The report of the 17th National Congress pointed out that "education is the cornerstone of national rejuvenation", and in the report of the 18th National Congress, this statement was further revised as "education is the cornerstone of national rejuvenation and social progress". National rejuvenation and social progress are two historical missions of China, in which education plays a cornerstone role with great responsibility. Second, education is a priority.

The report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China put forward "giving priority to the development of education", which was adjusted to "insisting on giving priority to the development of education". There is no essential difference between these two expressions, but they are inherited, indicating that China will still give priority to the development of education in the next five years.

To improve the quality of education and promote the development of educational connotation, the external guarantee mechanism is to promote the priority development of education, and the internal development motivation is reform and innovation. From the perspective of modern history, the rise of Britain during the first industrial revolution, followed by the rise of Germany and the United States, is a very important symbol of these countries' strategic decision to give priority to the development of education. This is especially true in all countries in the world today, and all countries regard giving priority to the development of education as the main means to revitalize the economy. Countless facts and experiences tell us that giving priority to the development of education is the key to the rapid social and economic development of the country. Third, academic qualifications.

In the report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party's requirements for education are "to fully implement the Party's educational policy, adhere to the principle of educating people, implement quality education, improve the level of educational modernization, train socialist builders and successors with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique and beauty, and run a satisfactory education for the people." In the report of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the expression changed slightly: "Fully implement the Party's educational policy, insist that education serves the socialist modernization and the people, regard moral education and educating people as the fundamental task of education, and cultivate socialist builders and successors with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique and beauty."

The changes in specific expressions are as follows: First, from "insisting on educating people and putting moral education first" to "taking morality and educating people as the fundamental task of education". This adjustment further clarifies the task and purpose of education and helps front-line educators to better abide by the party's educational policy; Second, from "improving the level of educational modernization" to "insisting that education serves the socialist modernization and the people". The original requirement emphasized the modernization of education itself, but the present expression requires that education must adapt to the requirements of socialist modernization and the requirements of the people, and take the lead in development in order to provide good services. Third, from "implementing quality education" to "fully implementing quality education". Quality education has been put forward in China for more than 20 years, and there is a lot of experience in the implementation process, but the overall experience is not much. "Carrying out quality education in an all-round way" embodies the party's ardent expectation and urgent desire for education, but it is not easy, and it needs holistic and comprehensive reforms in many aspects, such as educational system reform. Fourth, from "running a satisfactory education for the people" to "trying to run a satisfactory education for the people". In the period of social transformation, people's expectations and requirements for education are getting higher and higher, and there is still a big gap between people's growing spiritual needs and the status quo of education reform. Adding the word "hard" is not to lower the requirements, but to be more pragmatic. Fourth, education reform.

In the report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the focus of education reform is to "optimize the educational structure, promote the balanced development of compulsory education, accelerate the popularization of high school education, vigorously develop vocational education and improve the quality of higher education. Update the concept of education, deepen the reform of teaching content, examination enrollment system and quality evaluation system, reduce the academic burden of primary and secondary school students, and improve the overall quality of students. " By the report of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, this concern has changed: "Deepen the comprehensive reform in the field of education, focus on improving the quality of education and cultivate students' innovative spirit. Run pre-school education well, develop nine-year compulsory education in a balanced way, basically popularize high school education, accelerate the development of modern vocational education, promote the connotative development of higher education, actively develop continuing education and improve the lifelong education system. "

First of all, the demand for education reform is more macro and comprehensive, and the reform of teaching content, examination enrollment system and quality evaluation system has been further expanded into a comprehensive reform in the field of education. Secondly, the requirements for the duration of study are progressive. Nine-year compulsory education has changed from "promoting balance" to "balanced development" in the new five years; In the new five years, high school education has changed from "accelerated popularization" to "basic popularization"; The vocational education in the new five years has changed from "vigorously developing" to "accelerating the development of modern vocational education"; Higher education has changed from "improving quality" to focusing on "connotative development". There are new requirements for preschool education, continuing education and lifelong education in the report of the 18th National Congress, which were not mentioned in the report of the 17th National Congress. Fifth, education is fair.

The report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China put forward that "educational equity is an important foundation of social equity", "Insist on the public welfare nature of education, increase financial investment in education, standardize education fees, support education in poverty-stricken areas and ethnic minority areas, improve the student financial aid system, and ensure that children of economically disadvantaged families and migrant workers receive compulsory education on an equal footing." During the first five-year period, many of the above requirements have been realized or basically realized, such as increasing financial investment in education, standardizing education fees, and ensuring the educational rights of children of poor families and migrant workers.

In the report of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, there are new requirements for educational equity: "Vigorously promote educational equity, rationally allocate educational resources, focus on rural areas, marginal areas, poverty-stricken areas and ethnic minority areas, support special education, improve the level of financial assistance for students with financial difficulties in families, and actively promote the equal access of children of migrant workers to education, so that every child can become a useful talent." These requirements are very clear. By narrowing the educational differences among regions, urban and rural areas and special groups, we can provide each student with relatively fair educational opportunities and let children become useful talents through education.

The issue of educational equity was first written in the report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and was further deepened and developed in the report. Sixth, the faculty.

In the report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, it is proposed to "strengthen the construction of teachers and strive to improve the quality of rural teachers." In the past five years, a series of teacher training courses, such as "National Training Plan" and "Famous Teacher Project", have been set up at different levels from the state to the local level, providing a good platform for teachers to learn, practice and improve. Through these years' efforts, obvious results have been achieved, but there is still a long way to go to meet the high requirements of educational modernization. The key to all education and teaching in schools lies in teachers. A team of teachers with exquisite professional skills and noble ethics is the fundamental guarantee for the quality of running a school. This requires us to constantly increase our concern, love and training for teachers. It is obviously reasonable to continue to put forward "strengthening the construction of teachers" in the report of the 18th National Congress. Seventh, social forces.

Promoting the diversified development of education and encouraging social forces to set up education are well reflected in the reports of the 17th and 18th National Congress. The report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out "encouraging social forces to set up education", and the report of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out "encouraging and guiding social forces to set up education". The added word "guidance" should pay more attention to the standardization of running schools by social forces and make it a useful supplement to public education.