Zhang Donggang and Liu Wei: Colleges and universities must adhere to the original mission of educating people for the party and the country

The author, Zhang Donggang, is the secretary of the party committee of Chinese min University; Liu Wei, deputy secretary of the party committee and president of Chinese min University. The original article was published in The Study of Ideological and Political Work, No. 04, 2022.

Persist in arming people with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and make efforts to strengthen ideals and beliefs

The new people of the times who shoulder the great responsibility of national rejuvenation are essentially socialist newcomers, and their primary consciousness and consciousness lies in maintaining the socialist background. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the cultivation of new people of the times is "the most important thing is to build a solid spiritual foundation with firm ideals and beliefs, strengthen faith in Marxism, faith in socialism and communism, and self-confidence in the path, theory, system and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics." Colleges and universities should become a strong position for disseminating Marxist scientific theories, especially to use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to cast the soul and enlighten the mind, guide students to deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments", transform it into ideological consciousness, political consciousness and action consciousness of achieving "two safeguards", lay a scientific ideological foundation for students' lifelong growth, and firmly realize the ideal and belief of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

We should do a good job in running ideological and political theory courses in a rational and bold manner. The key to implementing the fundamental task of Li De Shu people lies in doing a good job in teaching ideological and political theory. Colleges and universities should do a good job in running ideological and political science classes in a rational and bold manner, place the work of building Marxist academies in an important position, and give full play to the role of Marxist academies as the main front. It is necessary to promote the establishment of undergraduate professional courses for the study of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era, open a course on the introduction of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important ideas, and scientifically build a group of education and teaching courses on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era. It is necessary to completely build and strengthen a contingent of ideological and political science teachers who are politically strong, have deep feelings, have new thinking, have a wide field of vision, have strict self-discipline, and have a positive personality, and comprehensively implement the system of collective lesson preparation for teachers in the ideological and political science class. It is necessary to always follow the principle of "eight unifications", strive to enhance the ideological, theoretical, affinity, and pertinence of the ideological and political science class, and realize the organic coordination between formal innovation and connotation construction.

Comprehensively promote the ideological and political construction of college and university curricula. All courses in colleges and universities have the responsibility of Lide Tree. Only by continuously promoting the ideological and political construction of the curriculum can we truly form a synergistic effect in disseminating Marxist theory. It is necessary to strengthen the organization and implementation of the ideological and political construction of the curriculum, clarify the objectives, requirements, and priorities of Marxist theoretical education, scientifically design the work system of ideological and political affairs of the curriculum, and silently integrate Marxist theory into the teaching of various courses. It is necessary to improve the Marxist theoretical literacy of the majority of teachers, build a broader platform for exchanges and cooperation between teachers of ideological and political science courses and teachers of professional courses, carry out in-depth training on topics related to the basic theory of Marxism, and enhance the awareness and ability of teachers to build ideological and political construction in the curriculum. It is necessary to establish and improve the evaluation system and incentive mechanism for curriculum ideological and political construction, take the Lide tree as the fundamental criterion for the evaluation of the ideological and political construction of the curriculum, and cultivate more outstanding achievements in the ideological and political construction of the curriculum.

Give play to the active role of the campus new media matrix. The new media matrix of colleges and universities is an important carrier for disseminating mainstream ideas and public opinion in colleges and universities. The new media matrix can activate the ideological and political work of colleges and universities and enhance the attractiveness and appeal of theoretical dissemination. It is necessary to build a student-centered communication paradigm, in view of the cognitive characteristics of students, with vivid discourse, current affairs cases, hot topics, easy to understand, in-depth and simple dissemination of Marxist scientific theories. It is necessary to follow the principle of content is king, deepen the reform of the "Internet +" ideological and political work, actively disseminate the basic principles of Marxism, especially promote Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to penetrate the hearts of the people, and always highlight the ideological, political and theoretical nature of Marxist theory. It is necessary to pay attention to the construction of the position in cyberspace, occupy cyberspace with Marxist scientific theories, and firmly grasp the commanding heights of ideological guidance and value guidance.

