to comprehensively revitalize undergraduate education. Higher education has entered the universal development stage, which to a certain extent meets the needs of higher education for national strategic development.
However, the in-depth development of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation requires us to take the path of independent training of talents and achieve high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance to meet the urgent needs of the new round of change. Economic and social development has diverse demands on schools and talents. Colleges and w88 slot need both "all-round players" and "single champions." Regarding promoting the reform of colleges and w88 slot by classification, next, the Ministry of Education will clarify the development positioning of various types of colleges and w88 slot, establish classified management and classification evaluation mechanisms, and guide different types of colleges and w88 slot to shape and leverage the advantages of colleges and w88 slot in different fields and different tracks, pursue excellence, and develop characteristics. The purpose is to accelerate the construction of world-class w88 slot and advantageous disciplines with Chinese characteristics, implement first-class discipline training actions, focus on the direction of breakthroughs in advantages, create a number of first-class discipline benchmarks, and enhance discipline construction capabilities in the completion of major tasks.
"China Economic Weekly":Education, science and technology, and talents are the basic and strategic support for comprehensively building a modern socialist country. How to understand the relationship between education, technology and talents?
Zhao Zhongxiu:Education, technology, and talent are actually a trinity, which contains a certain logical incremental relationship: education is the foundation, technology is the driving force, and talent is the key. Education is not only the transfer of knowledge, but also the cultivation of innovative thinking and practical abilities. Talents cultivated through education can promote scientific and technological progress and lead the development of scientific and technological innovation, and scientific and technological innovation can drive industrial upgrading and economic development, and solve major problems in social development. Without technological progress, modernization goals will be difficult to achieve. High-quality talents are the main body of scientific and technological innovation, and they promote scientific and technological progress through scientific research and innovation activities. Excellent educators are also talents, cultivating the next generation of innovative talents through educational activities. The cultivation and use of talents is the core link in realizing the dual-wheel drive of education and science and technology.
Photo by Wang Hongru I, reporter of "China Economic Weekly"
Which w88 slot can lead the world’s scientific and technological trends
"China Economic Weekly":The level of higher education in our country is constantly improving, and it is gradually moving towards a stage of high-quality development. What achievements have been made in this process?
Zhao Zhongxiu:Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country’s higher education has advanced with the motherland and kept pace with the times. It has taken solid steps in continuously meeting the people’s needs for higher education and created development achievements that have attracted worldwide attention. The first is the popularization of higher education. On the one hand, the gross enrollment rate has increased significantly. The gross enrollment rate of my country's higher education has gradually increased from less than 15% before 1999 to 57.8% in 2021. This shows that my country's higher education has made a historic leap in popularization. On the other hand, the number of people receiving higher education has increased significantly, reaching 240 million, and the quality of the entire population has been steadily improved.
The second is the rapid advancement of the “double first-class” construction. Through the "211" and "985" projects and the "Double First-Class" construction plan, a number of w88 slot and a large number of disciplines have reached the world's advanced level. In the world's first-class subject rankings, our w88 slot perform well in multiple subjects.
The third is to further adjust and optimize the discipline and professional structure. In recent years, after a series of adjustments to the structure of my country's higher education, it has not only strengthened the construction of basic disciplines and emerging disciplines, but also transformed and upgraded some traditional disciplines. It has also actively promoted the development of interdisciplinary disciplines and promoted exchanges and integration between different disciplines.
The fourth is the continuous deepening of reform. The reform of teaching content and teaching methods is always advancing, such as flipped classroom, blended teaching, etc., which have effectively improved the quality and effect of teaching. There are also educational management reforms and educational evaluation reforms, which are based on the rules of running colleges and w88 slot and the rules of student growth, anchoring the requirements of "who to train" and constantly improving the quality of higher education talent training.
The fifth is digital advancement. The Ministry of Education has vigorously promoted the in-depth integration of information technology and education and teaching, improved the quality and efficiency of higher education, and promoted fair and balanced development of education.
"China Economic Weekly":Which type of university do you think can lead the world's scientific and technological trends?
Zhao Zhongxiu:The w88 slot that can lead the world's scientific and technological trends are undoubtedly those w88 slot that deeply integrate education, scientific research and innovation practices, and have excellent international vision and open cooperation spirit. This type of university usually has the following key characteristics: First, it has a first-class teaching staff, which can not only teach the most cutting-edge knowledge, but also stimulate students' innovative thinking and cultivate generations of scientific and technological innovation talents. The second is organized investment in scientific research, providing first-class experimental equipment and research platforms, encouraging cross-disciplinary and cross-field collaborative research, and promoting knowledge integration and collision, thereby producing more disruptive scientific and technological achievements. Third, it has a high level of internationalization, which not only promotes the global flow and sharing of knowledge, but also brings a broader vision and richer resources to w88 slot. The fourth is deep integration into the industry. Through the establishment of an innovation system that deeply integrates industry, academia, and research, we can achieve “cultivating top innovative talents in actual combat” and accelerate scientific and technological achievements to the market. The fifth is to be able to actively assume social responsibilities. We must not only pay attention to the development of science and technology itself, but also pay attention to the impact of science and technology on society and mankind, and contribute wisdom and strength to building a community with a shared future for mankind.
"China Economic Weekly":How should high-level w88 slot strengthen talent cultivation?
