Forge ahead, reform and innovate

Strive to promote the scientific development of education

Liu Yandong is in the Ministry of Education2009Speech at the annual working meeting

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2008 is an extraordinary year in the history of the development of our party and country. The Party Central Committee with Comrade Hu Jintao as General Secretary has led the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country to calmly cope with difficult and emergency situations, successfully hold happy and major events, and overcome the severe low temperature, rain, snow, freezing and 5 at the beginning of the year.•12 The catastrophic disaster caused by the Wenchuan earthquake, the realization of the Chinese people’s century-old Olympic dream and the historic breakthrough of astronaut extravehicular travel in the history of space. Remarkable achievements have been made in various undertakings. The party and the country have withstood severe tests. The great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics has braved the wind and waves and marched forward bravely.

This year has also been extraordinary for the education system. The majority of cadres, teachers and students conscientiously implemented the central government's decisions and arrangements, worked hard, dedicatedly and creatively with a high sense of mission and responsibility, and achieved remarkable results, which are highlighted in: first, the implementation of the policy of exempting tuition and miscellaneous fees for urban compulsory education, achieving the goal of comprehensive free compulsory education in both urban and rural areas, which is a landmark event in the history of my country's education; second, the education system's earthquake relief and post-disaster The w88 casino recovery and reconstruction work has achieved initial success, ensuring that schools in the disaster area resumed classes as scheduled, making an important contribution to the major victory in the national earthquake relief; third, the education system has maintained stability, especially college admissions, graduate employment, handling emergencies, supporting students from financially disadvantaged families, controlling the increase in the price of student canteen meals, etc., and advancing in an orderly manner, maintaining social harmony and stability; fourth, educational infrastructure has been strengthened and started“２１１project”In the third phase of construction, the performance-based salary system for compulsory education teachers was implemented, new progress was made in promoting educational equity, new explorations were made in educational reform, and social satisfaction with educational work continued to increase.

Especially in the two major events of earthquake relief and hosting of the Olympic Games, the education system has delivered excellent answers to the party and the people. Teachers in disaster areas stood up and sacrificed their lives in the face of the catastrophe, fulfilling the sacred duty of people's teachers; young students showed their excellent qualities by being strong and unyielding, loving each other and helping each other; the education system responded to the call of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and provided support from all sides when one was in trouble, making selfless contributions and overcoming the difficulties together. The majority of young people and overseas students actively support and participate in domestic and overseas torch relays and Olympic volunteer service activities, and the spirit they display has attracted worldwide attention. It can be said that the majority of educators are a good group of teachers with noble ethics and sincere dedication. They are a good team that reassures the Party and satisfies the people. The majority of young students are a new generation full of hope and great achievements.

1. Summarize experience, strengthen confidence, and unswervingly follow the development path of socialist education with Chinese characteristics

This year marks the 30th anniversary of reform and opening up. On December 18, at the commemorative meeting held by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Hu Jintao comprehensively reviewed the glorious history and great practices that our party has led the people over the past 30 years, scientifically summarized the valuable experience of 30 years of reform and opening up, and clearly proposed the direction for continuing to advance the great cause of reform and opening up. The speech is a programmatic document that guides the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country to create a new situation in the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics at a new historical starting point. The education system must study it carefully, understand it deeply, and implement it comprehensively. Taking General Secretary Hu Jintao's important speech as a guide, carefully reviewing and summarizing the achievements and experiences in education over the past 30 years of reform and opening up are of extremely important significance for the education system to deeply study and practice the scientific outlook on development, adhere to the path of socialist education development with Chinese characteristics, and push forward education reform and development.

The 30 years of reform and opening up are also 30 years of great development, great changes, and great leaps in education in our country. Over the past 30 years, our party has consistently attached great importance to education, closely linked the development of education with the development of the country, and based on the overall situation of socialist modernization, it has proposed the policy of education serving modernization and serving the people, formed the socialist educational development theory with Chinese characteristics, pointed out the fundamental direction of educational development, and formulated a series of major policies and measures that are in line with China's national conditions, oriented to modernization, the world, and the future, and promote the continuous advancement of education along the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The second-generation central leadership group with Comrade Deng Xiaoping as the core emancipated the mind and sought truth from facts when the country was in dire need. It took the lead in bringing order to the education system. It started by restoring the college admissions examination system and sending foreign students on a large scale to comprehensively restore the order of education and teaching. It proposed the policy of respecting knowledge and talents, and advocated a culture of respecting teachers and teaching in the whole society. Education has ushered in a new era of vigorous development. The third-generation central leadership group with Comrade Jiang Zemin as the core insists on advancing with the times, pioneering and innovating, and vigorously implements the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education. It has established the basic, leading and overall position of education in socialist modernization, comprehensively promotes quality education, deepens the reform of the education system, promotes the construction of education legalization, and brings an education full of vitality and vitality into the 21st century. Since the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Hu Jintao as General Secretary has persisted in implementing the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education and strengthening the country through talent. It has made major arrangements to prioritize the development of education, provide education that satisfies the people, and build a country with strong human resources. It has made promoting educational equity the basic national education policy, and has implemented quality education and improved education quality as the focus of education work. It has promoted the comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development of education, and created a new situation in my country's education reform and development.

