Most of the participants in this forum are corporate executives. It is necessary to talk about "the mission of education" from the perspective of enterprises, but it is difficult to promote the education reform in China if we just sigh. The author has always believed that the participation of enterprises and entrepreneurs is an important force to promote the education reform and development in China. There are three reasons why entrepreneurs attach so much importance to education. First, social responsibility lies in. Second, we must rely on education to train talents. If the quality of talents is low, it will seriously affect the core competitiveness of enterprises; Third, enterprises should also continue to educate employees to improve their skills, and at the same time take learning as a way of life.

Objectively speaking, enterprises in China have made some achievements in promoting the development of education, but most of them just donated scholarships and equipment to schools, and the amount of donations was not large, and they did not really participate in the process of education reform.

First of all, enterprises and entrepreneurs can guide the change of education and talents through the change of employment concept. At present, some enterprises in China are not doing well in fair employment. When recruiting talents, there are certain school discrimination and academic discrimination, which adds fuel to the concept of "academic society" and intensifies the "prestigious school complex" of basic education. The talent view of the whole society generally pays attention to academic qualifications, and the requirement for ability is second. If enterprises can change their recruitment methods, not judge heroes by academic qualifications, pay attention to the ability and quality of talents and promote fair employment, then enterprises will create a good external environment for educational reform.

Secondly, enterprises and entrepreneurs should actively participate in educational affairs and express their views on educational issues. Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, has always been passionate about American education. He can criticize American education and set up a foundation to promote American education reform. He once published an article, pointing out that "the American high school education system was established 50 years ago, and now it can't meet the needs of providing high school students with the knowledge they need." About one-third of American high school students can go to college after graduation, while other students will not get enough knowledge to enter the society. In addition, among developed countries, the United States has the highest high school dropout rate. Only 40% of the students who drop out of school can find a job, and because they have no fixed income, they are easy to get into bad habits. "As a response to Bill Gates' criticism, the United States started the" Race to the Top "in 2009-a competition to convince every state that it can develop intelligent courses and high standards, and its cost is about 1% of the annual education investment. In 20 13, the United States announced that it would reward high schools that have established cooperative relations with new universities and new employers, so as to redesign American high schools to better provide some opportunities for graduates and meet the needs of high-tech economy.

Compared with Bill Gates, entrepreneurs in China seldom express their opinions on education. Even now there is a new trend. Billionaires mostly consider sending their children to study abroad, which may lead them to be indifferent to the problems of the domestic education system. China's educational reform has also lost an important participation force.

Thirdly, enterprises can participate in the construction of school-running and school evaluation system, broaden school-running resources and promote the transformation of school education concept. In this respect, enterprises can make great achievements for vocational and technical schools and institutions of higher learning whose goal is to train applied technical talents and vocational and technical talents. They can let engineers serve as instructors in schools, offer practical and skill courses for schools, establish school-enterprise cooperation, and regard enterprises as places for school practice and training. To do these things, it is obvious that we cannot pursue short-term economic benefits, but should regard education as a part of the enterprise industry, and should regard education as a pure public welfare undertaking, which not only considers the long-term talent demand of enterprises, but also trains more qualified workers for the society.

This is the practical action that enterprises and entrepreneurs should take. The author is happy to see entrepreneurs pay attention to the topic of education, and expects that such discussions can produce substantive construction measures, including setting up education foundations, proposing educational reform programs, and carrying out school-enterprise cooperation. The mission of education cannot be accomplished by school education, and enterprises are also an important force of education.