Persist in shaping people with the core values of socialism, and make efforts to strengthen moral cultivation

The focus of cultivating new people of the times who are responsible for national rejuvenation is to cultivate and practice the core values of socialism. As General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The core values are actually a kind of morality, which is not only the virtue of the individual, but also a kind of great virtue, that is, the virtue of the country and the morality of the society." "The core values of socialism have established a political direction and moral norms for cultivating new people of the times. Colleges and universities should unremittingly guide the majority of students to be firm believers, active communicators, and exemplary practitioners of the core values of socialism, and strengthen the moral cultivation of the new people of the times.

Strengthen education and guidance. The foundation for colleges and universities to cultivate and carry forward the core values of socialism lies in education and guidance. It is necessary to integrate the spiritual connotation and practical requirements of the core socialist values into classroom teaching, focus on basing ourselves on traditional Chinese culture and responding to the confusion of actual thought, do a good job of "the first lesson of the school" and "the situation and policy lesson", and promote the socialist core values into teaching materials, classrooms, and minds. It is necessary to integrate the core socialist values into the daily management of students, especially to practice the core socialist values as an important criterion for students to evaluate and evaluate excellence, so as to combine material incentives with spiritual incentives. It is necessary to comprehensively use a variety of cultural forms to vividly and vividly express the core socialist values through high-quality and high-level literary and artistic works, enhance students' ability to distinguish between true, good, and beautiful and false evil and ugliness, and guide students to establish correct values.

Focus on practice. The core of cultivating and carrying forward the core values of socialism in colleges and universities is the cultivation of practice. It is necessary to strengthen the system of practicing and cultivating socialist core values, strengthen practical teaching in the classroom, optimize practical education outside schools, and expand the practice and cultivation channels for socialist core values. It is necessary to build a variety of practical activities and guide students to participate in the activities of practicing the core values of socialism in the credit system model. It is necessary to guide the party and group study organizations to integrate into the practice and cultivation of the core socialist values, carry out specific practical activities close to the characteristics of the student group, ideological needs, and life situations, and enhance the self-management, self-education, and self-service functions of the party and group study organizations.

Strengthen system building. The focus of cultivating and promoting the core values of socialism in colleges and universities lies in institutional guarantees. It is necessary to continuously improve the various systems and policies on the core values of socialism, integrate the requirements of the core values of socialism into the construction and governance of colleges and universities, and reflect them in the whole process of education, management and service. It is necessary to continuously improve the working mechanism for cultivating and carrying forward the core socialist values, strengthen top-level design and organizational leadership, and form a work pattern in which each performs its own duties and grasps and manages it together. It is necessary to continuously improve the publicity and education system for cultivating and carrying forward the core socialist values, strengthen the institutionalized management of classroom teaching, online media, campus broadcasts, campus publications, etc., and ensure that the mainstream values of society are always disseminated.

Adhere to the concept of all-round development to cultivate people, and work hard to enhance their abilities

The vast number of young people grow and progress together with the party and the state, and carry the heavy responsibility and historical mission of the times. The "new people of the times" should aim at the coordinated development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, beauty and labor, especially with the spirit of innovation, excellent skills and international vision. Colleges and universities should endow young students with the necessary knowledge, wisdom and ability, help national construction in the unremitting struggle to pursue the ideal of life, achieve self-worth in the vivid practice of realizing the Chinese dream, and be the strivers, pioneers and devotees who walk in the forefront of the new era.

Foster a spirit of innovation. General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: "Innovation is the soul of a nation's progress, an inexhaustible driving force for a country's prosperity and development, and the deepest national endowment of the Chinese nation. "This requires colleges and universities to cultivate more innovative talents needed in the new era and contribute to the construction of a large-scale, well-structured and high-quality innovative team." It is necessary to encourage young students to untie the shackles of thinking, break through rules and regulations, solve problems with innovative methods, and plan the future with innovative ideas. It is necessary to fundamentally solve the problem of the baton of educational evaluation, improve the comprehensive quality evaluation system, and cultivate students' values and key abilities to adapt to lifelong development. It is necessary to create a loose, inclusive and harmonious soil for educating people, create an atmosphere that encourages innovation and tolerates failure, and let the spirit of innovation become the most brilliant brilliance of youth.

Consolidate strong skills. Contemporary youth are a generation that advances together with the new era, and in the "jointing and pregnant period" of young students' growth, colleges and universities should give them the confidence and ability to realize the Chinese nation's great rejuvenation of the Chinese dream. "Great ambition is not talented, and great talent is not learned", excellent skills are the premise and foundation for contemporary young people to become new people of the times. Colleges and universities should adhere to taking root in the land of China, adapt to the standard requirements of the party and the state for the new talents of the times, aim at the key core of international competition, optimize the curriculum system, teaching system, and teaching material system, build a high-quality teaching team, let young students lay a solid foundation of knowledge, strengthen basic research and top-notch talent training, and help the youth sail to break the waves and sail away.

