Building a world-class university rooted in China

Source: "Guangming Daily" 2022-07-19

In April this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out when inspecting Renmin University of China that our country has a unique history, unique culture, and unique national conditions. To build a world-class university with Chinese characteristics, we cannot follow others and simply use foreign universities as standards and models. Instead, we must take root in China and blaze a new path to build a world-class university with Chinese characteristics. This points out the direction and provides fundamental guidance for what kind of first-class universities China should build and how to build first-class universities. The key to running China's affairs well lies in the party. Colleges and universities must fully implement the Party's education policy, integrate the Party's overall leadership throughout the entire process of running schools and all aspects of talent training, adhere to and improve the principal responsibility system under the leadership of the Party committee, establish and improve the working mechanism of unified leadership of the Party committee, division of labor and cooperation between the Party and government, give full play to the core role of the Party committee in overall leadership and coordinating all parties, and continuously improve the ability of the Party committee to grasp major issues. Cultivating people with moral integrity is the fundamental task of building a world-class university with Chinese characteristics. The university should highlight the value thinking of "who to train, how to train people, and for whom to train" in strategic planning and top-level design. Talent cultivation should be the first mission of the university, and whether it can cultivate high-quality talents that are needed by the country and recognized by society should be the "touchstone" to test the success or failure of the university. For universities to embark on a new path, they must take root in China as their fundamental guideline, proactively research and analyze economic and social development, major strategies for opening up to the outside world, and the talent needs of various regions, industries, and fields. They must hone their educational characteristics, build an educational system, and improve the quality of talent training while serving social needs. They must continue to deepen the system and mechanism for cultivating top-notch innovative talents and outstanding talents, and cultivate young top-notch talents with comprehensive development of moral, intellectual, physical, artistic, and labor, social responsibility, innovative spirit, and international perspective.

Strengthen mission responsibility.Contemporary China is carrying out the great practice of the theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The world today is undergoing profound changes in all directions and in many fields. To take root in China and build a first-class university based on China's actual conditions, we must answer China's questions, the world's questions, the people's questions, and the questions of the times while serving the national strategy. "Those who do not plan for the future will not be able to plan for the moment; those who do not plan for the overall situation will not be able to plan for a region." To a certain extent, the sense of mission of the university determines the height and distance of the university. The stronger the sense of mission, the greater the value and influence of the university. Universities, especially those with distinctive “foreign” prefixes, must actively respond to the requirements of the Party Central Committee, effectively fulfill the university’s mission, gather high-quality educational resources, take serving the country’s opening-up as its own responsibility, deeply explore the world value of China’s excellent traditional culture, tell the world the story of China’s opening-up, and continue to spread the voice of China, convey Chinese values, and demonstrate the Chinese spirit. We must stand at the forefront of reform and opening up, be committed to serving the main battlefield of the national economy, and serve the great cause of reform and opening up. In the historical process of serving the country's major strategies, assuming social responsibilities, and promoting reform and development, we must pursue the ideological pursuit of highlighting China's path, China's governance, and China's principles, and constantly endow the spiritual temperament and connotation of the times with first-class universities.

Optimize the subject layout.Discipline construction is the first pivot of w88 casino development. Discipline construction requires support from many aspects such as human, financial, and material. However, the resources of any university are limited, and it is impossible to allocate equal efforts in subject construction. "It is better to flick with five fingers than to tap with a curled hand." Each w88 casino's disciplines have their own strengths and weaknesses. It is necessary to strengthen the dominant disciplines, consolidate supporting disciplines, radiate related disciplines, and handle the relationship between strong and weak disciplines at the same time. The world's major changes unseen in a century and the COVID-19 epidemic are intertwined and superimposed, further highlighting the importance and urgency of discipline construction related to the world's scientific and technological frontiers, national "stuck" technologies, and national economy and people's livelihood. Adopt unconventional support measures for disciplines in these fields to achieve "corner" overtaking; support and encourage interdisciplinary interdisciplinarity, and truly implement the "chemical reaction" of interdisciplinary interdisciplinary rather than a simple "physical combination" of several disciplines. Colleges and universities must always keep in mind the "greatest of the country", anchor the country's major strategies, optimize the layout of disciplines, and make their characteristics more unique, their advantages better, and their strengths stronger.

Enhance service to society.Social services are one of the functions of the university. The world's first-class universities attach great importance to social services and promote scientific research and talent cultivation in social services. Colleges and universities should be more proactive in fulfilling their social service functions and actively contribute to local economic and social development. Guide and organize teachers and students to write their papers on the great motherland, and dedicate their talents and sweat to the stage where society needs it most. It is necessary to further give full play to the role of think tanks, closely follow the needs of the country, carry out multi-disciplinary comprehensive research around major practical issues, and put forward targeted and operational policy suggestions on urgent, difficult and dangerous issues. Condensing the main direction of attack, serving the overall development of the party and the country, and contributing ideological power to the development of the country.

Continuously continue the cultural tradition.Culture revitalizes the country and prosperity, and a strong culture makes a nation strong. Culture is an important force for the survival and development of a nation, and it is also the premise and foundation for building a first-class university. To build a first-class university, we must have a first-class culture. In the long-term process of running schools, colleges and universities have formed their own unique culture and university spirit. This is a precious spiritual wealth of the university and needs to be cherished and vigorously promoted. On this basis, further develop China’s excellent traditional culture, revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture, educate and guide students to inherit the red gene, continue the red blood, promote patriotism, establish a strong national ambition, practice service to the country, listen to the Party, feel grateful to the Party, and follow the Party. It is necessary to carry forward the main theme, boost the spirit, and strive to create a cultural atmosphere in which teachers and students in the w88 casino think in one place and work hard in one place.

In the process of introducing internationally advanced professional curriculum systems, teaching methods, and teaching methods, the w88 casino has organically integrated and integrated with my country's reality, and has gradually extended the "foreign language + foreign w88" talent training model into new models of compound talent training such as "foreign language + major", "law + economics", and "management + information technology". The w88 casino's Institute of International Economics, China Institute of World w88 Organization, Institute of Global Value Chains, Institute of Global Innovation and Governance, and Beijing Institute of Opening-up have become an important talent training base for China's participation in global governance and a knowledge innovation base for studying major theoretical and practical issues in China's open economy. They also play an important think tank role in serving decision-making, providing consultation, and providing advice.

Currently, the world is undergoing major changes unseen in a century. The world's economic and social development is undergoing major adjustments and reshaping. The world's higher education pattern is also changing. my country's higher education is ushering in a major opportunity to take advantage of the trend and accelerate its advancement. Colleges and universities, especially "double first-class" colleges and universities, must deeply study, comprehend and deeply grasp the core essence and spiritual essence of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech during his inspection at Renmin University of China, take root in China, strive to answer the major proposition of building a world-class university with Chinese characteristics, and move forward bravely on the new path of establishing a world-class university with Chinese characteristics.

(Author:Huang Baoyin, Departmentw88 casinoParty Secretary)

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