On November 8, Cheng Jianping, Party Secretary of Beijing Normal University, visited the Chinese Embassy in Japan during his trip. Wu Jianghao, the Chinese Ambassador to Japan, met with the delegation.

Cheng Jianping introduced the purpose of his visit to Japan and the achievements, and exchanged views with Wu Jianghao on how to leverage Beijing Normal University's academic strengths to serve national development. Wu Jianghao first provided an overview of China-Japan exchange relations, then gained a deeper understanding of Beijing Normal University's exchanges and cooperation with Japan. He expressed that the Chinese Embassy in Japan would fully support the university's educational exchanges with Japan and work together to elevate China-Japan educational cooperation to a new level.

Wu Jianghao met with Cheng Jianping and his delegation

During his visit to the embassy, Cheng Jianping delivered a special report titled Grasping Five Major Relationships and Making Steady Progress Toward Building a Strong Education Nation by 2035. The report was attended by Shi Yong, Minister-Counselor at the Chinese Embassy in Japan, Du Kewei, Minister-Counselor for Education, and staff from various embassy departments. The report was chaired by Du Kewei.

Du Kewei chaired the report session

Cheng Jianping, drawing on the important speech delivered by President Xi Jinping at the National Education Conference and the spirit of the Outline of the Education Power Construction Plan (2024-2035), shared his insights. He discussed the five major relationships: supporting national strategies and meeting people's needs, knowledge learning and comprehensive development, talent cultivation and societal needs, regulation and vitality, and rooting in China while drawing on international experience. Using vivid examples, especially the concrete practices of Beijing Normal University's "Project to strengthen teaching force," Cheng elaborated on the connotations of building a strong nation in education and the pathways to achieving it. Cheng emphasized the importance of deeply understanding the requirements of Chinese modernization for constructing a Chinese-characterized education system, vigorously improving the quality of the population, making forward-looking educational plans, stimulating educational reform and innovation, and actively advancing international educational cooperation.

The site of the report session

After the special report, Cheng Jianping engaged in an in-depth exchange and discussion with the audience on current hot topics in the field of education. Embassy staff commented that the content of the report was rich and insightful, providing important inspiration for a deeper understanding of and grasping the strategy for building a strong nation in education, as well as for actively advancing international educational exchanges and cooperation.

To build a strong nation, one must first strengthen education To strengthen education, one must first strengthen teachers. Beijing Normal University has firmly kept in mind President Xi Jinping's instructions and has taken on the dual mission of leading higher education and supporting foundational education. The university has been actively cultivating "Four Good" teachers. In recent years, the university has focused on addressing the shortage of teaching staff in the underdeveloped central and western regions of China. With the approach of "training a group, sending a group, and enhancing a group," it has implemented the "Project to strengthen teaching force," which covers teacher training, recruitment, support, post-service development, as well as quality diagnosis and ecological optimization of county-level education. This initiative serves rural revitalization and promotes the balanced and high-quality development of education. Through powerful reforms and innovations, Beijing Normal University is accelerating the construction of a world-class university with Chinese characteristics, driving the development of a strong nation in education through high-quality growth.