This year’s National Two Sessions, “new quality productivity” has become a hot word.
Developing new productive forces requires innovative talents and craftsmen from great countries.
On March 5, General Secretary Xi Jinping participated in the deliberations of the Jiangsu delegation at the Second Session of the 14th National People's Congress and had a cordial exchange with representative Sun Jingnan, a welder from CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Rolling Stock Co., Ltd.
What is "craftsman"?
Sun Jingnan shared her thoughts: "It is only through 'careful' about yourself in the professional field that you can achieve breakthroughs after hard work."
The general secretary emphasized that "the craftsmen of great countries are the cornerstones and pillars of the building of our Chinese nation" and "without diamonds, we cannot do the porcelain work."
A year ago on March 5, also in the Jiangsu Youth League, a "craftsman" came face to face with the General Secretary.
Shan Zenghai from XCMG Engineering Machinery Co., Ltd. reported to the General Secretary the hard-core strength of "the most important weapon of the country".
That time, when talking about the dialectics of development and security from manufacturing, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized, “China cannot lack manufacturing at any time.”
Vocational education is fertile ground for cultivating craftsmen.
For two consecutive years, the General Secretary has had face-to-face exchanges with craftsmen from major countries, which reflects his affirmation of high-level skilled talents and his deep expectations for building a modern vocational education system and cultivating more cornerstones and pillars that support the national building.
Cultivating craftsmen of a great country is related to the country’s major plans
"We must train front-line craftsmen from great powers in batches."
Our country's economy must be supported by the real economy, which requires a large number of professional and technical talents and a large number of craftsmen from big countries.
General Secretary Xi Jinping has always been very concerned about developing vocational education and cultivating craftsmen of great powers.
When he was working in Fujian, Comrade Xi Jinping, then secretary of the Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee, concurrently served as the president of Minjiang Vocational University for 6 years. He proposed the school-running philosophy of “not seeking the largest, but seeking the best, and seeking to adapt to social needs.”
After the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping made a series of important expositions on vocational education at important meetings, during inspections and surveys, and in important instructions, emphasizing that "vocational education has a broad future and great potential."
During an inspection of Gansu Shandan Peili School, the general secretary spoke earnestly, encouraging students to concentrate on their studies, master more practical skills, and strive to become talents useful and needed by the country.
Participating in the discussion of the Guangxi delegation at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: "We must attach great importance to the development of vocational and technical education. We cannot look down on industrial workers, we must look at their actual contributions!"
This time in the Jiangsu delegation, the General Secretary once again talked about vocational education and the spirit of craftsmen: "We must develop vocational education well, establish the spirit of craftsmen, and ensure their conditions of treatment. We must educate a group of front-line craftsmen from big countries They are trained in batches and they are the backbone.”
From "Chang'e" capturing the moon to "Xihe" chasing the sun, from "Jiaolong" deep diving to "Beidou" network building, from the longest cross-sea bridge to the world's most advanced high-speed railway... these scientific and technological achievements and super projects , is inseparable from the meticulous hard work of Zijiang Lunyu, which embodies the figure of a great craftsman determined to be outstanding.
As "Made in China" goes global and "Intelligent Manufacturing in China" continues to advance, my country's vocational education is on the fast track.
At present, my country's vocational education major catalog has a total of 1,394 majors, covering all fields of the national economy, strongly supporting my country to become the only country in the world with all industrial categories.
Develop vocational education to respond to people’s concerns
"Strive to give everyone a chance to make a difference in life."
With a score of just over 200 points in the high school entrance examination, Li Mingyang, who graduated from junior high school, once faced the dilemma of "having no books to study", and vocational school became a "last resort" at that time.
In 2015, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to the Guizhou Provincial Mechanical Industry School training base. Li Mingyang and his classmates were conducting practical training in lathe processing, CNC machine tools, robot teaching, laser printing and other courses.
"All walks of life need a large number of scientific and technological talents, as well as a large number of skilled talents. Everyone must be confident in their future." These words are inspiring.
Keep improving and pursue your dreams.
In 2016, Li Mingyang represented the school in the 44th World Skills Competition trials and lived up to expectations and won the runner-up.
The new era is an era in which everyone can become a talent and everyone can display their talents.
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What do you think about vocational education?
The General Secretary profoundly elaborated, “We must establish a correct view of talents, cultivate and practice the core socialist values, strive to improve the quality of talent training, and promote the era of glorious labor, valuable skills, and great creation.” “Strive to cultivate hundreds of millions of high-quality talents. Laborers and technically skilled personnel.”
Vocational education, what to do?
The general secretary pointed out the direction, “We must firmly grasp the direction of running schools to serve development and promote employment, deepen the reform of systems and mechanisms, innovate vocational education models at all levels and types, adhere to the integration of industry and education, school-enterprise cooperation, adhere to the integration of work and study, and the integration of knowledge and action. Guide all sectors of society, especially industry enterprises, to actively support vocational education and strive to build a vocational education system with Chinese characteristics."
Vocational education is the cradle of craftsmen and is most closely related to economic and social development. It contains the opportunity for everyone to make a difference in life and carries the dream of a strong country and a rejuvenated nation.
"Which sequence is your professional title in?" "How is your current income?"
When participating in the discussion of the Guangxi delegation at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping asked "Master Zheng" from Guangxi Automobile Group.
Zheng Zhiming, who has worked on the front line for more than 20 years, reported in detail to the General Secretary: "Our country has introduced a policy to break the ceiling. I have just been rated as a special technician and a senior engineer. The party's policy has allowed our workers who graduated from vocational high schools to There is also a good way out. This is something I never thought of in the past."
The new era bursting with unlimited vitality has set up a grand stage for the craftsmen of the country to display their talents and develop high-quality vocational education. We are determined to become talents through skills and practice skills to serve the country. The future is promising.
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Written by: Wu Thant
Editor: Luo Jianqing
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