Marxism holds that the development of anything is the dialectical unity of universality and particularity of contradiction.
From the perspective of a country's education, the law of education development is universal and needs to be basically followed by governments and education administrators of all countries; While following the laws of education, we should also find a way to run a school suitable for our own development according to the national conditions of each country, which is determined by the particularity (personality) of China's educational development.
Therefore, to run China's education well, we must follow the basic principle of dialectical unity of universality and particularity of contradictions, firmly take root in the land of China, combine the basic laws of educational development with the reality of China, and embark on a road of educational development that conforms to the reality of China and has China characteristics.
For example, from the perspective of the development of higher education in China, we have studied the school-running modes of developed countries in Europe and America and the Soviet Union, and some localities and universities even copied the western school-running mode and evaluation system, without really taking root in China and running universities based on their own national conditions.
Although the successful experience of developed countries in Europe and America and the Soviet Union is worth learning from, China's higher education is quite different from it, with different historical background, different development system and path, and completely different historical mission and responsibility of the times. The unique requirements of the development of higher education in China require us to take root in China and run education well.
Primary and secondary education and vocational education also need to be firmly rooted in the soil of China according to the new characteristics of the times and environmental background, and run them well in Socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Today, Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and the development of China has entered a new historical stage. The Chinese nation has ushered in a great leap from standing up, becoming rich and becoming strong, and has ushered in a bright prospect of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
This is the new era characteristics and environmental background that China's education development is facing, and it is also the unique historical culture and national conditions that China's education development should be based on.