Over the past 30 years, the education system has taken the lead in reforming and correcting chaos, becoming a pioneer in reform and opening up. Guided by the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, the education front persisted in emancipating the mind, reforming and innovating, creating a new era of vigorous development, and played an irreplaceable and important role in promoting economic and social development and improving the quality of the people. It can be said that the great era of reform and opening up has created the prosperity and development of China's education. Contemporary Chinese education has also made an indelible contribution to the country's reform and opening up, and has been deeply integrated into the historical process of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Our country has built the largest education system in the history of Chinese and foreign education. There are 590,000 schools in urban and rural areas, with 260 million students. Compulsory education has entered a new stage of universal universalization. In 2000, the historic task of basically universalizing nine-year compulsory education and basically eradicating illiteracy among young adults was completed. Major breakthroughs have been made in the development of vocational education, with secondary vocational education accounting for half of high w88 casino education. Higher education has entered a stage of mass development, with the gross enrollment rate reaching 23% and the total number of students enrolled reaching 27 million, ranking first in the world. With a per capita GDP of around US$2,000, our country has entered the stage of popularizing higher education. This is a remarkable achievement. Education at all levels and types is booming, with hundreds of millions of people receiving adult education, continuing education, distance education and other forms of education and training. China has developed from a country with a large population to a country with a large education and human resources, and is moving towards a powerful country with human resources.

The depth and breadth of education reform are unprecedented. Reforms involving educational structures, institutional mechanisms, talent training models, education and teaching methods, etc. are advancing in depth. The reform of the education macro-management system has achieved important results, and management models for compulsory education, vocational education and higher education that are suitable for national conditions have been initially formed, mobilizing the enthusiasm of both the central and local governments. New breakthroughs have been made in the reform of the w88 casino-running system, and a pattern of joint development of public and private education has initially been formed. New explorations have been made in teaching reform and examination and evaluation system reform, and the largest basic education curriculum reform since the founding of the People's Republic of China has been launched. Moral education, physical education, aesthetic education and social practice have been strengthened, quality education has made new progress, and the quality of education has been improved. Reforms of the college admissions system, graduate employment system, w88 casino personnel system, distribution system, and logistics socialization are actively promoted. The reform of education has greatly enhanced the vitality of educational development and brought about profound changes in the face of education in our country.

Educational equity has taken a major step forward. Adhere to the public welfare nature of education, actively solve problems involving the vital interests of the people, strive to protect the people's rights and opportunities to receive education in accordance with the law, and make due contributions to building a harmonious society. Generally reduce the financial burden on students and promote the balanced development of compulsory education. Comprehensively exempt all students in urban and rural compulsory education from tuition and miscellaneous fees, provide free textbooks to rural students, and provide boarding living allowances to students from families with financial difficulties. We have promoted the allocation of public education resources to rural areas, central and western regions, and disadvantaged groups, established a distance education network covering more than 400,000 schools in rural and remote areas, and actively solved the problem of compulsory education for children of migrant workers in cities. We will increase funding for needy students, establish and improve the national scholarship and grant system for general colleges and universities, higher and secondary vocational schools, and benefit more than 20 million students from financially disadvantaged families in non-compulsory education. Standardize the order of running schools, control arbitrary fees, and fully implement college admissions“Sunshine Project”. These policies and measures promote educational equity and enable more people to share the fruits of educational reform and development.

The opening up of education to the outside world continues to expand. Starting from the large-scale dispatch of overseas students in the early days of reform and opening up, education opening to the outside world has gradually deepened. At present, my country has established educational cooperation and exchange relations with 184 countries, regions and international organizations, and has signed agreements on mutual recognition of academic degrees with 32 countries and regions. Over the past 30 years, more than 1.2 million people have studied abroad, and a total of 870,000 students from 167 countries have been admitted to China. Young people from more and more countries have chosen my country as the main destination for studying abroad. The international promotion of Chinese language is booming, 249 Confucius Institutes have been established, and the influence of Chinese culture in the world continues to expand. International exchanges and cooperation in education have become an important window for my country's opening up to the outside world and people-to-people diplomacy, making contributions to enhancing my country's international influence and establishing a good image of peaceful development.

