Editor's Note
"Educate people for the Party and the country". In order to continue to deeply study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the conference to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Youth League of China and the spirit of the Central Talent Work Conference, and in accordance with the relevant requirements of the Action Plan of the Communist Youth League to Do a Good Job in Training Young Talents in the New Era, the China Youth Daily will launch the campaign of "Striving to be young and talented" from August 22 to 26 A series of activities themed "Youth Talent Week". During this period, there are not only a series of activities and visual reports to implement the strategy of strengthening the country with talents in the new era and pay attention to youth talent, but also a media business promotion project of "visually reshaping all media elite". From now on, our newspaper will launch columns, special issues, etc. to write the story of "young talents" in the new era.
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Talent is an important indicator to measure a country's comprehensive national strength. Talents are the key to independent innovation, and top talents are irreplaceable. National development depends on talents, and national rejuvenation depends on talents. At the Central Talent Working Conference held in 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping requested that we should thoroughly implement the strategy of building a strong country with talents in the new era, cultivate, introduce and make good use of talents in an all-round way, accelerate the construction of an important talent center and innovation highland in the world, provide talent support for the basic realization of socialist modernization by 2035, and lay a good talent foundation for building a strong country with socialist modernization in all respects by 2050.
The 14th Five Year Cultural Development Plan recently issued by the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council specifically proposes to "build a strong talent team", adhere to the principle of the Party governing cadres and talents, put the political construction of the Party in the first place, reform the way of talent training, optimize the talent structure, innovate the form of talent training, and increase training efforts, We will continue to improve the quality and ability of our cadre and talent team, and build a new army of the times that is brave in undertaking mission responsibilities and good at innovation and creation. General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed that "the key to media competition is talent competition, and the core of media advantage is talent advantage", which also guided China Youth Newspaper, which is accelerating the pace of strengthening the new mainstream media, to carry out the reform of "visually reshaping the whole media elite and deepening the whole media talent system and mechanism".
The cultivation of cultural talents is an important part of the overall talent team construction, and is also inseparable from the integration and development of talents in science and technology, education, economy and other fields. The history of human development shows that science, technology and talents are not evenly distributed in terms of geographical space. Those places with good development momentum, high civilization and the most active innovation tend to gather more talents and produce more innovative results. Since the 16th century, five new science and talent centers have been formed in the world, including Italy, Britain, France, Germany and the United States, which has promoted the comprehensive strength of the countries where they are located. Great ideas always interact with each other, and innovative inspiration always inspires each other. Human beings explore the world, understand the world, transform the world, and constantly expand the frontier of cutting-edge technology, not only through the perspective of "standing on the shoulders of giants", but also rely on competition, cooperation, and mutual encouragement between outstanding talents. The geographical agglomeration of talents reflects the law of human innovation and profoundly reveals the essence of current international and regional competition.
As a civilization that has gone through trials and tribulations for thousands of years and has continued to develop, Chinese civilization is reshaping a new form of human civilization and making greater contributions to mankind in the process of self revolution, inheritance and promotion, inclusive and open talent cultivation. At present, the world is experiencing the biggest change in a century. Science and technology has never had such a profound impact on the future and destiny of the country, nor on the well-being of the people. From the new cultural movement advocating "democracy" and "science" a hundred years ago to the implementation of the strategy of strengthening the country through science and technology, the Chinese nation, which has suffered a lot since modern times, has ushered in a great leap from standing up, becoming rich to becoming strong. Today, with the rapid development of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation in the world, China faces both rare historical opportunities and severe challenges. On the new journey of national rejuvenation, the great cause calls for talents, and the great era creates talents.
Chinese traditional culture has always had the value tradition of respecting talents. Mozi · Pro Scholars wrote about the importance of talents for national development: "Returning to the national treasure is not like offering talents." Our country has a talent selection system for a long time. During the Warring States Period, the "style of cultivating talents" was prevalent. Scholars with skills had the opportunity to break through the restrictions of family status and class and participate in national governance with their true abilities; The Han Dynasty established a "procuratorial system" for selecting officials and a system for selecting talents from bottom to top; The imperial examination system, which was formally established since the Sui Dynasty, broke the shackles of blood lineage on talent selection. However, due to the failure to seize the opportunity of the industrial revolution, the concept of talent selection was conservative, and the imperial examination system became an "eight part essay" exam. China's science and technology and talent team construction fell behind for a long time. Since the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, the idea of respecting knowledge and talents has become the mainstream social values again. The important assertion that "science and technology are the first productive force" has released the enthusiasm and subjective initiative of talent team building.
