加快推动博士研究生教育高质量发展-中共中央-国务院发布新意见 (加快推动博士研究生教育高质量发展的意见)

The General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the GeneralOffice of the State Council have recently issued the

Notice on Accelerating the High-Quality Development of Doctoral Education

(hereinafter referred to as the Notice). The Notice provides a systematic plan for the continued deepening of comprehensive reforms in doctoral education.

Key Points of the Notice

The Notice emphasizes that doctoral education is the highest level of national education and a key pillar of the national innovation system. To accelerate the high-quality development of doctoral education, it is necessary to:

1. Uphold the guiding principles of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.
2. Adhere to the principles of moral education, serving societal needs, reform and innovation, and open and integrated development.
3. Promote coordinated development of scale expansion and quality enhancement.
4. Establish a doctoral education system with Chinese characteristics and world-class standards.
5. Build China into a major global center for doctoral education.
6. Cultivate scientific and technological talents with strategic importance and those in high demand.
7. Provide strong supportfor building China into a global talent hub and innovation center, achieving high-level scientific and technological self-reliance, and fully building a modern socialist country.

Specific Measures

The Notice outlines specific measures to achieve the above objectives, including:

完善学科专业体系，强化国家战略人才培养前瞻布局

• Optimize discipline and major layout.
• Establish a mechanism for timely response to national needs in discipline and major setup, construction, and adjustment.
• Strengthen the establishment of doctoral degree authorization points for science, engineering, agriculture, and medicine, as well as foundational disciplines, emerging disciplines, and interdisciplinary studies.
• Increase the proportion of professional doctoral degree authorization points.
• Accelerate the construction of disciplines and majors in key areas.
• Strengthen the cross-disciplinary and cross-fusion development of disciplines.

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Other Measures

• Optimize resource allocation.
• Strengthen overall leadership.
• Increase investment in doctoral education.
• Establish a sound and stable support mechanism.
• Support qualified regions and training units to carry out pilot reforms in a classified and phased manner.

Conclusion

The high-quality development of doctoral education is of great significance for China’s scientific and technological innovation and economic and social development. By implementing the measures outlined in the Notice, China will further strengthen its doctoral education system, cultivate high-level talents, and contribute to the country’s aspiration to become a global leader in science, technology, and innovation.