Education guarantee conditions have been further improved. The strategic status of priority development of education has become increasingly prominent, and the government's public education responsibilities have been well implemented. Investment in education has grown rapidly, with total investment increasing from 9.4 billion yuan in 1978 to more than 1.2 trillion yuan in 2007, an increase of 128 times, accounting for an increasing proportion of GDP and fiscal expenditures. The w88 casino's operating conditions have been significantly improved, and the degree of informatization in education and the level of education and teaching facilities have been greatly improved, promoting the sharing of high-quality educational resources and the innovation of education and teaching methods. The social status of teachers has been significantly improved, working and living conditions have been greatly improved, and the salary of compulsory education teachers is basically the same as that of civil servants. The educational legal system has initially taken shape, and education and schools are governed according to law. 8 special education laws including the Education Law and more than 10 educational administrative regulations have been formulated. Education has embarked on the track of legalization. These provide a solid foundation and strong guarantee for the sustainable development of education.

In short, reform and opening up have promoted the great development of education, and education has also made outstanding contributions to modernization. Over the past 30 years, the quality of the national population has improved significantly. The average number of years of education for the population over 15 years old and the newly added labor force is at the forefront of developing countries. The number of employees with higher education degrees exceeds 70 million, ranking second in the world. Education has trained a large number of high-quality professionals and highly-skilled workers in all walks of life, providing talent guarantee for modernization. The independent innovation capabilities of colleges and universities have been significantly enhanced, and they have become an important new force in scientific and technological innovation resources, scientific and technological invention achievements and basic research. They have developed a number of key technologies related to the country's core competitiveness and cultivated a number of high-tech industries with independent intellectual property rights. More than half of the National Natural Science Awards, Technological Invention Awards and Scientific and Technological Progress Awards are awarded to universities. The role of the education system as think tanks and think tanks in major national decisions has become more prominent. More than 80% of the results in the fields of philosophy and social sciences nationwide are gathered in colleges and universities. Education has become an important pillar in improving national competitiveness, building an innovative country, and promoting advanced cultural construction. It can be said that China’s ability to establish itself as an economic, political, and technological power in the world today is inseparable from the support of education.

Throughout the 30 years of practice, the most important achievement in education is the exploration of the development path of socialist education with Chinese characteristics. This path is not only based on China's national conditions, but also draws on the outstanding achievements of human civilization from the world. It not only inherits the excellent traditions of my country's education, but also has distinctive characteristics of the times. This was explored under the correct leadership of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, under the attention and promotion of party committees and governments at all levels, with the strong support of people of all ethnic groups and all walks of life across the country, and through the hard work and selfless dedication of the majority of education workers. From now on, we must invigorate our spirits, strengthen our confidence, and unswervingly continue to move forward along this path. Through 30 years of practice, we have accumulated valuable experience, which is highlighted in the following: first, adhering to the Party's educational policy and the direction of socialist w88 casino running, and strengthening the Party's leadership over educational work under the guidance of the theoretical system of socialism with Chinese characteristics; second, adhering to the orientation toward modernization, the world, and the future, and promoting education to be compatible with economic and social development; The third is to adhere to the education priority development strategy and strive to build a country with strong human resources; the fourth is to adhere to the people-oriented approach and continue to meet the people's growing educational needs; the fifth is to adhere to the basic national conditions in the primary stage of socialism and run education in accordance with the laws of educational development; the sixth is to persist in reform and opening up, and correctly handle the relationship between reform, development, and stability. These experiences are hard-won and precious. We must adhere to them in future work, and on this basis, we must continue to emancipate our minds, pioneer and innovate, and continue to carry them forward.

2. Seize opportunities, meet challenges, and further enhance the sense of responsibility and urgency for education

Currently, my country's reform, opening up, and modernization drive have stood at a new historical starting point and are moving towards the grand goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way. But we must also realize that today's world is undergoing profound changes. Affected by the continued spread of the international financial crisis and the obvious slowdown in world economic growth, as well as the unresolved deep-seated contradictions and problems in our country's economic life, the difficulties and problems our country currently faces are still very serious, and we are in the most difficult period of economic development in this century. At the Central Economic Work Conference held not long ago, General Secretary Hu Jintao profoundly pointed out that worries lead to prosperity, and precautions lead to success. The situation is complex and ever-changing, and opportunities are fleeting. We must enhance our sense of urgency, fully assess the severity and complexity of the current situation, coordinate the overall international and domestic situations, and handle our own affairs in a down-to-earth manner. Premier Wen Jiabao also emphasized that it is better to estimate the difficulties more seriously and do the work more solidly. The central government requires us to be good at turning crises into opportunities, turning challenges into motivation, and unswervingly push forward my country's reform, opening up, and modernization drive with a hundredfold confidence and solid work.