At present, China is in the period of the most stable politics, the most prosperous economy and the most active innovation. The total number of human resources in China has increased from 120 million in 2010 to 220 million in 2019, and the number of professional and technical talents has increased from 55.504 million to 78.398 million, creating favorable conditions for accelerating the construction of the world's important talent center and innovation highland. While seeing the gratifying achievements of China's talent work, we should also be soberly aware that we are still facing prominent structural contradictions in the talent team, the low degree of accuracy of talent policies, the "last mile" of talent development system and mechanism reform is not unblocked, and the "four only" problems of talent evaluation are still prominent, such as literature, professional title, education, and awards. Some departments and units are accustomed to controlling talents. Many policies and measures are still focused on management, but there are few measures and methods in service, support, incentive, etc. The loss of top talents overseas still exists to some extent.
To speed up the construction of the world's important talent center and innovation highland, the construction of strategic talent force should be the top priority. In the face of the requirements of tackling the key core technology of "choking neck", we will vigorously cultivate and use strategic scientists, create a large number of first-class scientific and technological leading talents and innovation teams, and comprehensively cultivate, introduce and use talents. Since the founding of New China, Hua Luogeng, Qian Xuesen, Chen Jingrun, Tu Youyou, Yuan Longping and other "big men" have become models and models for intellectuals to explore the perseverance and courage of academic frontiers and the profound feelings of family and country. In particular, generations of outstanding talents who stick to special posts to "do earth shaking things and bury celebrities in anonymity", generations of outstanding talents who stick to the most basic, most difficult, and most front-line places where the motherland needs most, and who do extraordinary things in ordinary posts, with their dedication and dedication, highlight the character of "the great man of the country". China has the largest higher education system in the world, and has a broad stage to support the development of various undertakings. We are confident that we will continue to cultivate talents.
The key task of talent work is to cultivate and use talents in an all-round way. We should persist in gathering talents from all over the world to use them, cultivate a reserve force of young scientific and technological talents with international competitiveness, make good use of talents, and boldly use young talents. Research shows that the best age for natural scientists to invent is 25 to 45 years old. In view of the problems such as fewer opportunities for young talents to take the lead, narrow growth channels, and high life pressure, young talents should be given more trust, better help, and more powerful support so that they can live, rest, and work in peace. Talent work is a systematic work. Education, science and technology, human resources and other departments should work together to select young talents with interest, talent and potential for basic disciplines through multiple channels; We should attach importance to the cultivation of young talents and the construction of high-level innovation teams, and pay attention to the cultivation of skilled talents, new industry talents, and the "spirit of craftsmanship of great powers". Only in this way can we effectively relax the constraints on young talents, stimulate innovation vitality, and form a talent competition pattern of "ten thousand horses galloping forward".
"Educate people for the Party and the country". The Communist Youth League is the assistant and reserve force of the Party. Its distinctive political attribute requires that the Communist Youth League must put the training of young political talents for the Party first, and take the in-depth study and implementation of General Secretary Xi Jinping's On the Party's Youth Work as the current important political task. The Action Plan of the Communist Youth League for Training Young Talents in the New Era empowers young talents from many aspects, including young political talents, young scientific and technological talents, young technical talents, young skilled talents, young business management talents, young talents for rural revitalization, young public welfare talents, and specifically guides young talents to take the initiative to shoulder the mission and responsibility entrusted by the times.
The China Youth Daily launched a series of activities of "Striving to be young, creating brilliant achievements with talents - Youth Talent Week", which aims to implement the strategy of strengthening the country with talents in the new era, and "pay attention to youth, youth concern" as an important content of all media reports, so as to reflect the responsibility and responsibility of the media in helping young people grow and become talents. Young people are the most active and dynamic force in the whole society. Young talents are the source of national strategic talents. Cultivating young talents is the foundation of the future. To do a good job in the training of young talents in the new era, we should not only take a long-term view, provide various support for young talents with a vision of facing the future and facing the forefront of technological development, but also be down-to-earth, fully understand and understand the practical problems faced by young talents, and strive to remove the troubles and constraints on the growth path for young talents. With the implementation of laws, regulations, policies and mechanisms and the formation of an atmosphere of respect for talents in the whole society, young talents will be able to ride the wind and waves, climb the peak and create the glory and glory of this generation.
Qingping Source: China Youth Daily
[Editor in charge: Li Lihong, Hui Ying, Jiao Minlong]
