The population receiving higher education in China has reached 240 million, and the average years of education of the newly-added labor force has reached 13.8 years. Major changes have taken place in the quality structure of the labor force, and the quality of the whole nation has been steadily improved. The continuous innovation of higher education in education mode, school-running mode, management system and guarantee mechanism has provided strong support for building an important talent center and innovative highland in the world.
Optimization process of higher education structure
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a total of 265 newly-added majors have been listed in the catalogue of undergraduate majors. At present, there are 77 1 majors in the catalogue. Add 17000 undergraduate specialty points, cancel or stop 10000. The revitalization and development of higher education in the central and western regions was further promoted. During the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan period, the central budget allocated a total of 654.38+007 billion yuan to implement "one province, one school" and "one school, one case".
1 19 universities affiliated to the east and high-level universities participate in supporting the universities in the central and western regions 103, and realize the full coverage of the western regions 12 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and Xinjiang production and construction corps. The co-construction of colleges and universities has achieved remarkable results, and a new college 15 1 institute has been jointly established with relevant ministries, large enterprises and local governments.