The education industry is also standing at a new starting point, and the reform and development of education is facing many opportunities and challenges. In terms of opportunities, first, the Party Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to education work. The 17th National Congress of the Party made strategic arrangements for education work and pointed out the direction for education work. Second, after 30 years of reform and opening up, my country's economic strength and comprehensive national strength have been significantly enhanced, providing a strong material guarantee for the development of education. Third, the people are very concerned about and attach great importance to education, and the demand for education continues to grow, creating huge space for the development of education in our country. Fourth, after 30 years of development, education has laid a solid foundation for future development. Fifth, my country adheres to the path of peaceful development and continuously expands opening up to the outside world, providing a good external environment for international exchanges and cooperation in education. In terms of challenges, the complex and ever-changing international situation and increasingly fierce international competition, the new requirements for building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, and the new expectations of the people have put forward new and higher requirements for education reform and development. Only by keeping a clear mind and scientifically analyzing the situation can the education system find its own position and clarify its direction and tasks.

First, from the perspective of the profoundly changing international environment, countries are seizing the commanding heights of talent and technology competition, which has put forward new and higher requirements for my country's education reform and development. Looking at the main development trends of countries around the world, knowledge has increasingly become a decisive factor in improving comprehensive national strength, human resources have increasingly become a strategic resource to promote economic and social development, and talent training and reserve have increasingly become an important means to improve international competitiveness. In order to seize the opportunity and occupy the commanding heights in the increasingly fierce international competition, major countries in the world regard the development of education as an important strategic interest for national development, increase their efforts in talent training and reserve, and formulate education and human resources development plans one after another. Recently, the European Union, developed countries such as France, Germany, Japan, the United States, and Russia, and some developing countries such as India, Brazil, and Indonesia have announced their overall goals and strategies for education development. The situation is pressing and time does not wait for us. Development relies on innovation, innovation relies on talents, and talents rely on education. If we want to achieve the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way and build a modern and powerful country, we must vigorously develop education.

Second, from the perspective of promoting my country's modernization process, cultivating a large number of high-quality talents of all types and hundreds of millions of high-quality workers has put forward new and higher requirements for my country's education reform and development. At present, my country's modernization drive has entered a stage of rapid development of industrialization, informatization, urbanization, marketization, and internationalization. It must be supported by high-quality talents and highly skilled workers at all levels. As a late-developing country, we are facing various challenges such as the weakening of traditional advantages, increasing constraints on population, resources and environment, and the urgent need to transform the economic development model. In particular, the spread of the international financial crisis has intensified, making us face the dual pressure of overcoming difficulties and improving quality. Faced with the dual goals of maintaining growth and improving quality, this is what our country is advancing“五华”The special contradictions encountered in the process have put forward more urgent requirements for education. Therefore, education must be compatible with the modernization process and coordinate with the requirements of promoting the construction of socialist economic, political, cultural, social and ecological civilization.

Third, from the perspective of building an innovative country, enhancing the ability of independent innovation has put forward new and higher requirements for the reform and development of my country’s education. Improving independent innovation capabilities and building an innovative country are the core of the national development strategy and the key to improving overall national strength. In key areas related to the lifeline of the national economy and national security, real core technologies cannot be purchased. Whoever masters the ability of independent innovation will take the initiative in national development. Compared with developed countries, my country's independent innovation capability is not strong, which is reflected in the fact that some key core technologies and key equipment are controlled by others, the lack of independent intellectual property rights, the lack of world-renowned brands, and the lack of high-tech, high value-added products. The key constraint on independent innovation capabilities is the serious shortage of talents. From the perspective of responding to this financial crisis, only by promoting structural adjustment and independent innovation as the main direction of changing the development model can the country's overall competitiveness be significantly improved and a solid foundation be laid for longer-term and higher-level development. This urgently requires us to cultivate more top-notch innovative talents and make new breakthroughs in educational concepts, training models, selection mechanisms, and faculty.

Fourth, from the perspective of the people’s new expectations for education, running an education that satisfies the people has put forward new and higher requirements for the reform and development of education in our country. International experience shows that after per capita GDP exceeds US$1,000, people's demand for public services begins to enter a stage of rapid growth. Judging from my country's situation, per capita GDP exceeded US$1,000 in 2003 and reached US$2,360 in 2007. The Chinese people have a tradition of attaching great importance to education. At present, due to the continuous improvement of material living standards, the people's expectations for education have taken on new characteristics: they hope to obtain more equal educational opportunities, change their destiny through education, and create a happy life; they hope to receive higher-quality education so that their children can become adults; they hope to have flexible and diverse educational channels, broaden the path of self-development, and gain more opportunities to choose; they hope to acquire knowledge through education, enrich their spiritual and cultural life, and enhance their spiritual realm. I have been working in the State Council for 8 months and I deeply feel that education has great benefits“Sixty million”: Education is a matter of eternity and involves thousands of families. There are thousands of words to talk about education, but education is very different. Running education is a lot of hard work. To run education well, we need to use every possible means and thousands of troops. This requires us to fully understand the complexity of education issues, conduct in-depth analysis, actively adapt to the new expectations of the people, and strive to build fair education that covers all people, high-quality education with resource sharing, and lifelong education that lasts a lifetime.

