At the National Conference on Ideological and Political Work in Colleges and Universities held from December 7th to 8th, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader studied and analyzed the situation and existing problems of ideological and political work in colleges and universities from the strategic height of strengthening the Party’s leadership over colleges and universities, based on what kind of universities to run and how to run them, profoundly expounded the importance and urgency of strengthening and improving ideological and political work in colleges and universities, and made comprehensive arrangements for further strengthening and improving ideological and political work in colleges and universities.
People in the educational circles generally believe that as party educators, we should seriously study and understand the spirit of the important speech of the General Secretary, always adhere to the leadership of the Party, and firmly grasp the leadership of the Party over the work of colleges and universities, so that colleges and universities can become a strong position to uphold the leadership of the Party. Teachers should strengthen their own construction and better assume the responsibility of guiding and guiding students’ healthy growth.
Teachers should better shoulder the responsibility of guiding and guiding students’ healthy growth.
Teachers are engineers of the human soul and undertake sacred missions. The leaders of colleges and universities believe that the speech of the Supreme Leader General Secretary fully shows that educators must strive to become disseminators of advanced ideology and culture, staunch supporters of the Party’s governance, and better shoulder the responsibility of guiding and guiding students’ healthy growth.
In this regard, Dong Qi, president of Beijing Normal University, said that a good teacher guides teaching and educating people with ideals and beliefs; Practice words and deeds with moral sentiments; Realize the unity of academic freedom and academic norms with solid knowledge; Ask and feed back the society with kindness. Colleges and universities should always insist on strengthening teachers’ ideological and political work, give prominence to ideological guidance, give priority to the education of ideals and beliefs, highlight the construction of teachers’ morality, implement teaching and educating people, and highlight the responsibility of party building, so as to provide a fundamental guarantee for teachers’ ideological and political work.
The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed that "we should strengthen the construction of teachers’ morality and style, adhere to the unity of teaching and educating people, adhere to the unity of words and deeds, adhere to the unity of asking questions and paying attention to society, and adhere to the unity of academic freedom and academic norms." Zhai Haihun, secretary of the Party Committee of Hebei Medical University, said that the "four unifications" emphasized by the General Secretary pointed out the direction for us to strengthen the construction of teachers in colleges and universities. We should take the "four unifications" as the basic follow, and guide teachers to "establish themselves, learn and teach by virtue". For the weeds on the podium and the noise in the classroom, we should use acupuncture and moxibustion drugs in traditional Chinese medicine treatment, and use knives to remove furuncle in western medicine treatment, and earnestly shoulder the sacred mission of soul engineers.
For the majority of front-line teachers, it is very important to better assume the responsibility of guiding and guiding students’ healthy growth, consciously improve their ability and ability to do ideological and political work, and enhance their sense of responsibility and mission in doing ideological and political work well in colleges and universities. In this regard, Wang Mingsheng, secretary of the Party Committee of Marxist College of Nanjing University, said that to enhance the affinity, appeal and cohesion of ideological and political work, students should feel the power of faith and truth, the greatness of the party and the greatness of the party’s cause through the hard work of teachers, enhance their value recognition and emotional recognition of the common ideal of Marxism and Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and light up the ideal lamp for students to light the way forward.
Ma Wei, the teaching and research department of ideological and political course in university of international business and economics, expressed the feelings of the majority of front-line teachers. Ideological and political course in colleges and universities is an important position for ideological education of college students and the cultivation and practice of socialist core values. In the 21st century, when we have entered the Internet era, we must strive to adapt ourselves to the situation, advance with the times and innovate with the times, and earnestly strengthen the affinity and pertinence of ideological and political course education.
Adhere to the leadership of the party and firmly grasp the leadership of the party over the work of colleges and universities.
"To run China’s higher education well, we must uphold the party’s leadership, firmly grasp the party’s leadership over the work of colleges and universities, and make colleges and universities a strong position to uphold the party’s leadership." The leaders of colleges and universities generally believe that the important speech of the general secretary points out the direction of running colleges and universities.
In this regard, Zhu Shanlu, secretary of the Party Committee of Peking University, said that colleges and universities should take moral education as the foundation, run ideological and political work through the whole process of education and teaching, and realize all-round education. In 2015, Peking University established the Teachers’ Work Department of the Party Committee, focusing on strengthening teachers’ ideological education and leading core values through top-level design and institutional guarantee, so as to effectively promote and ensure the implementation of the core mission of higher education. Through various forms of theoretical study, the school party committee has effectively strengthened and improved the political and ideological leadership of the school party committee over the ideological and political work of the whole school, and improved the ability of the party’s grass-roots organizations to do ideological and political work.
