China News Service, September 24. In response to "recent experts' comments that some universities have built world-class universities", the Ministry of Education spokesperson Xu Mei said on the 24th that after these five years of construction, relevant schools continue to gather high-quality resources , Continuously strengthen the connotation construction, and achieved certain phased results.

However, the overall strength of our country's higher education still has a big gap compared with the world's first-class universities, especially to achieve first-class universities and first-class disciplines by the middle of this century, both in terms of quantity and quality. We still have a long way to go, there is still a lot of work to do, and there are still very arduous tasks, so we must have a clear understanding of this.

　　The Ministry of Education held a press conference on the 24th. Some reporters asked questions. Recently, many colleges and universities released the results of expert reviews on double-class construction. Some experts mentioned in the review that some schools have built world-class universities. What does the Ministry of Education think about this?

　　Xu Mei said that the first round of construction is from 2016 to 2020, so this year is the final period of the first round of construction.

Recently, in accordance with relevant requirements, all relevant universities have organized experts to conduct self-evaluation on construction effectiveness. Therefore, all construction schools now rely on experts to conduct phased self-summarization and self-evaluation.

　　Xu Mei introduced that according to the overall plan of double first-class construction, the construction is divided into three major stages, one node is to 2020, the second node is to 2030, and the third node is to the middle of this century. According to these three This is a big node, with cascading construction goals.

At the same time, it is advancing in a five-year round, and now it is the first round, that is, the first round has just come to an end.

　　Xu Mei pointed out that after these five years of construction, the relevant schools have continuously gathered high-quality resources and continuously strengthened the connotation construction, and achieved certain phased results.

However, we must also be soberly aware that the overall strength of our country’s higher education is still far behind the world’s first-class universities, especially to achieve first-class universities and first-class disciplines by the middle of this century, no matter in terms of quantity. We still have to be in the forefront of the world in terms of quality, we still have a long way to go, there is still a lot of work to do, and there are still very arduous tasks, so we must have a clear understanding of this.

　　"In the next step, the Ministry of Education will also guide the construction of colleges and universities to further increase reforms, further enhance the content, and continuously accelerate the construction process, so as to promote the improvement of the overall strength of my country's higher education and the improvement of international competitiveness. Provide strong support for the modernization of the country," Xu Mei said.