Fifthly, from the perspective of education itself, moving towards becoming a powerful country in education has put forward new and higher requirements for the reform and development of my country’s education. At present, our country has a large educated population, but the overall education level is not high. The quality of talent training cannot fully meet the needs of modernization. There are still many outstanding contradictions and problems in achieving comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development of education. For example, some places do not pay enough attention to education, and policies and measures to ensure the priority development of education need to be further implemented; the gap in educational development between regions and between urban and rural areas is still large, the development of compulsory education is uneven, rural education is still weak, and urban compulsory education stage“w88 casino selection craze”Outstanding; The system and mechanism for implementing quality education have not been fully established, and the phenomena of one-sided pursuit of enrollment rates and overloaded students' academic workload are still relatively common; the construction of the teaching team needs to be strengthened, and the quality and level of rural teachers still need to be improved; with the in-depth development of the market economy and the acceleration of social transformation, new situations and new problems have arisen, such as the schooling of children of migrant workers in cities, left-behind children in rural areas, and the development of private education. The educational structure layout and management system and mechanism cannot fully adapt. Recently, Premier Wen Jiabao pointed out that our country has taken major steps in developing education and promoting educational equity in recent years. But generally speaking, education has not yet adapted to the new requirements of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way. The education system needs to be reformed, the level of education needs to be improved, and investment in education needs to be increased. this one“Not adaptable”And three“Urgently awaited”, especially the urgency of promoting education reform and development.

General Secretary Hu Jintao profoundly pointed out at the meeting commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China that our country has a large population, a weak foundation, and very uneven development. The arduous and onerous tasks we shoulder in advancing reform, opening up, and socialist modernization are rarely seen in the world. The scale and complexity of the contradictions and problems we face in reform and development are also rarely seen in the world. The difficulties and risks we face in our progress are also rarely seen in the world. This“Rare in three worlds”It also profoundly reveals the situation facing education. Facing the challenges of my country’s educational development“Five opportunities, five requirements”, we must enhance our sense of urgency, responsibility and mission, seize opportunities, meet challenges, strengthen our confidence, bravely shoulder important responsibilities, and promote my country's education industry to create new glories from a new starting point.

3. Hold high the banner, reform and innovate, and make every effort to promote the scientific development of education

Currently, the whole party’s in-depth study and practice of the Scientific Outlook on Development is in full swing. The effectiveness of implementing the Scientific Outlook on Development determines whether education can achieve greater development from a new starting point. The first essence of the Scientific Outlook on Development is development, the core is people-oriented, the basic requirement is comprehensive coordination and sustainability, and the fundamental method is overall planning and consideration. We must firmly grasp the scientific connotation, spiritual essence and fundamental requirements of the Scientific Outlook on Development, focus on the two basic issues of what kind of education to develop, how to develop and cultivate what kind of people, and how to cultivate, emancipate the mind, reform and innovate, keep pace with the times, and promote the education industry to continuously take new steps and create new situations. In implementing the Scientific Outlook on Development in the education system, my experience is to mainly grasp and handle the relationship between seven aspects.

First, correctly handle the relationship between education and other modernization undertakings, and insist on placing education in a strategic position of priority development. To achieve the grand goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, all undertakings and fronts must develop well and rapidly. Among them, the development of education is directly related to the cultivation of talents and the improvement of national quality, and plays a decisive influence on the development of other undertakings, so it has a basic, leading and overall role. Education must always be placed in a strategic position of priority development, and education must be deployed in advance to meet the needs of economic and social development and modernization, so that economic and social development plans prioritize educational development, financial funds give priority to ensuring investment in education, and public resources give priority to meeting the needs of education and human resource development.

Second, correctly handle the relationship between fairness and efficiency, and insist on promoting educational equity and providing education that satisfies the people as the country’s basic education policy. The allocation of educational resources must not only focus on efficiency, but also on fairness. General Secretary Hu Jintao pointed out,“Stressing efficiency can add vitality, focusing on fairness can promote harmony, and adhering to the organic combination of efficiency and fairness can better reflect the essence of socialism”. This is the most profound explanation of the relationship between efficiency and fairness. In the field of education, focusing on efficiency means focusing on the rational allocation and optimal layout of educational resources, focusing on the scientific management of education, and focusing on the leading role of high-quality educational resources, so that limited educational resources can play a greater role. Fairness is determined by the essential requirements of the socialist system and the public welfare of education. Educational issues are major people's livelihood issues. Educational equity is the starting point of social equity. The people's expectations for educational equity are far higher than in other fields. We must always adhere to the policy orientation of educational equity, strive to ensure that the masses enjoy fair educational opportunities and rights, and ensure that the concepts of development relying on the people, development for the people, and development results shared by the people are implemented in the field of education. It is necessary to improve efficiency on the basis of fairness, promote fairness more effectively by improving the efficiency of running schools, and achieve the unity of fairness and efficiency.

