The report of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out: "Insist on education to serve the socialist modernization and the people, regard moral education as the fundamental task of education, and cultivate socialist builders and successors with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique and beauty." "Who to train and how to train people" is a major issue related to the future and destiny of the party and the country, and it is also a fundamental issue that must be solved in the development of socialist education in China.

The fundamental task of moral education is to carry forward the socialist core values and cultivate socialist builders and successors with Chinese cultural heritage, Socialism with Chinese characteristics's common ideal and international vision.

Extended textbooks regard moral education as the fundamental task of education, which has distinct characteristics of the times. With the advent of economic globalization, informationization and post-industrial society, the moral challenges facing mankind are becoming increasingly severe. In order to improve China's soft power, realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, strengthen moral education and improve the moral civilization quality of the whole nation, it has become a major and urgent strategic task in China's education front.

In the report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, it was put forward that "educating people is the foundation, giving priority to moral education, implementing quality education, improving the level of educational modernization, cultivating socialist builders and successors with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique and beauty, and running a satisfactory education for the people", and it was the first time to put forward "educating people as the foundation".

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People's Network-Taking Lide Shu Ren as the Fundamental Task of Education