According to the Outline of the National Medium and Long-term Education Reform and Development Plan, the most direct reason lies in "continuing education". In continuing education, it is mentioned that we should encourage various forms of continuing education and build a flexible and open lifelong education system. "Develop and standardize education and training services, and expand continuing education resources as a whole. Encourage schools, research institutes, enterprises and other relevant organizations to carry out continuing education. Strengthen the construction of urban and rural community education institutions and networks, and develop community education resources. Vigorously develop modern distance education, build a long-distance open continuing education and public service platform based on satellite, TV and Internet, and provide convenient, flexible and personalized learning conditions for learners. Build an "overpass" for lifelong learning. Promote the vertical connection and horizontal communication of all levels and types of education, provide a variety of choice opportunities, and meet the diverse learning and development needs of individuals. Improve the learning system of lenient entry and strict exit, run the open university well, and reform and improve the self-study examination system of higher education. Establish a system of accumulation and conversion of continuing education credits to realize mutual recognition and convergence of different types of learning achievements. " This is the most direct answer to this question.

It is also mentioned in the chapter on accelerating the process of informatization: "Accelerate the construction of educational information infrastructure. Information technology has a revolutionary impact on the development of education and must be highly valued. Incorporate educational informatization into the overall strategy of national informatization development and deploy educational information network in advance. By 2020, we will basically establish an education information system covering all kinds of schools in urban and rural areas, and promote the modernization of educational content, teaching means and methods. Make full use of high-quality resources and advanced technology, innovate operating mechanism and management mode, integrate existing resources, and build advanced, efficient and practical digital education infrastructure. Accelerate the popularization of terminal facilities, promote the construction of digital campus, and realize various ways to access the Internet. Focus on strengthening the information infrastructure construction of rural schools and narrowing the digital gap between urban and rural areas. We will speed up the upgrading of the computer network for educational research in China and the broadband transmission network for educational satellites in China. Formulate basic standards for educational informatization and promote the interconnection of information systems. Strengthen the development and application of high-quality educational resources. Strengthen the construction of network teaching resource system. Introduce international high-quality digital teaching resources. Develop online learning courses. Establish digital library and virtual laboratory. Establish an open and flexible public service platform for educational resources to promote the popularization and enjoyment of high-quality educational resources. Innovate the network teaching mode and carry out high-quality and high-level distance education. Continue to promote distance education in rural primary and secondary schools, so that teachers and students in rural and remote areas can enjoy high-quality educational resources. Strengthen the application of information technology. Improve teachers' application of information technology, update teaching concepts, improve teaching methods and improve teaching effects. Encourage students to take the initiative to learn independently with the help of information and enhance their ability to analyze and solve problems by using information technology. Accelerate the popularization and application of information technology for all. "Aside from this factor, I personally think that the factor of educational equity has also played a great role. Due to the imbalance of regional development, the distribution of educational resources also shows obvious imbalance. However, if good educational resources and those areas lacking educational resources are always at the two extremes of scissors difference, all this will lead to a vicious circle. Distance education is a way to change this gap. At the same time, those high-quality educational resources can reach poor areas, and the influence of high-quality teacher resources can be expanded. At the same time, it is also convenient for teachers to continue to learn and supplement their knowledge and constantly improve.