Focus on Cultivating Innovative Talents, Strengthen Collaborative Education between Science and Education

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized at the National Science and Technology Conference, the National Science and Technology Awards Conference, and the Conference of the Two Academies of Sciences: “Scientific and technological innovation depends on talent, talent cultivation depends on education; education, science and technology, and talent are internally consistent and mutually supportive. We must strengthen a systems perspective, deepen the integrated reform of the education, science and technology, and talent systems and mechanisms, improve the collaborative mechanism for education between science and education, and accelerate the cultivation and formation of a large-scale, well-structured, high-quality contingent of innovative talent.” In comprehensively building a modern socialist country, education is the foundation, science and technology are the key, and talent is the fundamental. On the new journey, we must persist in promoting a virtuous cycle of education, science and technology, and talent; coordinate the implementation of the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education, the strategy of strengthening the country through talent, and the innovation-driven development strategy; advance education development, scientific and technological innovation, and talent cultivation as an integrated whole; and focus on cultivating high-quality talent who possess both the spirit of serving the country through innovation and the character of bravely shouldering the great tasks of the era, thereby providing strong talent support for Chinese-path modernization.

习近平总书记在全国科技大会、国家科学技术奖励大会、两院院士大会上讲话时强调：“科技创新靠人才，人才培养靠教育，教育、科技、人才内在一致、相互支撑。要增强系统观念，深化教育科技人才体制机制一体改革，完善科教协同育人机制，加快培养造就一支规模宏大、结构合理、素质优良的创新型人才队伍。”全面建设社会主义现代化国家，教育是基础，科技是关键，人才是根本。新征程上，必须坚持推动教育科技人才良性循环，统筹实施科教兴国战略、人才强国战略、创新驱动发展战略，一体推进教育发展、科技创新、人才培养，着力培养兼具创新报国精神与勇担时代大任品格的高素质人才，为中国式现代化建设提供强有力的人才支撑。

I. Strengthen Ideological Guidance, Consolidate the Foundation of Collaborative Education between Science and Education

一、加强思想引领，夯实科教协同育人根基

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Education is a major plan for the country and a major plan for the Party. What kind of people to cultivate, how to cultivate them, and for whom to cultivate them are the fundamental questions of education.” To fully implement the Party’s educational policy and fulfill the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education [1]1 Xi Jinping, speech at the National Conference on Talent Work, September 2021., we must persist in making serving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation an important mission of education, and making the cultivation of builders and successors for socialism with Chinese characteristics who are well-developed morally, intellectually, physically, aesthetically, and labor-wise the fundamental task of education, guiding young students to “set great aspirations to serve the country and strengthen the nation, and become strivers who take on responsibilities with vigor.”

习近平总书记指出：“教育是国之大计、党之大计。培养什么人、怎样培养人、为谁培养人是教育的根本问题。”全面贯彻党的教育方针，落实立德树人根本任务，必须坚持把服务中华民族伟大复兴作为教育的重要使命，把培养德智体美劳全面发展的社会主义建设者和接班人作为教育的根本任务，引导青年学生“立报国强国大志向、做挺膺担当奋斗者”。

Guide the cultivation of deep feelings by aligning with national strategic needs. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “We must proceed from a political perspective, start from the ideological level, and base our work on the characteristics of youth, helping them set aspirations early and set great aspirations, and deeply cultivate trust in the Party, confidence in socialism with Chinese characteristics, and faith in Marxism from the depths of their hearts.” Higher education institutions should, from the strategic height of the development of the Party and the state’s cause and the continuation of the socialist cause, always regard educating people for the Party and cultivating talent for the country as the core task of running schools, and focus on strengthening political guidance for young students. Persistently use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to consolidate souls and inspire minds, educating and guiding young students to strengthen their faith in Marxism, their belief in socialism with Chinese characteristics, and their confidence in the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Cultivate deep feelings for the country and the family, take national strategic needs as the focus, precisely align with tackling “bottleneck” technologies [2]2 Xi Jinping, reply letter to student representatives of the China International College Students' Innovation Competition, October 2024., comprehensive rural revitalization, and achieving the “dual carbon” goals [3]3 The “last mile” (最后一公里) is a Chinese political metaphor for the final, often most difficult, stage of implementing a policy or achieving a goal, emphasizing the need to overcome obstacles at the grassroots level to ensure effective execution., deeply integrate the concept of serving the country with nurturing the heart into the entire process of collaborative education between science and education, and guide young students to realize their life value in overcoming key core technologies and promoting social progress.

