The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has clearly set the grand goal of building a strong education country by 2035. Recently, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Outline of the Plan for Building an Education Strong Country (2024-2035)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Outline"), which pointed out the direction and path for the specific promotion of China's education strong country construction in the next decade, and listed the time nodes. This is the first national action plan with the theme of building a strong country through education and the important task of comprehensively serving the construction of Chinese path to modernization. It is of great and far-reaching significance to better play the role of education, promote the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation. The Outline responds to the hot issues of public and social concern, paying attention to both the country's need for talent and the people's sense of educational achievement; We not only focus on the national strategic capacity of education services, but also on improving the satisfaction of the people. The Outline proposes that by 2027, there will be a significant increase in the people's sense of educational achievement; By 2035, the satisfaction of the people's education will significantly increase. From the series of measures introduced in the Outline, it can be seen that they have responded to the voices and expectations of the masses for many years. In recent years, in the face of the internal competition in basic education, the public has strongly reflected on the concern for students' physical and mental health and comprehensive development, and many committee members have also called for it. This "Outline" continues to strengthen the implementation of the Party's education policy, emphasizing health first and comprehensive development. The Outline proposes to "deepen the implementation of quality education, improve the comprehensive training system of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor, accelerate the filling of the gaps in physical education, aesthetic education, and labor education." "Implement the concept of health first education, implement the plan for students' physical fitness, strengthen the construction of campus football, effectively control myopia and obesity rates, promote the infiltration of aesthetic education in schools. Implement the plan for cultivating labor habits, enhance students' hands-on practical ability, problem-solving ability, and social adaptability. Popularize mental health education, establish a national student mental health monitoring and early warning system, and improve service mechanisms at different stages. Strengthen constitutional and legal education, national security education, and national defense education. Deepen the implementation of the youth student reading action The quality of thinking is particularly emphasized in this outline. The Outline emphasizes the need to "deepen the comprehensive reform of the college entrance examination, construct an examination or assessment content system that guides students' all-round development in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor, and focus on strengthening students' key abilities, subject literacy, and thinking qualities." It no longer emphasizes vocational and general education separation, and encourages the problem of separation after junior high school in comprehensive high schools and special high schools, which is one of the important reasons for parents' anxiety. The Outline responds to the expectations of the people and emphasizes the promotion of "diversified development of high school stage schools. We will coordinate and promote the diversified development of high school stage schools within the city, accelerate the expansion of the supply of general high school education resources, explore the establishment of a number of general high schools with science education as the characteristic, and run comprehensive high schools well. We will deeply implement the revitalization plan for county-level general high schools." It no longer emphasizes the separation of vocational and general education, but emphasizes the running of comprehensive high schools and characteristic high schools well. And it particularly emphasizes "accelerating the supply of resources for ordinary high school education" and "expanding students' growth and development channels through the integration of vocational and general education." This also means that vocational education and general education will be further integrated in high school education. In a high school, there will be both vocational education and academically oriented general education. The Outline also emphasizes the construction of characteristic high schools, pointing out that "we should explore the establishment of some science high schools." Therefore, we believe that high schools with humanities, arts, sports, engineering, commerce and other characteristics will also emerge, providing a broader platform for children with different intellectual characteristics in China. With one more ruler, there will be more good children. With the development of characteristic high schools, students and parents will undoubtedly have greater choice. Breaking away from the one size fits all mentality, higher education institutions will usher in a distinctive development pattern. The contradiction between the homogenization of higher education institutions and the diversification of market talent demand has always been a concern for all sectors of society. The Outline emphasizes the promotion of reform and development in universities by classification, guiding differentiated development of universities, and leveraging advantages and characteristics in different fields and tracks. In the future, "characteristic development" will become an important evaluation dimension for higher education institutions, and also an important dimension that determines whether higher education institutions can receive more support. The Outline emphasizes that "according to the basic positioning of research-oriented, application-oriented, and skill based education, comprehensive and characteristic basic directions will be distinguished, and the development positioning of various universities will be clarified to support the differentiated development of universities such as science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, humanities, social sciences, arts, and sports. A classified management and evaluation mechanism will be established to provide classified support in terms of educational conditions, enrollment plans, degree point authorization, and funding investment. Based on the functional positioning, actual contributions, and characteristic advantages of different types of universities, a resource allocation incentive mechanism will be established to guide universities to play to their advantages and develop their characteristics in different fields and tracks." The construction and development of characteristic universities will inevitably provide multiple choices for students with different characteristics such as vocational skills. To create a better environment for the growth and development of skilled talents, emphasizing the integration of vocational and general education in high school does not mean that vocational education is weakened. The development and employment of skilled talents have received special attention in the Outline. Skilled talents and academic talents are two different types of talents and intelligence, and the idea of non hierarchical differences has been strengthened in the Outline. It is evident that higher undergraduate vocational education will further expand. The Outline emphasizes the need to "strengthen the connection and training between high-quality secondary vocational schools and higher vocational schools. Strengthen the connection between teaching and examination, optimize the content and form of vocational education and college entrance examination. Encourage applied undergraduate schools to establish vocational and technical colleges or offer vocational and technical majors. Steadily expand the number and enrollment scale of vocational undergraduate schools." In response to the problem of the lack of attractiveness of skilled talents caused by policy discrimination, the Outline emphasizes the optimization of the policy environment for the growth of skilled talents and proposes specific measures to "actively promote vocational school graduates to enjoy equal treatment with ordinary school graduates in terms of household registration, employment, participation in recruitment (hiring), professional title evaluation, promotion, etc The implementation of the 'New Level 8 Worker' system, based on skill level and creative contribution, aims to improve the salary level of frontline skilled talents in production and services. The pace of opening up to the outside world has been continuous, and it is not contradictory to go in and out. For a long time, some people have been troubled by questions such as whether to continue learning foreign languages well and whether to send their children abroad for study. While rooted in the land of China to provide education, should we also face the world? From the statement in the Outline, it can be seen that coordinating the two major articles of "going out" and "inviting in" and building China into an education center with significant influence in the world is one of the paths to building an education powerhouse. Regarding going global, the "Outline" points out that "we encourage and support the selection of outstanding talents to study in internationally renowned universities and research institutions, expand exchanges between Chinese and foreign youth, and implement international summer schools and other projects." Moreover, "we will strengthen education guidance and service management for overseas students." The "Outline" also encourages high-level domestic universities to actively integrate into the world scientific research pattern, participate in global education governance, and create a Chinese education brand through open participation. In short, continuing to strengthen educational exchanges and cooperation between China and foreign countries in the changing international landscape, cultivating compound talents with patriotism, global vision, and professional skills, and actively integrating into the world landscape to enhance the global influence of Chinese education, is the development direction of Chinese education in the next decade as shown in the Outline. (New Society)