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Original title: In the past 4 years, the central government has allocated 53 billion yuan to support the construction of universities. Development and Reform Commission: Direction of Support for Graduate Education Has Shifted from “Building a House” to “Solid Content”
“The National Development and Reform Commission strives to promote graduate education against the frontiers of world science and technology, against the main economic battlefield, against the main national needs, against life and health of people and accelerating the realization of high-quality development. ” At the 2020 Golden Autumn Series of Education press conference held today by the Ministry of Education, National Development Cai Changhua, Deputy Director of the Department of Social Development of the Reform Commission, presented the main work of the National Development and Reform Commission to promote the development of high-quality education of the institute in recent years.
Cai Changhua pointed out that the National Development and Reform Commission insists on connotative development and improves the conditions for the operation of schools and the education of people. Since 2016, it has arranged for the central government to invest 53 billion yuan to support the construction of universities in basic, transdisciplinary, characteristic and advantageous disciplines and key areas. “The direction of support shifts from ‘build a house’ to ‘strong connotation’, focusing on strengthening scientific research platforms, teaching facilities and building innovation and entrepreneurship capacities, effectively improving the level of assurance to run schools and educate people in universities, and supplementing the shortcomings of scientific research facilities and laying a solid foundation for development Provide strong support, “said Cai Changhua.
“Faced with economic transformation and improvement, the National Development and Reform Commission actively adapts to the needs of economic and social development and strengthens the drive for future development, and scientifically adjusts the scale and structure of graduate training.” . Cai Changhua introduced that graduate student enrollment increased from roughly 800,000 in 2016 to 1.1 million in 2020 Regarding the number of people, the increase in enrollment is mainly inclined to basic disciplines such as mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology, as related disciplines in areas that serve national strategies such as integrated circuits, artificial intelligence and public health, and are in urgent need of society and people’s livelihoods. Currently, 79% are doctors of science and engineering and 57% are teachers.
As for deepening the productive and educational integration and promoting the reform of the training model, “currently, more than 60% of the enrollment of professional master’s degrees has been enrolled, forming a pattern of separate development and simultaneous advancement of academic degrees and degrees. professionals”. According to Cai Changhua, the National Development and Reform Commission takes the deepening of the integration of production and education as a breakthrough point, strengthens the bond of disciplines with industry companies and regional development, builds a batch of national innovation platforms for productive and educational integration in integrated circuits and other fields, and increases the cultivation of innovative and applied talents.
In addition, Cai Changhua noted that the National Development and Reform Commission strongly supports the Xiong’an New Area, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Yangtze River Delta and the Hainan Free Trade Zone. to meet the main needs of the country and cultivate high-level talents. There is an urgent need to train high-level talent in key areas, accelerate the training of talents in short supply and contribute to solving the problem of “stuck neck” and technological innovation. Focusing on the life and health of people, we will increase the training of talents in the fields of biomedicine, clinical medicine and public health, expand the supply of high-quality talents and provide a better service to prevention and control epidemics, disease treatment and people’s health. (Wang Jiayuan Lin Huanxin)