以对接国家战略需求为导向厚植情怀。习近平总书记指出，“要从政治上着眼、从思想上入手、从青年特点出发，帮助他们早立志、立大志，从内心深处厚植对党的信赖、对中国特色社会主义的信心、对马克思主义的信仰”。高校应从党和国家事业发展、社会主义事业后继有人的战略高度出发，始终把为党育人、为国育才当作办学兴校的核心任务，着力加强对青年学生的政治引领。坚持不懈用习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想凝心铸魂，教育引导青年学生坚定马克思主义信仰、中国特色社会主义信念、中华民族伟大复兴信心。厚植家国情怀，将国家战略需求作为重点，精准对接“卡脖子”技术攻关、乡村全面振兴、“双碳”目标实现等，把以报国育心的理念深深融入科教协同育人全过程，引导青年学生在攻克关键核心技术、推动社会进步中实现人生价值。

Find the correct positioning by focusing on stimulating the enthusiasm for practical responsibility. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Only when young people have ideals,

以激发实干担当热情为重点找准定位。习近平总书记指出，“青年人有理想、敢担当、能吃苦、肯奋斗，中国青年才会有力量，党和国家事业发展才能充满希望”。高校应将新时代伟大变革成功案例与高水平科技自立自强生动实践融入学校思想政治教育，讲好新时代的创新故事，激发青年学生的奋斗热情与担当精神。通过与大国重器、行业前沿、技术攻关等领域的多维交流，引导青年学生切身感受民族精神、时代精神，激发以科技创新报国的进取意识。推进产教融合、科教融汇，推动人才培养与科技创新、产业升级同频共振，引导青年学生在服务社会主义现代化国家建设中找准发展定位。

Implement targeted policies with the goal of cultivating excellent scientific quality. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that "cultivating talent is the basic function of education, and whether it can meet the needs of economic and social development is an important criterion for measuring the effectiveness of talent cultivation," and that "we must prominently strengthen the cultivation of young scientific and technological talents, fully trust them, let them work freely, provide careful guidance, and show warm concern, so that more outstanding young talents can stand out." [1]1 Xi Jinping, speech at the National Conference on Talent Work, September 2021. Universities should assume the responsibility of cultivating top-notch talents with a stronger sense of historical initiative, adhere to the core position of innovation in the overall situation of modernization, deepen teaching reform and education evaluation reform, explore independent paths and models with the strategic thinking of cultivating "great masters," and place greater emphasis on the cultivation of scientific spirit, innovation ability, and critical thinking. Encourage young students to actively participate in various types of scientific and technological innovation competitions and courses, learn to solve problems through teamwork, improve their ability and skill to solve problems while perceiving cutting-edge science and technology, and, in the process of pioneering and innovating, love the Party, serve the country, dedicate themselves to work, and serve the people.

以培养优良科学素质为目标精准施策。习近平总书记强调，“培养人才是教育的基本职能，而能否满足经济社会发展需要是衡量人才培养成效的重要标准”，“要突出加强青年科技人才培养，对他们充分信任、放手使用、精心引导、热忱关怀，促使更多青年拔尖人才脱颖而出”。高校应以更加强烈的历史主动精神承担培养拔尖人才的重任，坚持创新在现代化建设全局中的核心地位，深化教学改革和教育评价改革，以培养“大师”的战略思维探索自主道路和模式，更加重视科学精神、创新能力、批判性思维的培养培育。鼓励青年学生积极参与各类科技创新竞赛和课程，学会通过团队协作解决问题，在感知前沿科技中提高解决问题的本领和能力，在开拓创新中爱党报国、敬业奉献、服务人民。

II. Focus on Capacity Enhancement, Improve the Collaborative Education System Between Science and Education

二、聚焦能力提升，完善科教协同育人体系

In his reply letter to the student representatives participating in the China International College Students' Innovation Competition, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "innovation is the source of human progress, and young people are an important new force for innovation," and expressed the hope that young students would "carry forward the scientific spirit, actively engage in scientific and technological innovation, and contribute youthful strength to promoting Sino-foreign scientific and technological exchanges and advancing scientific and technological progress." [2]2 Xi Jinping, reply letter to student representatives of the China International College Students' Innovation Competition, October 2024. To advance collaborative education between science and education, it is necessary to conform to the new trends in scientific and technological innovation development, take innovation as the driving force and capacity enhancement as the direction, and strive to explore new ways and methods of work.

