Education is the most fundamental cause of a nation, and the realization of the four modernizations depends on knowledge and talents. Policy mistakes are easy to correct, knowledge can't be acquired immediately, and talents can't be cultivated in a day or two, so we should attach importance to education and start with dolls. In the long run, education is a major plan for national development, because economic development and social progress are inseparable from science and technology, which is the primary productive force, and the development of science and technology depends on the improvement of the scientific and cultural level of the whole nation. Deng Xiaoping once pointed out: "We should pay attention to education as well as science and technology" (1). Education is the strategic foundation of modernization, and it must be put in the first place of strategic development. He pointed out many times: "The key to the four modernizations is the modernization of science and technology" (2) "The cultivation of scientific and technical talents is based on education" (3). He said: "The key to our modernization is that science and technology can go up." Without paying attention to education, we can't develop science and technology. Modernization cannot rely on empty talk, but on knowledge and talents. "Education is even related to the overall situation of building Socialism with Chinese characteristics and the historical destiny of socialism. (4)。 1992 Deng Xiaoping southern tour, once again brilliantly expounded the role of science and technology and education in social and economic development. He pointed out: "To develop the economy faster, we must rely on science, technology and education." (5) Deng Xiaoping, with his strategist's vision, raised education to an unprecedented level of understanding and repeatedly warned us that we must pay full attention to the strategic position of science, technology and education in social and economic development. Rejuvenating the country through science and education has opened up a people-oriented development path for China's modernization. China has entered a new development stage of building a well-off society in an all-round way and accelerating socialist modernization, and is moving towards the third strategic goal of modernization. 265438+At the beginning of the 20th century, in order to complete three new tasks: accelerating the all-round economic and social development, strategically adjusting the economic structure, perfecting the socialist market economic system and opening wider to the outside world, the Party and the state formulated a strategic plan for moderately advancing development on the basis of maintaining the healthy development of the scale and speed of education, and the rapid improvement of the quality and efficiency of all kinds of education in China. In order to implement the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education, the historical task of cultivating talents and enhancing the national innovation ability was put forward.

Rejuvenating the country through science and education and educational innovation are forward-looking and strategic issues that affect China's socialist modernization, no matter from the perspective of educational theory or educational practice. To establish a scientific outlook on development, talents and education, it is urgent for us to combine the characteristics of the times with the needs of China's all-round social and economic progress and development, and further improve people's understanding of the direction, tasks and objectives of educational reform and development under the new situation on the basis of the consensus and actions of rejuvenating the country through science and education and educational innovation that have been formed by the whole party and society.