Implementing the strategy to revitalize China through science and education is one of the top 10 challenges for various levels of government this year, according to a government work report released last week at the annual meeting of China's top parliament in Beijing. It is clearly stated that this is the second largest development after the development of science and technology. “New high-quality productivity.”
Implementing this strategy will create new development space, open new development trajectories, form new growth engines and create new industrial advantages.
In response to the demand for developing new high-quality productive forces, the government should strive to facilitate a virtuous cycle of education, science and technology, and human resources, and deepen institutional reforms of education, economy, science and technology systems, and human resources mechanisms. .
In order to accelerate the development of new high-quality productive forces, the country should optimize the subject setting of higher education based on new trends in scientific and technological development and key national strategic needs, and develop urgently needed human resources. must be cultivated.
To this end, authorities need to promote and establish a high-quality education system and appropriately manage compulsory education. Emphasis should be placed on all-round education rather than exam-taking education. In order to improve social human capital, it is necessary to strengthen vocational education and lifelong education.
Researchers are at the forefront of developing new quality production capabilities. We should strengthen basic research and aim for breakthroughs in core technologies. The country has an urgent need to build a network-based complex innovation system that integrates industry, academia, and research. Further efforts are also needed to improve science and technology evaluation systems and incentive mechanisms.
Education and scientific research are long-term investment processes. Governments need to change the concept of short-term investment, reform the way basic research is evaluated and supported, and foster an institutional environment that encourages exploration and tolerates failure. Meanwhile, China should expand international science and technology exchanges and attract more talent from abroad.