Third, correctly handle the relationship between scale and quality, and insist on implementing quality education and improving education quality as the direction of educational work. China is a country with a large population. Without a considerable scale of education, it is difficult to ensure that everyone enjoys the right to education. With the advancement of modernization and the transformation of our country from a country with large human resources to a powerful country with human resources, the problem of education quality has become more prominent. Scale is the foundation and quality is the core. It is necessary to avoid the tendency of simply pursuing scale and engaging in external expansion while neglecting the quality of education, and shift the focus of education to connotative development that pays attention to quality. This requires us to deepen the reform of education and teaching, promote the change of concepts and innovation of methods and methods of talent training, and focus on cultivating students' sense of social responsibility, practical ability and creative spirit; we must improve the examination and enrollment system and education evaluation system to form a guide to improve the quality of education; we must attract the best people in the whole society to devote themselves to education and promote the quality of the people to a new level.

Fourth, correctly handle the development relationship between urban and rural and regional education, and insist on promoting equalization of basic public education services. The large gap in educational development between urban and rural areas and between regions and the uneven distribution of high-quality educational resources are a reality of education in my country and an important reason for the unbalanced economic and social development between urban and rural areas and between regions. Coordinated development is the basic requirement of the Scientific Outlook on Development and should become an important orientation of my country's education policy. Education in urban and eastern regions must continue to improve, and education in rural and central and western regions must accelerate development. It is necessary to increase support for education in rural and central and western regions, tilt public education resources to rural areas and central and western regions, use more national financial resources to improve the educational conditions of needy students, and significantly improve the education level of backward areas and weak schools. Educational counterpart support should be implemented between urban and rural areas and regions to achieve mutual promotion and common development. Compulsory education should be regarded as the focus of promoting the coordinated development of urban, rural and regional education, and conditions should be created to narrow the gap in teaching staff, education funding, w88 casino running conditions, and informatization level. Efforts should be made to protect the educational rights and interests of the floating population and their children so that all children can grow up healthily.

Fifth, correctly handle the relationship between all levels and types of education and build a modern national education system and a lifelong education system. Education should last throughout a person's life. To improve the quality of the people and the level of social civilization, we must build a modern national education system and a lifelong education system, and build a learning society where all people learn and learn for life. Among all types of education at all levels, the scale and quality of each type of education have a profound impact on other education. Whether the education industry can develop in a comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable manner depends on whether all types of education at all levels can be coordinated, scientific and reasonable in structure, adapt to each other in scale, and support each other in quality. This requires us to start from the development needs of our country's primary stage, coordinate the development of all types of education at all levels, form a reasonable educational structure and an open educational network, and build a complete education system. It is necessary to implement the spirit of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, promote the balanced development of compulsory education, accelerate the popularization of high w88 casino education, vigorously develop vocational education, and improve the quality of higher education. At present, the development of secondary vocational education must be regarded as a strategic breakthrough and placed in an important position and we must pay close attention to it. Starting from free secondary vocational education in rural areas, we must gradually make all vocational education free. Academic education and non-academic education cannot be neglected. It is necessary to attach great importance to preschool education and solve the outstanding problems existing in preschool education; it is necessary to attach great importance to special education, embody a people-oriented approach and take care of the educational needs of special groups; it is necessary to vigorously develop vocational training in response to the needs of industrial development; it is necessary to develop continuing education and explore more flexible and diverse forms of education so that everyone can enjoy lifelong education opportunities and promote the all-round development of people.

Sixth, correctly handle the relationship between government-run schools and social forces, insist on giving full play to the leading role of the government, and mobilize the enthusiasm of the whole society to accelerate the development of education. Education is related to the prosperity of the nation, the well-being of the people, and the future of the country. Rejuvenating the country through education, building a country through education, and strengthening the country through education are the will of the country. The government must assume the main responsibility of education. At the same time, it should also be noted that as the people's demands for education tend to be diversified, conditions need to be created to meet them; due to my country's basic national conditions and stage of development, it is difficult to fully meet the needs of educational development solely by relying on the government to provide educational resources. This requires us to fully mobilize social forces to jointly support the development of education while strengthening government responsibilities. On the one hand, it is necessary to clarify the scope and key areas of the government's responsibilities for developing education, and invest government resources in basic education public services. On the other hand, in order to make up for the lack of government power in running schools and provide more education choices for the people, social resources should be absorbed on the premise of strengthening government regulation and service support, encouraging all aspects of society to participate in running schools, and promoting the common development of public education and private education.