习近平总书记在给中国国际大学生创新大赛参赛学生代表的回信中提出，“创新是人类进步的源泉，青年是创新的重要生力军”，希望青年学生“弘扬科学精神，积极投身科技创新，为促进中外科技交流、推动科技进步贡献青春力量”。推进科教协同育人，必须顺应科技创新发展新趋势，以创新为牵引、以能力提升为方向，着力探索工作新方式新方法。

Deeply embed the cultivation of scientific and technological innovation capabilities into the curriculum system. Strive to optimize the cultivation path, dynamically adjust the curriculum layout, and construct a progressive education framework of "compulsory courses laying the foundation – project practice strengthening abilities – achievement transformation promoting development," in order to solve the problems of narrow coverage and weak sustainability existing in traditional education methods. By setting up interdisciplinary innovation project credits, step-by-step practice semesters, and school-enterprise joint training internships, systematically promote the deep integration of knowledge transmission, thinking training, and real-world scenario honing. Solicit cutting-edge technology topics and engineering practice projects from enterprises to enhance the adaptability and targeting of young students' innovation capability cultivation. Guide science and technology innovation education from "elite competition" to "full participation," and from "short-term sprint" to "lifelong empowerment." While ensuring educational equity, more effectively stimulate the endogenous motivation of young students for continuous innovation, and promote the better transformation of innovation achievements into industrial applications.

将科技创新能力培养深度嵌入课程体系。着力优化培养路径，动态调整课程布局，构建“必修课程打基础—项目实践强能力—成果转化促发展”递进式育人框架，破解传统教育方式存在的覆盖面窄、持续性弱等问题。通过设置跨学科创新项目学分、阶梯式实践学期和校企联合培养实训，系统性推进知识传授、思维训练与真实场景磨砺的深度融合。面向企业征集技术前沿课题和工程实践项目，提升青年学生创新能力培养的适配性和针对性。引导科技创新教育从“精英竞赛”转向“全员参与”、从“短期冲刺”变为“终身赋能”，在保障教育公平的同时，更加有效激发青年学生持续创新的内生动力，推动创新成果向产业应用更好转化。

Use projects as a link to build a scientific and technological talent cultivation model that matches industrial needs. Anchor the needs of national strategic emerging industries, take projects with "real problems, real processes, and real results" as the link, and construct a scientific and technological talent cultivation model of "demand traction – curriculum reconstruction – capacity leap." Rely on a school-enterprise co-built and dynamically updated database of industry pain points and difficulties, decompose enterprise technical needs into graded teaching projects, introduce real technology platforms and project management standards, and enable young students to master cutting-edge tools and methods while solving practical industrial problems. Simultaneously establish a feedback mechanism for the two-way transformation of project results into course cases and enterprise solutions, forming a dynamic closed loop of "course content iterating with projects, industrial resources precipitating into teaching," and cultivating innovative talents with both disciplinary depth and industrial vision.

以项目为抓手构建与产业需求适配的科技人才培养模式。锚定国家战略性新兴产业需求，以“真问题、真过程、真成果”项目为纽带，构建“需求牵引—课程重构—能力跃升”的科技人才培养模式。依托校企共建且动态更新的行业痛点难点问题库，将企业技术需求拆解为梯度化教学项目，导入真实技术平台与项目管理标准，让青年学生在解决产业实际问题中掌握前沿工具与方法。同步建立项目成果向课程案例、企业方案双向转化的反哺机制，形成“课堂内容随项目迭代、产业资源向教学沉淀”的动态闭环，培育兼具学科纵深与产业视野的创新人才。

Form multi-dimensional evaluation standards for the growth of scientific and technological talents oriented towards the future. Improving the evaluation and incentive mechanism for collaborative education between science and education is an important guarantee for continuously stimulating innovation vitality and cultivating high-quality innovative talents. We should accelerate the establishment of a classified evaluation system and assessment mechanism that conforms to the laws of scientific research activities, benchmark against the abilities and qualities that future scientific and technological talents must possess, explore a new talent cultivation model of "practice orientation – independent exploration – ecological support," and form multi-dimensional growth evaluation standards. Pay attention to students' academic output and innovation capability development level, comprehensively evaluate their comprehensive qualities such as teamwork and social responsibility in the innovation process, and ensure the comprehensiveness and objectivity of the evaluation results. By setting up diversified scholarships, innovation funds, and other incentive measures, provide necessary financial support and sufficient resource guarantees for young students who have performed outstandingly in scientific and technological innovation activities.

