China News Service, March 1 (Xinhua) The Ministry of Education held a press conference on March 1 to introduce the basic situation of the development of education nationwide in 2023.
At the meeting, Guo Peng, director of the Development Planning Department of the Ministry of Education, said that in recent years, the scale and proportion of postgraduate students, especially doctoral students, have continued to increase, providing a steady stream of high-level talent support for high-quality economic development.
Guo Peng pointed out that the Ministry of Education, together with the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance, adapts to the needs of economic and social development and responds to the expectations of the people, focusing on expanding high-quality higher education resources and increasing the number of years of education for the people.
The gross enrollment rate of higher education exceeding 60% is a remarkable achievement in serving the high-quality development of the population.
With the development of scale, the level and structure of talent training within higher education are more important, especially the issue of high-level talent training.
At work, we mainly focus on the following aspects:
First, steadily expand the scale of graduate talent training.
Anchor the goal of building an educational power in 2035, deeply understand the strategic deployment of integrating education, science and technology, and talent, comprehensively consider my country's economic and social development situation, national strategic needs, population size structure, higher education's own laws and other factors, and reasonably grasp my country's graduate education development rhythm.
In recent years, the scale and proportion of postgraduate students, especially doctoral students, have continued to increase, providing a steady stream of high-level talent support for high-quality economic development.
The second is to continuously optimize the high-level talent training structure.
In terms of degree types, we insist on promoting the classified development of academic innovative talents and practical innovative talents, increase the enrollment of professional degree graduate students, and strengthen the cultivation of high-level application-oriented leading talents in the field of engineering technology.
In 2023, the enrollment ratio of professional degree graduate students will be close to 60%.
From the perspective of subject structure, facing the new requirements for talent training put forward by the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, colleges and universities should be guided to optimize the subject structure, increase the intensity of STEM talent training, and accelerate the cultivation of scientific and technological innovation talents.
In 2023, master's degree enrollment in science, engineering, agriculture and medicine will account for 60%, and doctoral enrollment will account for more than 80%.
The third is to continue to strengthen the strategic scientific and technological talent pool in key areas.
On the one hand, we adhere to the "four orientations", focus on the construction of important talent centers and innovation highlands in the world, and increase the scale of graduate training in basic disciplines and key nationally urgent fields.
On the other hand, deepen the integration of science and education, support high-level universities and scientific research institutions to strengthen organized talent training and scientific and technological research, cultivate innovative talents in major scientific research tasks, and support high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance.
Guo Peng said that in the next step, the Ministry of Education will follow the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, further give full play to the leading role of higher education, coordinate scale, structure, and quality, comprehensively improve the ability to independently cultivate talents, and increase the intensity of cultivating top-notch innovative talents for the country. Providing basic and strategic support for promoting Chinese-style modernization.