Running higher education well is related to national development and national future. China's higher education should closely focus on realizing the goal of "two hundred years" and the Chinese dream of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and constantly cultivate a large number of outstanding talents with both ability and political integrity.
The population receiving higher education in China has reached 240 million, and the average years of education of the newly-added labor force has reached 13.8 years. China has built the largest higher education system in the world, with more than 44.3 million students. The gross enrollment rate of higher education has increased from 30% in 20 12 to 57.8% in 200212, which has achieved a historic leap and higher education has entered a universally recognized stage.
Education makes the country prosperous, and education makes the country strong. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China's higher education has kept pace with the motherland and the times, taken solid steps in continuously meeting the people's higher education needs, and created remarkable development achievements.
The high-quality development of higher education in this decade has not only injected a strong impetus into building an educational power, but also helped to steadily improve the quality of the whole nation and optimize the quality structure of the labor force, and continued to provide intellectual support and talent support for the Chinese dream of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Basic principles of the future development of higher education
1, inclusive, fair and pluralistic, the theme is "fairness", and fairness is the first principle.
2. Academic freedom and participation of all stakeholders, with the theme of "stakeholders". All stakeholders include not only teachers, students and administrators within the university, but also society, government, enterprises, employers and employers.
3. Cultivate inquiry, critical thinking and creativity. The key word is "creativity", that is, the quality standard of higher education has changed from "I can do what I can" to "I dare to innovate".
4. Honesty and morality, the key word is "virtue", that is, students should not only become talents but also become adults.
5. Commitment to sustainable development and social responsibility, the key word is "social responsibility", that is, the small logic of higher education development should obey the big logic of serving social and economic development.
6. To achieve Excellence through cooperation rather than competition, the key word is "cooperation". This is the need of the future social development and the development of higher education, and it is necessary to achieve Excellence through cooperation.