Students search for jobs during a job fair held on the campus of Huaibei Normal University in Huaibei, east China’s Anhui province, 16 October 2024. The fair employment attracted more than 183 companies offering more than 10,000 positions. The year 2024 is expected to see 11.79 million students graduate from college, an increase of 210,000 from 2023. Photo: VCG

China has issued a guideline to accelerate the high-quality development of doctoral education, calling for the establishment of mechanisms to quickly respond to national demands, including strengthening the development of study programs in key areas such as such as science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, as well as fundamental, emerging and interdisciplinary fields.

The guideline, released Sunday by the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council, systematically outlines comprehensive reforms of the country’s doctoral education, emphasizing its key supporting role for efforts innovation of the country.

The aim is to establish a world-class doctoral education system with Chinese characteristics, said the guideline, by cultivating urgently needed strategic talents and professionals, so as to provide strong support for the construction of a major talent center and innovation hub, and to achieve high objectives. level of autonomy in science and technology.

To achieve this goal, it is essential to improve the discipline system and strengthen the forward-looking design of strategic talent development, the guideline notes.

This involves optimizing the distribution of disciplines and specializations, establishing mechanisms to respond quickly to national needs, in particular improving the development of study programs in key areas such as science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, as well as in fundamental, emerging and interdisciplinary fields. and increase the proportion of professional doctorates.

The guideline also highlights the need to comprehensively improve the quality of freelance talent cultivation. It calls for strengthening ideological and political orientations, reforming registration management and strengthening mechanisms for diversification of sectors. Building a high-level teaching team and deepening innovative international exchanges and cooperation are also essential in this process.

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