China prioritizes its defense capability, education, science and technology “world” granma

The necessity of continuing to modernize the armed forces until 2027, in the scenario of escalating tensions with the United States, especially since the drafting of the new National Security Strategy of the White House, which considers China as the “most important geopolitical challenge”, a topic present. In the Central Report and in the analyzes and debates of the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of China.

Delegates from the Ministry of Defense, participating in the party meeting, discussed the report of the Central Committee presented by President Xi Jinping at the opening ceremony.

Defense Minister General Wei Fengyi said China is facing “severe and dangerous national security conditions” and endorsed President Xi Jinping’s words on the need to “strengthen the armed forces and improve their victorious ability.” Local media reported yesterday.

Tensions between Beijing and Washington intensified after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei (Taiwan) last August. In response, China launched an “unprecedented” series of military exercises, as well as live-fire exercises, into the sea and airspace around the island.

Meanwhile, the head of state engaged in an in-depth discussion with delegates from the Guangxi Zhuang ethnic group autonomous region, south China, and expressed his sincere and cordial greetings to the delegates present, to the more than 2.5 million Party members and 57 million cadres and masses of various ethnic groups in the region. Autonomy.

After another day of the conference, it was possible to know, as one of the achievements of the past decade, the increase in the number of full-time teachers in China, 3.8 million, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Education.

Xinhua quoted Xinhua as saying that in the same period, the number of teachers increased from 14.63 million in 2012 to 18.44 million in 2021. The authorities in that ministry highlighted the improvement in the salary level and social status of teachers in recent years.

The foundation said more than 1.3 million rural teachers have benefited from a special support program that provides them with additional maintenance benefits.

Meanwhile, the China Association of Science and Technology (CAST), in a report on the development of scientific and technological human resources in the Asian country, revealed that talents aged 39 or under cover 73.89% of the total science and technology workers in the Asian country. end of 2019, while 9.94% of those aged 50 and over represented.

The proportion of women talents in science and technology increased from 33% in 2005 to about 40% in 2019. According to the report, by the end of 2020, more than 112.34 million people are employed in science and technology in China.