Date of Pub: 2021-02
ISBN: 978-981-4915-05-2
Author: ZHOU Guangli
About the Author
ZHOU Guangli is a distinguished professor, doctoral supervisor, and executive director of the Research Center for Educational Assessment at Renmin University of China. His other appointments include vice president of the Research Association for Information and Data on China’s Higher Education Institutes, chairman of China’s Strategic Planning Committee for Higher Education Institutes, and executive member of the Chinese Society of Educational Development Strategy. His main research interests are higher education management and policy, and higher education development and assessment.
About the Content
The Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era was first announced during the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in October 2017 and subsequently written into the Party’s Constitution. Five months later in March 2018, the Thought was enshrined in the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China by China’s national legislature, the National People’s Congress. According to Chinese media, the Xi Jinping Thought epitomizes the CPC’s latest achievements in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and encapsulates the practical experience and collective wisdom of the Party and the people. As a leading ideology, it will guide China’s pursuit of peace and development for at least the next decade, and will undoubtedly have an impact on the whole world given China’s current status as an economic power. Studies on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era consists of 10 books written by prominent scholars from Renmin University of China. In these books, the authors offer their interpretations of and insights on various aspects of the Thought, including its origin and significance, as well as its manifestations in Party building, economic development and reform, ecological civilization, education, diplomacy, state governance, rural revival, and poverty alleviation.
Education has always occupied a central place in the cultural, political, and social life of the Chinese people from time immemorial. Since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, the Chinese government has been committed to reforming and modernizing China’s education system under the guidance of Xi Jinping’s expositions on education, seeking to build it into one of the best in the world. Xi Jinping on Education elaborates on the origins, key concepts, and significance of Xi Jinping Thought on education, with a focus on how it links education with the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation, traditional Chinese culture, and the core socialist values. It analyzes the current status of and prominent issues facing China’s education across the spectrum of basic, higher, and vocational education, and outlines the path that the Thought has mapped out for improving educational quality and equity.