at the third forum on the belt and road initiative, general secretary xi jinping stressed that "we should deepen cultural exchanges and form a diversified and interactive cultural exchange pattern", putting forward new requirements for the belt and road initiative. in this regard, higher education can play an important role.
higher education is an important combination of scientific and technological productivity, human resources and innovation power. how to better leverage the role of higher education in supporting the development of the "belt and road" in terms of human resources, culture and technology, and at the same time promote the steady and long-term development of higher education in international cooperation is a major topic of our times. we need to make more efforts in guiding ideas, innovating mechanisms and integrating measures to achieve practical results.
only by having a clear vision and pooling understanding can we create a mighty force of conscious action. the belt and road initiative provides strategic opportunities for higher education to promote international educational exchanges and cooperation at a higher level and in a larger scope. giving full play to the unique advantages of education and focusing on "quality", "special" and "new" will be conducive to the belt and road education exchanges and cooperation. "quality" means paying close attention to quality and improving quality and efficiency. we not only pay attention to the high quality of educational exchanges and cooperation itself, but also pay attention to the high quality of serving the "double first-class" construction and national and regional development strategy. "special" means to make full use of and give full play to the distinctive academic clusters that are compatible with the belt and road initiative, and integrate them into the belt and road cooperation and people-to-people exchanges. "new" means, through a series of reforms and innovations, to activate exchange and cooperation mechanisms, open up channels of exchange and cooperation, fully mobilize the vitality of all fields and at all levels, and form an all-dimensional, multi-tiered and wide-ranging pattern of exchange and cooperation.
straighten out the mechanism, give sufficient power, in order to linkage, integration, efficient work. government departments should do a good job in top-level design, policy support and platform building to promote international cooperation among colleges and universities. based on the actual conditions of running schools and the characteristics and advantages of disciplines, colleges and universities should closely follow the needs of national economic and social development and the construction of the belt and road, strengthen the cultivation of interdisciplinary talents in the belt and road initiative, establish and improve the scientific research system oriented to the construction of the belt and road initiative, and give full play to the unique role of colleges and universities in the cultural exchanges between china and foreign countries. by giving full play to the role of education departments, universities, research institutes, enterprises and other institutions, forming a working pattern with multiple participation, horizontal linkage and positive interaction, we can complement each other's advantages and form a resultant force.
facing the world, modernization and the future, colleges and universities need to have a broad vision and a broad pattern in the international cooperation of the belt and road initiative. all the way "for" area construction and the construction of "double top" point, integration, cohesion of the existing related resources and platforms, actively explore scientific and efficient management, operation mode, optimizing the allocation of resources such as talents, discipline, technology, to better serve the reform and development of national education, better serve the state's overall diplomacy, better serve the masses of the people's need for high quality education, we will build world-class universities and disciplines.
source: state-owned assets and administration commission of the state council