Mainly manifested in the fact that education can not only cultivate talents necessary for material production, but also create and develop new science and technology through intellectual development, and give birth to new industries and new economic growth points, thus promoting the development of productive forces and the construction of socialist material civilization. Building socialist modernization requires not only a high level of material civilization, but also a high level of spiritual civilization. Generally speaking, it can be divided into two aspects: ideological and moral construction, education and scientific and cultural construction. Education is not only the meaning of socialist spiritual civilization construction, but also an important tool for ideological and moral construction and an effective way to reproduce scientific and cultural knowledge, which guides the direction of spiritual civilization construction and the formation of the whole social atmosphere. "It is inseparable from education to establish a correct world outlook, outlook on life and values, carry forward fine national traditions, form and consolidate common ideals and spiritual pillars, and improve the scientific and cultural level".

2. The overall role of education in the modernization drive

The overall situation of education is determined by the interests and scope of action in the process of production, circulation, distribution and consumption of educational products. In the process of modernization, the overall situation of education means that education is a major issue related to the overall situation of socialist modernization. As we all know, socialist modernization is a complicated social system project. It involves politics, economy, culture, law, social structure and many other fields. As an important part of modernization, education plays an active role in all fields and fronts of modernization, from the prosperity of the country to the economic development and revitalization of regions and departments, which are necessary for modernization and social progress; From adjusting and improving the economic base and production to liberating and developing social productive forces; From the most important democracy and legal system construction, to the inheritance and development of culture and science in the superstructure field, and then to the scientific modern people's thought and spiritual civilization; From improving the overall quality of the Chinese nation to cultivating all kinds of professionals at all levels, education can be said to penetrate into all fields of modernization and run through all links. It has a positive role in promoting the development of science and technology, economic growth and social progress, and has an essential connection with the political, economic and cultural construction in the primary stage of socialism, which has had a wide and profound impact. It has become an important symbol to measure the degree of social civilization of a country and a nation. If modernization is compared to a magnificent building, education is undoubtedly the most arduous and greatest basic project in the building. If education lags behind, the overall situation of economic and social development will be seriously affected. Therefore, the development of education is a major issue related to the overall situation and success or failure of socialist modernization.

3. The basic role of education in the modernization drive

The key to developing social production is to develop science and technology; The key to the development of science and technology is to cultivate talents. However, education plays an important and fundamental role in the development of science and technology and the cultivation of talents. It is by combining the two possible and potential productive forces, science and man, and urging them to be actively transformed into real productive forces that education finally promotes the development of social production. Therefore, education is the basis of developing science and technology and cultivating talents, and it is a basic project with strategic significance.