China will deepen comprehensive reform in education, deepen structural scientific and technological reform, and deepen institutional reforms for talent development, an official said Friday.
Huai Jinpeng, minister of education, made the remarks at a press conference on the guiding principles from the just-concluded third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.
“We must regard science and technology as our primary productive force, talent as our primary resource and innovation as our primary driver of growth. Scientific and technological innovation depends on talent, and talent cultivation depends on education. A new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is deepening, and international competition surrounding high-quality talent and cutting-edge technology is fiercer than ever. This urgently requires us to take the path of independent cultivation of talent and achieve high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement,” said Huai.
China will accelerate building a high-quality education system, promote the reform and innovation of integrating ideological and political theory courses in primary, secondary and tertiary schools, enhance the ability of teachers to teach and educate, and effectively utilize world-class educational resources and innovation elements to promote high-level education opening up, he added.