Zhao Zhongxiu:The first is to persist in cultivating people with moral integrity and strengthen value guidance. High-level w88 slot should always adhere to the correct political direction, regard moral education as the core task of talent cultivation, and guide students to establish a correct world outlook, outlook on life, and values.
The second is to optimize the layout of disciplines and majors and strengthen the professional foundation. According to the Party Central Committee's strategic deployment of higher education, high-level w88 slot should optimize the layout of disciplines and majors, meet the country's major strategic needs, strengthen the construction of basic disciplines, emerging disciplines and interdisciplinary disciplines, and enhance the overall strength and level of disciplines.
The third is to promote all-round development and improve overall quality. High-level w88 slot should attach great importance to general education, broaden students' knowledge, and cultivate their interdisciplinary thinking and comprehensive literacy. By offering diversified general courses in humanities and social sciences, natural sciences, arts and sports, etc., students’ comprehensive quality and innovation ability are improved.
The fourth is to focus on cultivating a sound personality and strengthen and perfect personality education. Higher education should strengthen and perfect personality education, and make continuous efforts to strengthen ideals and beliefs, foster patriotism, strengthen moral cultivation, increase knowledge and insights, cultivate fighting spirit, and enhance comprehensive quality, so as to promote the all-round development of students and shape a sound personality.
The fifth is to stimulate innovation vitality and cultivate top innovative talents. Build a student-centered innovative talent training system, strengthen the construction of innovative courses and innovation and entrepreneurship platforms, reform the w88 casino's internal governance system, break discipline and professional barriers, deepen cross-disciplinary integration, and reform the innovative talent training model.
How to make breakthroughs in higher education in a technologically powerful country
"China Economic Weekly":Currently, my country’s total social R&D expenditure ranks second in the world. What are the shortcomings in my country’s science and technology industry?
Zhao Zhongxiu:Enter a new era, my country's science and technology industry has made full efforts, made breakthroughs in multiple points, and developed in depth, and has achieved historic achievements, especially the growth rate of R&D expenditures is very fast. In 2023, my country's total social R&D expenditure will exceed 3.3 trillion yuan, ranking second in the world; R&D investment intensity will reach 2.64%, and the full-time equivalent of R&D personnel will rank first in the world.
Achievements are not achieved overnight. For a long time, there have been some shortcomings in the development of my country's science and technology undertakings, which have restricted the improvement of my country's innovation capabilities and the stimulation of the vitality of innovation entities, mainly at the enterprise level. Enterprises generally have insufficient investment in R&D and lack sustainable independent R&D capabilities. As an innovation entity, enterprises have independent and endogenous investment in R&D. Under the prerequisite of market competition, if companies want to continue to lead in high-tech fields and maintain core competitiveness, they must continue to invest heavily in R&D. However, many companies themselves do not have the strength to lead the development of the industry. Even if they have the strength, they do not have the awareness to lead the industry and just transform existing results into products. This is also an important reason why many companies have weak competitiveness.
"China Economic Weekly":Our country has successfully entered the ranks of innovative countries. What is the next goal? To achieve such a goal, how can we make breakthroughs at the university level?
Zhao Zhongxiu:After our country has entered the ranks of innovative countries, we must still adhere to the "three-step" strategic goal of building an innovative country, rank among the forefront of innovative countries by 2030, and build a world science and technology innovation power by 2050.
The national innovation drive needs the support of high-level w88 slot. As colleges and w88 slot, we must meet the requirements of "double first-class" construction: first, we must increase support for high-level w88 slot, world-class w88 slot and peak disciplines, and create basic conditions that are more conducive to the development of disciplines and majors, including education and teaching conditions, scientific research conditions, talent team building guarantees, access and starting points to serve the society, and connectivity channels and platforms for international exchanges and cooperation. Only by making the best use of materials and making the best use of people's talents can initiative and creativity be stimulated to the greatest extent.
Second, in terms of talent training in applied w88 slot, we must focus on the needs of economic and social development, innovate the application-oriented talent training model, adhere to market orientation and application, highlight the practicality of talent training, the application of scientific research, and the adaptability of service development, deepen the integration of industry and education, strengthen the orientation of practical teaching, make talent training closer to market demand, and allow talents and the market to form a positive interaction.
Third, in terms of optimizing the layout of disciplines, we must aim at the frontiers of disciplines, highlight original innovations, focus on building a number of peak disciplines, focus on creating unique advantages, improve the quality of disciplines, and build a number of plateau disciplines. Focus on cross-integration areas, create discipline growth points, and cultivate strategic emerging discipline growth points.
Fourthly, in terms of funding security, we must adhere to the principle of integrating the resources of the whole w88 casino, coordinate the use of central and local special funds, raise self-funding, and improve the level of funding security. Further expand funding sources and improve the ability to raise resources by seeking special support from superior departments, strengthening w88 casino-enterprise cooperation, securing social donations, etc. For those universities and disciplines with low development level and poor construction results, support should be reduced until they are transferred out of the scope of construction.
In short, we must aim to be world-class, cultivate first-class talents, produce first-class results, guide the construction of colleges and w88 slot to strive for first-class excellence in different fields and directions, build a first-class university system, and provide solid talent support and intellectual support for the country's economic and social development.
(This article was published in "China Economic Weekly" Issue 14, 2024)
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