面向未来形成多维度的科技人才成长评估标准。完善科教协同育人的评价与激励机制，是持续激发创新活力、培养高素质创新人才的重要保障。应加快健全符合科研活动规律的分类评价体系和考核机制，对标未来科技人才必须具备的能力和素质，探索“实践导向—自主探索—生态支持”的人才培养新模式，形成多维度的成长评估标准。关注学生的学术成果产出情况及创新能力发展水平，全面评估其在创新过程中的团队协作、社会责任感等综合素质，确保评价结果的全面性和客观性。通过设立多样化的奖学金、创新基金等激励措施，为在科技创新活动中表现突出的青年学生提供必要的资金支持与充足的资源保障。

III. Strengthen the Practice Orientation, Expand the Paths of Collaborative Education Between Science and Education

三、强化实践导向，拓展科教协同育人路径

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized, “We must combine goal orientation with problem orientation, address the problems of low organization and coordination in China’s scientific and technological innovation, scattered and duplicated scientific and technological resources, deepen the reform of the scientific and technological management system, coordinate the construction of various innovation platforms, and strengthen the coordination of innovation resources and organization.” [1]1 Xi Jinping, speech at the National Conference on Talent Work, September 2021. Higher education institutions should adhere to the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talent, take deepening the reform of the scientific and technological management system as the key, take coordinating the construction of various innovation platforms as the focus, and take strengthening the coordination of innovation resources and organization as the guarantee, to open up the “last mile” of cultivating innovative talents.

习近平总书记强调，“要坚持目标导向和问题导向相结合，针对我国科技创新组织化协同化程度不高，科技资源分散、重复等问题，深化科技管理体制改革，统筹各类创新平台建设，加强创新资源统筹和力量组织”。高校应坚持教育、科技、人才一体化发展，以深化科技管理体制改革为关键，以统筹各类创新平台建设为重点，以加强创新资源统筹和力量组织为保障，打通创新型人才培养的“最后一公里”。

Cultivate the momentum of collaborative education in science and education through institutional innovation. Emphasize the organic unity of top-level design and grassroots exploration, strive to promote the reform of the scientific and technological management system in higher education institutions, build a long-term development mechanism, and grant research teams autonomy in personnel recruitment, fund use, and enrollment. By implementing the project leader system, form a talent orientation of “the capable take the lead, the mediocre step aside,” transforming the innovation vitality of research teams into the momentum for education. Optimize the scientific research evaluation system, incorporate students’ scientific and technological innovation achievements into the teacher performance assessment system, focus on examining indicators such as the output rate and conversion rate of students’ scientific and technological innovation achievements, establish a “supervisor-student” collaborative innovation points system, promote teachers to transform their scientific research advantages into talent cultivation advantages, and form a virtuous cycle of “scientific research feeding back into education.” Establish a flexible mechanism for allocating scientific research resources, set up special incubation funds for interdisciplinary young scientific and technological talent innovation and entrepreneurship, improve the incentive mechanism for intellectual property conversion, simplify the process for transferring scientific and technological innovation achievements, build a full-chain technology transfer and transformation service platform, and release the innovation potential of young scientific and technological talents through institutional innovation.

