To build a powerful socialist modernization country in an all-round way, the overall strategic arrangement is divided into two steps, and socialist modernization will be basically realized from 2020 to 2035; From 2035 to the middle of this century, China will be built into a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful socialist modernization power. The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China put forward the strategic plan of giving priority to the development of education, demanding to build an educational power in 2035, which fully embodies the basic, leading and overall strategic position of education in the construction of a socialist modern power.
Since the reform and opening up, the party and the state have always adhered to the strategy of giving priority to education. Report to the 20th CPC National Congress once again emphasized "education first", which not only reflected the scientific understanding of the interactive relationship between education and economic and social development, but also reflected that the Party attached great importance to the strategic "first move" of educational development to promote the high-quality development of China's economy and society. We must fully realize that in the new era and new journey of socialist modernization, adhering to the priority development of education has many new characteristics of the times and practical significance.
First, the people's yearning for a better educational life has undergone a historic change, that is, from "learning to teaching" to "excellent teaching" and from "learning" to pursuing "learning", and there is an urgent need for fairer and higher quality education.
Second, since the reform and opening up, especially the great changes in the new period and ten years, China's education development has stood at a new historical starting point, and China's education has made great achievements. We have built the largest education system in the world, and achieved a historic leap in the level of education popularization. All kinds of education at all levels have leapt to the level of upper-middle countries in the world, providing increasingly powerful human resources support for economic and social development.
However, we should also be soberly aware that in 20021year, China's per capita education years were only 9.9 1 year, which was far from the average education years of the world's educational powers 12.4 years. We must speed up development and catch up.
Third, building a socialist modernization power, achieving high-quality economic and social development, and putting forward new requirements for education reform and development. Science and technology are the primary productive forces, talents are the primary resources, and innovation is the primary driving force. Talent is the main body of scientific and technological innovation, and education is the mother of talent. Without high-quality world-class education, there will be no endless stream of innovative talents, and it will be impossible to support and support the construction of a socialist modern and powerful country.