China's idea of giving priority to education was first put forward by Comrade Xiaoping. In 1977, Deng Xiaoping pointed out: "The key to our modernization is that science and technology can go up. Without paying attention to education, science and technology cannot be developed. " "We want to catch up with the world's advanced level, where to start? I want to start with technology and education. "

1985 "the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's decision on educational system reform" points out: "Education must serve socialist modernization, and socialist modernization must rely on education." 1987 The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of China further put forward "a century-long plan, with education as the foundation".

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Deng Xiaoping (1904 ~ 1997), a native of Guang 'an, Sichuan, was born on August 22nd, 1904. His original name is Mr Deng, and his scientific name is Deng Xixian. Deng Xiaoping is the core leader of the second generation of leaders in China, a great Marxist, proletarian revolutionary, politician, strategist and diplomat, one of the main leaders of China, China People's Liberation Army and People's Republic of China (PRC), the chief architect of socialist reform, opening up and modernization in China, and the founder of Deng Xiaoping Theory.

Deng Xiaoping went to Europe for work-study programs in his early years. After returning home, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the revolutionary struggle for national independence and people's liberation led by the party. From the Agrarian Revolution, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression to the War of Liberation, he successively held many important leadership positions of the Party and the army, made great contributions to the implementation of a series of major strategic decisions of the CPC Central Committee, the victory of the new democratic revolution and the birth of the new China, and became the founding father of People's Republic of China (PRC).

The policy ideas of "reform and opening up" and "one country, two systems" advocated by him changed China in the late 20th century and influenced the world. Therefore, in 1978 and 1985, he was elected as the "man of the year" of Time magazine twice.

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