Expand your international horizons. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that building a community with a shared future for mankind is a beautiful goal, and it is also a goal that requires generations of people to run relays to achieve it. The newcomers of the times should have a world pattern and an international vision, and have the ability to communicate internationally. It is necessary to unswervingly open up education to the outside world, take the initiative to strengthen mutual learning, mutual tolerance, and mutual communication with all countries in the world, and form a more all-round, wider field, more level, and more active situation of opening up to the outside world through education. Under the background of the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic on the education of various countries to varying degrees, we should deepen exchanges and cooperation with foreign universities and international organizations, and contribute Chinese concepts, Chinese strength and Chinese solutions to the development of global education. It is necessary to strengthen Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools, actively introduce high-quality educational resources from abroad, diversify supply, and meet the needs of young students to enjoy international education without going abroad.

Persist in cultivating people with excellent school spirit and study style, and make efforts to improve comprehensive quality

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the National Education Conference that "efforts should be made to enhance the comprehensive quality, and education should guide students to cultivate comprehensive ability." School spirit and study style can affect the level of ideological and political work in colleges and universities, and at the same time can reflect the effectiveness of ideological and political work in colleges and universities, which is related to the quality of talent training. Colleges and universities should unremittingly cultivate excellent school spirit and study style, have good governance and management in place, and promote the comprehensive quality development of the new people of the times.

Cultivate excellent school spirit. Colleges and universities are an important field for students to learn and live. As an invisible spiritual force, the school spirit influences students' ideological concepts and then affects students' practical actions. Colleges and universities should take the formation of a correct ideal concept as the foundation for the construction of school spirit, carry out publicity and education on socialism with Chinese characteristics and the Chinese dream, guide students to integrate the "small self" into the "big self", and realize the combination of personal ideals and national ideals. It is necessary to take the formation of a correct concept of skills as the key to the construction of school spirit, guide students to grasp real talents and practical learning, and grow into "rejuvenation pillars and pioneers of strong countries" who are worthy of the heavy responsibilities of the times. It is necessary to take the cultivation of patriotic feelings as the core of school spirit construction, carry forward the school spirit of "loyalty, unity, tension, and liveliness", form a campus cultural atmosphere of loving the party, the country and socialism, and guide students to become the bearers of the great task of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Carry forward the excellent study style. Colleges and universities should unremittingly cultivate excellent learning styles and create a good ecology for the all-round development of students. It is necessary to always strengthen ideological and political education, and through education in the world outlook, outlook on life, and values, guide students to straighten out the relationship between becoming determined to become talents and serving society, learn all kinds of knowledge, increase their abilities, and strive to study toward the realization of the all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, beauty, and labor. It is necessary to always give play to the role of student organizations, and create a positive and upward atmosphere of study style that combines personal development with the feelings of home and country through specific activities such as the theme activities of study style construction, the publicity of learning role models, and social practice activities. It is necessary to always strengthen the building of the study style system, establish and improve various management systems, strictly implement various reward and punishment systems, and standardize study activities and study behaviors with strict rules and regulations.

Improve the governance of colleges and universities. The foundation of cultivating excellent school spirit and study style lies in the level and effectiveness of university governance. Colleges and universities should adhere to and improve the principal responsibility system under the leadership of the party committee, give full play to the leadership core role of the party committee in overseeing the overall situation and coordinating all parties, strengthen the party's overall leadership, and ensure that the direction of running the school is correct. It is necessary to grasp the new development stage more proactively, implement the new development concept, build a new development pattern, continue to release the development momentum of innovation, consolidate the cornerstone of coordinated development, highlight the essence of green development, plant open development guarantees, and clearly share the development pursuit, and enter the fast lane, seize the commanding heights and win new development in the new round of higher education competition. It is necessary to focus on promoting the reform of education evaluation, centering on the fundamental task of cultivating people with virtue, giving full play to the role of the baton of education evaluation, reversing the unscientific orientation of education evaluation, and forming a high-quality education system that promotes all-round development.