The provincial education conference was held Thursday in Nanjing. Provincial Party Secretary Lou Qinjin stressed at the meeting that Jiangsu should hold high the great banner of Xi Jinping's new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, follow General Secretary Xi Jinping's important exposition on education, highlight talent cultivation by nurturing morality in Jiangsu's educational modernization, and promote the modern education system from the supply side for the making of an education powerhouse.
Wu Zhenglong, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee and governor, presided over the meeting and delivered a speech. Huang Lixin, chairwoman of the provincial CPPCC, attended the meeting. Weng Tiehui, Vice Minister of Education, addressed the meeting.
Lou Qinjian pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has proposed a series of new ideas and new concepts, leading and promoting the historic changes in the development of education in China and achieving historic achievements, especially his important speech at the National Education Conference which answered the major theoretical and practical issues of education and provided a basic guide and action guide for promoting education in the new era.
We must implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech, prioritize education development in a strategic position, implement the party’s educational policy, follow the laws of education, and firmly establish the people’s stand of education reform and development so as to promote educational concept, the quality of education, and the equitableness of educational opportunities, take the lead in achieving high-level education in the country and fully realize education modernization by 2035.
The CPC Provincial chief pointed out that moral education is very important for cultivating talents, add that it is important to promote talent cultivation by nurturing morality, adhere to the principle of moral education, and comprehensively and systematically advance the whole process of Jiangsu's educational modernization.
Lou noted that a modern education system must have a modern education system with focus on the supply side so as to create a modern education system, promote the balanced development of compulsory education, focus on solving the gap between education levels in urban and rural areas, focus on boosting the teaching abilities of the teachers, and resolutely deal with all kinds of violations of educational laws that interfere with educational order and destroy educational ecology.
He stressed more efforts to deepen the reform and opening up of education, boost the reform on the transformation of government functions and the evaluation system, reshuffle the college entrance examination system and expand international exchanges.
The CPC Provincial chief urged the province to adhere to the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era and implement the Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization from the political height of strengthening the four consciousnesses and the four self-confidences, safeguarding the authority of the CPC Central Committee and getting united around the centralized and unified leadership the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core so as to promote the comprehensive and effective implementation of the law on water pollution prevention and control law, boost the high-quality development and accelerate education modernization in Jiangsu.
Wu Zhenglong pointed out that Jiangsu is faced with educational gaps in many aspects in view of the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the requirements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and the need for high-quality development in the forefront and the people's need for a better life.
It is important to hold high the great banner of Xi Jinping's new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, follow General Secretary Xi Jinping's important exposition on education, highlight talent cultivation by nurturing morality in Jiangsu's educational modernization, and promote the modern education system from the supply side for the making of an education powerhouse, the governor said.
He urged the province to give full play to educational modernization in a variety of ways so as to adapt education to the requirements of promoting high-quality development and meeting the expectations of the people.
He stressed that regional governments and departments at all levels must timely convey the spirit of this conference, promote the province's education reform and development to a new level in the new era, and make new and greater contributions to promoting high-quality development in the forefront and accelerating the construction of a new Jiangsu.
Weng Tiehui stressed that it is important to prioritize the cultivation of morality and intelligence in the cultivation of socialist builders and successors as a fundamental task, and persist in implementing the prioritized development of education as a preemptive effort.
She stressed efforts to adhere to the education fairness as the value orientation, adhere to the comprehensive strengthening of the teaching team construction as a major political task and a fundamental livelihood project, adhere to the promotion of education reform and innovation as the fundamental driving force for stimulating the vitality of education, and insist on serving economic and social development as an important mission so as to provide the fundamental guarantee for strengthening the party's overall leadership in education.
The Ministry of Education will, as always, support Jiangsu's education reform and development, promote Jiangsu's experience, and further take measures in policy guidance and comprehensive reforms to support Jiangsu's education development so as to make joint efforts to promote the construction of new Jiangsu, said the vice minister.