Gan Hui, secretary of the Party Committee of Shaanxi Normal University, said that colleges and universities must profoundly realize that the main business of party committees in colleges and universities is to strengthen party building, implement overall leadership, and better shoulder the main responsibility of managing the party and running schools; We must focus on implementing the principal responsibility system under the leadership of the Party Committee, constantly improve the internal governance structure, and build a modern university system with China characteristics; It is necessary to strengthen the construction of grass-roots party organizations in colleges and universities, focus on the construction of branches, especially staff party branches, standardize the organizational life of branches, and stimulate the "cell" vitality of party organizations in colleges and universities.
Xie Heping, president of Sichuan University, said that it is necessary to persist in carrying out ideological and political work throughout the whole process of education and teaching, explore the construction of a system and mechanism for educating all people, and let school leaders, teachers, workers and scientists all participate in the work of cultivating people by virtue, guide students with their own moral cultivation, and inspire students with their own knowledge and wisdom. Adhere to the guidance of Marxism to make philosophy and social sciences bigger and stronger, so that all courses in the university can not only transmit knowledge, but also shoulder the important mission of educating people.
Cao Guoyong, secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Jiaotong University, said that to strengthen and improve the leadership of the Party Committee of the school on ideological and political work, we should focus on the fundamental task of educating people by virtue, focusing on environmental construction and team building. To build a modern university system with China characteristics, we should adhere to the principal responsibility system under the leadership of the Party Committee throughout. It is necessary to focus on building a cadre team focusing on the leading bodies at the two levels of schools and colleges, a teacher team focusing on young teachers and an ideological and political team focusing on counselors.
Quan Hai, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Forestry University, said that upholding the Party’s leadership over universities is the fundamental guarantee for building a world-class university with China characteristics. In the process of building a world-class university, colleges and universities must, in accordance with the requirements of the General Secretary, persist in serving the people, the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s governance, Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s consolidation and development, reform, opening up and socialist modernization.
Strengthen the construction of grass-roots party organizations in colleges and universities and innovate the system and mechanism.
To strengthen the construction of the Party’s grass-roots organizations in colleges and universities, it is necessary to innovate the system and mechanism and improve the working methods. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out in his speech that "it is necessary to do a good job in developing party member among teachers and students in colleges and universities, strengthen the education management of the party member team, and make every teacher and student party member love the Party, speak for the Party and serve the Party". The leaders of colleges and universities generally believe that this has pointed out the direction for the construction of grass-roots party organizations in colleges and universities in the future.
Wei Dapeng, secretary of the Party Committee of Nankai University, said: Party committees in colleges and universities should vigorously strengthen political and ideological leadership, and vigorously strengthen the construction of grass-roots party organizations in schools, especially the construction of teachers’ party branches, so that teachers can closely unite around the party, consciously link their education and teaching work with the realistic goals and future direction of the development of the party and the country, and respect, cherish and love the platform.
Zhao Changlu, secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Institute of Technology, said that Party committees in colleges and universities should firmly grasp political and ideological leadership, strengthen the foundation and fortify the fortress, strengthen the construction of grass-roots party organizations in schools, and embody the leading role of the Party in schools at the grass-roots level. Focus on stimulating the vitality of grass-roots party organizations in the college, do a good job in the construction of grass-roots academic organizations and teaching organizations, lead teachers and students with lofty ideals, arm teachers and students with characteristic theories, drive teachers and students with models around them, and unite teachers and students with organizational care.
Jiao Yang, secretary of the Party Committee of Fudan University, said that the general secretary’s important speech systematically expounded the great significance, objectives, tasks and work requirements of ideological and political work in colleges and universities in the new period. The school party committee must do a good job in in-depth study, systematic training and comprehensive implementation.
Qu Yingde, secretary of the Party Committee of the Agricultural College of China Agricultural University, said that every college in colleges and universities should really, firmly and persistently grasp the spirit of the general secretary’s speech, run through the whole process of education and teaching, and let it take root in the work of educating all staff.
Education concerns the future of the nation. The majority of educators believe that colleges and universities should always be a strong position to train builders and successors of the socialist cause, and teachers should better assume the responsibility of guiding and guiding students’ healthy growth, so as to provide strong intellectual support and talent support for building a well-off society in an all-round way and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