Seventh, correctly handle the relationship between objective condition guarantees and subjective efforts, and persist in achieving greater development of education through new emancipation of the mind and new breakthroughs in reform. For the development and leap-forward of education, external conditions such as national investment support and policy and regulatory guarantees must be strengthened. However, internal factors are the decisive factors in the development of things. To achieve great development of education, it is more necessary to rely on the subjective initiative of the education system itself. The fact that we cannot avoid is that our country is still a developing country and will be in the primary stage of socialism for a long time. Due to the constraints and influence of national strength conditions, the level of funding guarantee for the development of education cannot reach the level of developed countries in a short time. There is a large regional and urban-rural gap, and some local problems are still more prominent. Therefore, on the one hand, we must actively and reasonably seek the necessary support from the state and society. On the other hand, we must pay more attention to subjective initiative, pay more attention to our own efforts, carry out work creatively under existing conditions, and fully mobilize and stimulate the potential and vitality of the education system. Compared with the reform of the economic system, my country's social undertakings reform is relatively lagging behind. To develop education, we must make bold breakthroughs, be brave in innovation, and break through traditional concepts and institutional constraints. The key is to emancipate the mind, identify the gaps and deficiencies between educational development, national construction and the needs of the people, and use a strong enterprising spirit, a spirit of exploration and a pragmatic spirit to accelerate the pace of reform, increase the intensity of reform, innovate systems and mechanisms, and truly use reform to promote development and improvement. Government departments at all levels must, in accordance with the requirements of building a service-oriented government, further transform their functions, improve their work styles, and work hard. In particular, they must give full play to the government's functional role in the four aspects of planning guidance, policy guidance, pilot promotion, and supervision and implementation, and do more practical and good things that the people can see and benefit from, and do more things that add impetus to the development of education.

Carrying out in-depth study and practice of the Scientific Outlook on Development is the primary political task of the education system next year. Education departments at all levels must make preparations as early as possible and organize this major political event in a down-to-earth manner. It is necessary to connect with reality, carry out large-scale discussions and surveys, identify outstanding issues that restrict the scientific development of education, build long-term mechanisms, effectively solve problems, transform the requirements of the Scientific Outlook on Development into correct ideas and specific measures for educational reform and development, comprehensively improve the ability and level of the education system to implement the Scientific Outlook on Development, and truly realize the goals of party members and cadres receiving education, scientific development at a high level, and the people benefiting from benefits.

4. Strengthen leadership, perform duties and responsibilities, and strive to do a good job in all tasks next year

2009 is the 60th anniversary of the founding of New China. It is also a critical year for continuing to implement the spirit of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Third Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee, for in-depth study and practice of the Scientific Outlook on Development, and for promoting the reform and development of education. It is very important to do a good job in education work next year. Regarding education work next year, the central government has made arrangements. Here I would like to emphasize a few points.

First, we must formulate an outline of the national medium- and long-term education reform and development plan. The State Council is organizing the formulation of a medium- and long-term education reform and development plan. This is my country's first medium- and long-term education plan since the beginning of the 21st century. It is a programmatic document that guides education reform and development until 2020. General Secretary Hu Jintao is very concerned about this work and has made clear requirements. Premier Wen Jiabao attaches great importance to it and personally serves as the leader of the planning outline leading group. The education system should regard the research and formulation of the planning outline as a major matter, emancipate the mind, conduct in-depth research, focus on planning, and strive to formulate a high-level and high-quality plan that reflects the development requirements of the times, is in line with China's national conditions, and satisfies the people. When formulating plans, we must fully promote democracy and listen extensively to the opinions and suggestions of the masses. At the same time, we must guide social public opinion in a reasonable and orderly manner, and strive to make the planning process a process of promoting democracy and brainstorming, a process of unifying ideas and building consensus, and a process of reform and innovation and promoting scientific development. It is necessary to combine the formulation of plans with the solution of current urgent problems. We must start to solve the identified problems. We must insist on piloting major problems first. After the pilot is successful and mature experience is obtained, it can be promoted to the general public.

Second, we must do more practical things to develop education in rural areas, remote poverty-stricken areas and ethnic minority areas. First, we must consolidate the results of popularizing compulsory education in rural areas, further improve the funding guarantee mechanism for compulsory education, appropriately increase the public funding standards for rural primary and secondary schools, and actively resolve“Pujiu”Debt, no new debt. Second, we must accelerate the renovation and construction of rural junior high w88 casino buildings in the central and western regions, develop boarding schools, initiate and implement primary and secondary w88 casino building safety projects, and strive to build schools into a place that is strong, safe, and where parents can rest assured. Third, we must accelerate the development of rural secondary vocational education and implement a free policy for rural secondary vocational education. This is a major measure to coordinate urban and rural development. It is another major policy benefiting the people after free compulsory education in urban and rural areas. It must be actively promoted to ensure solid completion. Vocational w88 casino graduates should be encouraged to start businesses and find jobs locally and contribute to local economic and social development. Fourth, we must increase support for education in ethnic minority areas and poverty-stricken areas, increase investment, improve w88 casino running conditions, and build, use, and manage distance education networks well. Fifth, we must implement the performance-based salary system for compulsory education teachers, improve the salary and working conditions of rural teachers, improve the training system for rural teachers, and improve the quality of teachers. Sixth, we must strengthen the“Three Rural Areas”Transport talents and service capabilities, run agriculture-related majors well, and encourage talents to work on the front line in rural areas.

