This is not the first time that the central leadership has compared talent issues with the country’s development prospects. As early as 1977, Deng Xiaoping pointed out: "Modernization cannot be achieved by relying on empty talk. We must have knowledge and talents." The 1978 National Science Conference, regarded as a landmark event in China's reform and opening up, clearly stated that "science and technology are productive forces." By 1995, the National Science and Technology Conference proposed the strategy of “rejuvenating the country through science and education”. This time, the "National Medium and Long-term Talent Development Plan (2010-2020)" has elevated talent work to a national strategic level in the form of regulations.

More than 30 years later, we are still "thirsty for talents". Although the background of the times is very different, the principle of "fairness" has not changed.

Thirty years ago, a series of reform measures were launched based on the concept of fair competition and motivating talents, such as the resumption of the college entrance examination, reform of the science and technology system, large-scale selection and dispatch of overseas students, etc., which helped China select students as quickly as possible. Cultivate a large number of talents urgently needed for economic construction.

Thirty years later, China will complete the leap from a country with large human resources to a country with strong talents within 10 years. This is still inseparable from the principle of "fairness".