In the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education, the mutual relationship and function between educational scientific and technological talents are: education is the foundation, science and technology is the driving force, and talents are the main body, all of which are the "first" in the system.

To understand their relationship scientifically, we should not only correctly grasp their unique essential connotation, but also combine them with concrete social practice. Grasping the essential connotation is to restore the "activity" attribute of education, science and technology and the "material" attribute of talents. From the perspective of education as a social activity to cultivate people, science and technology as a social activity to produce knowledge, and talents as a social group to gather creative ability.

It is further recognized theoretically that in the interactive development system of education, science and technology and talents, education is the foundation, science and technology is the driving force and talents are the main body. All three are the "firsts" in the system, which are complementary rather than mutually exclusive, and are core and parallel.

Rejuvenating the country through science and education:

"rejuvenating the country through science and education" refers to comprehensively implementing the idea that science and technology are the primary productive forces, adhering to the principle of education, placing science and technology and education in an important position in economic and social development, enhancing the national scientific and technological strength and the ability to transform it into practical productive forces, improving the scientific and technological cultural quality of the whole nation, shifting economic construction to the track of relying on scientific and technological progress and improving the quality of workers, and accelerating the prosperity of the country.

Science and technology are the primary productive forces. At the national science and technology conference, the CPC Central Committee further put forward the strategy of "rejuvenating the country through science and education". In the future, as the source of scientific and technological progress, the investment in scientific research will increase. On the other hand, the system reform of national scientific research institutes is being carried out in depth, and the examination and approval method of scientific research fund application has changed from simple superior examination and approval of funds to expert argumentation and evaluation.