以制度创新培塑科教协同育人动能。注重顶层设计与基层探索的有机统一，着力推动高校科技管理体制改革，构建长效发展机制，赋予科研团队在人员聘用、经费使用、招生等方面的自主权。通过实施项目负责人制，形成“能者上、平者让”的用人导向，将科研团队创新活力转化为育人动能。优化科研评价体系，将学生的科技创新成果纳入教师绩效考核体系中，重点考查学生的科技创新成果产出率、转化率等指标，建立“导师—学生”协同创新积分制度，推动教师将科研优势转化为人才培养优势，形成“科研反哺育人”的良性循环。建立弹性化的科研资源分配机制，设立跨学科的青年科技人才创新创业孵化专项基金等，完善知识产权转化的激励机制，简化科技创新成果转让流程，构建全链条技术转移转化服务平台，以制度创新释放青年科技人才的创新潜能。

Enrich the scenarios of collaborative education in science and education through platform construction. Emphasize structural optimization and functional enhancement, fully utilize innovation and entrepreneurship resources from enterprises, schools, and all sectors of society, focus on building innovation practice platforms with deep school-enterprise collaboration, and enrich the scenarios for cultivating students’ innovation abilities. Emphasize the integration of disciplinary content, enterprise technical needs, and industrial technology roadmaps, establish a rapid response mechanism, and empower innovation courses with credit grade points to achieve the goal of “promoting innovation through learning.” Optimize the organizational form of education and the mode of knowledge supply, explore and construct project-based bidding integrated experience platforms, form an educational ecology driven by enterprise needs, driven by engineering scenarios, and aimed at capacity integration, helping young students reconstruct and perfect complex multidisciplinary theoretical knowledge systems in practical operations. Promote the construction of platforms for the transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements, guide young students to enter enterprises for professional practice and technological breakthroughs, let professional knowledge be applied on the front lines of factories and enterprises, and write theses in the process of solving practical problems in enterprise development.

以平台建设丰富科教协同育人场景。注重结构优化与功能提升，充分运用企业、学校和社会各方面创新创业资源，着力建设校企深度协同的创新实践平台，丰富学生创新能力培养场景。注重融合学科内容、企业技术需求与产业技术路线，建立快速响应机制，并以学分绩点赋能创新课程实现“以学促创”目标。优化教育组织形态和知识供给方式，探索建设项目式招标融入体验平台，形成以企业需求为牵引、以工程场景为驱动、以能力整合为目标的育人生态，帮助青年学生将纷繁复杂的多学科理论知识体系在实践操作中进行重构和完善。推进建设科技成果转化应用平台，引导青年学生走进企业开展专业实践、科技攻关，让专业知识在工厂和企业的一线落地应用，把论文写在解决企业发展实际问题的过程中。

Enhance the effectiveness of collaborative education in science and education through resource integration. Centered on the efficient allocation and collaborative empowerment of innovation elements, explore the use of an “innovation resource list system” to incorporate elements such as large-scale instruments and equipment, scientific research data, and technical experts into a unified shared resource management directory, establish a dynamic update mechanism to ensure the real-time nature and accuracy of resource information, and support it with digital management tools to enhance the transparency and efficiency of resource allocation. Construct a flexible and efficient organizational mechanism for innovation teams, promote the scientific research organization model of “project system + team system,” and establish a two-way matching mechanism between an interdisciplinary supervisor database and a project pool. Refine the specific content of student scientific and technological innovation team construction, clarify the formation standards, operational rules, and exit mechanisms, and encourage teachers and students from different disciplinary backgrounds to jointly form “problem-solving teams” to tackle scientific and technological challenges. Standardize the implementation and orderly promote the “open competition for project selection” pilot in science and technology plan projects, introduce a third-party evaluation mechanism in assessment and evaluation, and effectively improve the level and quality of independent cultivation of scientific and technological talents.

以资源整合提升科教协同育人成效。围绕创新要素高效配置与协同赋能，探索以“创新资源清单制”方式将大型仪器设备、科研数据、技术专家等要素纳入统一共享资源的管理目录，建立动态更新机制，确保资源信息的实时性与准确性，并配套数字化管理工具以提升资源配置的透明度与使用效率。构建灵活高效的创新团队组织机制，推行“项目制+团队制”的科研组织模式，建立跨学科导师库与项目池的双向匹配机制。细化学生科技创新团队建设具体内容，明确组建标准、运行规则及退出机制，鼓励不同学科背景的师生共同组建解决科技难题的“攻关小组”。规范实施、有序推进科技计划项目“揭榜挂帅”试点，在考核评价中引入第三方评估机制，切实提高科技人才自主培养水平和质量。

(Author: Deputy Director of the Party and Government Office and Senior Counselor at Beijing Institute of Technology)

（作者：北京理工大学党政办公室副主任、高级辅导员）

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