Yan Wu, Director of the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education, introduced at the press conference that during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, China's higher education entered a new stage of popularization, the quality of higher education personnel training was comprehensively improved, and the higher education personnel training system was comprehensively innovated.
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Universities are an important part of the national innovation system;
As the first productivity of science and technology, the first resource of talents and the first driving force of innovation, colleges and universities are an important part of the national innovation system. Lei Chaozi, director of the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Education, pointed out that colleges and universities have more than 60% national key laboratories, undertaken more than 80% national natural science foundation projects, and gathered more than 60% national high-level talents. Academicians from both colleges and universities account for more than 40% of the total number of academicians in China.
From 20 16 to 20 19, the total funding for science and technology in colleges and universities reached 782.08 billion yuan, and the full-time equivalent academic capacity of R &:D(R&D) personnel increased from 235,000 person-years to 289,400 person-years with an increase of 23%. The convergence of innovative resources has laid a solid foundation for the original innovation ability and the breakthrough of key core technologies in colleges and universities.
Paper-Ministry of Education: China has built the largest higher education system in the world.