Third, we must proactively implement the central government’s policies and measures in response to the global financial crisis in the field of education. In response to the global financial crisis, the central government put forward the policy of expanding domestic demand to maintain growth and adjusting structures to benefit people's livelihood, and introduced a series of policies and measures to increase investment in education as an important measure. This is an important measure to improve people's livelihood and do practical things for education development. Education departments at all levels should take the initiative to strengthen coordination and project connection with relevant departments, and implement the central government's policies and measures as soon as possible. First, we must make good use of the new investment from the central and local governments in education infrastructure. In the fourth quarter of this year, the central finance increased1000Among RMB 100 million investment, there are44100 million yuan will be used for education. Various localities will also expand investment in education. It is necessary to strengthen project planning, construction supervision and fund management, improve the efficiency of fund use, and prevent corruption. Second, we must attach great importance to the financial aid work for students from families with financial difficulties. As economic growth slows and the number of unemployed people increases, the number of needy groups in need of assistance will also increase accordingly. Next year, the problem of financial aid for students from families with financial difficulties will become more prominent. It is necessary to carefully understand the situation and implement relevant policies. Third, we must do a good job in employment of college graduates. College graduates next year will reach610million, the employment situation is very serious. It is necessary to conscientiously implement the spirit of the Central Committee, clarify goals and tasks, strengthen work responsibilities, and go all out to provide employment guidance services and ideological education for graduates. It is necessary to encourage college students to find employment in the central and western regions, grassroots and rural areas, and small and medium-sized enterprises, encourage independent entrepreneurship, and broaden employment opportunities. Fourth, we must pay attention to vocational training for returning migrant workers and urban unemployed people. The education system must conscientiously implement the Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Effectively Implementing the Current Work for Returning Migrant Workers, strengthen coordination and cooperation with agriculture, labor, finance and other departments, and provide support and assistance for returning migrant workers to receive vocational education and training. We should also actively participate in organizing reemployment training for urban unemployed people.

Fourth, we must attach great importance to maintaining the stability and harmony of the education system. It is necessary to pay close attention to all tasks of maintaining w88 casino safety, stability, and harmony, and do it well. First, we must commemorate the founding of New China60The anniversary is an opportunity to closely focus on the theme of activities and overall requirements determined by the central government, and use great achievements, vivid examples, and flexible and diverse forms to conduct in-depth education on revolutionary history and revolutionary traditions, conduct patriotism education, educate socialist ideals and beliefs, conduct education on reform and opening up, publicize the goodness of the Communist Party, socialism, the great motherland, and reform and opening up, strengthen public opinion guidance, and strengthen ideological and political education. Second, we must focus on solving the practical problems of students, and do a good job in enrollment, financial aid, canteens, etc., to guide students to share the fruits of reform and development while enhancing their sense of social responsibility to overcome difficulties with the country and the people, and lay a solid foundation for stability. Third, we must strengthen the construction of the teaching team and help teachers solve practical difficulties. Fourth, we must strengthen campus construction, carry out activities to create a harmonious campus with safety, health, civilization and harmony as the content, improve the safety prevention and control system and emergency management system, conduct hidden danger investigations in fire, drinking water safety, food hygiene, infectious diseases, building facility safety, etc., to prevent and eliminate the risks of mass incidents and public safety issues.

Strengthening the leadership of the party and the government over educational work is the fundamental guarantee for the healthy development of education. The central government attaches great importance to and cares about education and focuses on solving practical problems in education. Party committees and governments at all levels should regard the promotion of education reform and development as an important part of the implementation of the Scientific Outlook on Development, put research and solutions to difficult problems in education on the important agenda, regard whether they attach importance to education as an important criterion for measuring the correct performance of leading cadres, and support education with greater determination and more financial resources. Leading cadres at all levels, especially the main responsible comrades of the party and government, must often go deep into the w88 casino, listen to the opinions of teachers, students and parents, do more practical things for education, solve more problems for the w88 casino, and create good conditions for the development of education.

Comrades, education is a cause for tomorrow and a cause worthy of our struggle. Under the leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Hu Jintao as General Secretary, let us hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics and adhere to Deng Xiaoping Theory and“Three Represents”As the guidance of important thoughts, thoroughly implement the Scientific Outlook on Development, forge ahead, work hard, comprehensively do a good job in education next year, and build the New China with excellent results60Anniversary gift!

On the occasion of the new year, I wish all teachers, students, employees and cadres at all levels in the national education system a happy new year, happy families, smooth work, and continuous new achievements.