CCTV Commentary: Inheriting the Red Gene and Cultivating More High-Caliber Talent
Jilin University serves the national strategy, inherits the red gene, and helps revitalize Northeast China and cultivate talent Focus on discipline optimization and innovative integration, enhance service capabilities, click to learn about the new starting point and new mission
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Jilin University's founding, General Secretary Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter, affirming the university's achievements in running the institution and setting out requirements for the university to build on a new starting point and serve national strategy.
The article points out that since its founding in 1946, Jilin University has taken root in Northeast China and has long served national development and the revitalization of Northeast China, accumulating an important foundation in discipline development, scientific research innovation, and talent cultivation. Looking ahead to the new stage, the university should further optimize its discipline layout, promote a closer integration of education and scientific research with industrial needs, and especially enhance its service capacity in areas such as equipment manufacturing, new materials, modern agriculture, ecological protection, and the digital economy.
The article also emphasizes that the fundamental task of universities is to cultivate virtue and nurture people. The vast number of teachers should take advanced role models such as Huang Danian as examples, transform the red tradition of education into a driving force for nurturing students, guide young students to deepen their love for the country and their hometown, strengthen their capabilities, and devote themselves to grassroots and frontline practice, contributing more talent and innovative achievements to the comprehensive revitalization of Northeast China and the building of Chinese modernization.