At 10:00 a.m. on August 8, 2020, the 2020 "Implementing the spirit of the National Conference on Graduate Education" Communication Meeting of the Joint Association of Deans of Graduate Schools of China was held online by remote video conference. The main venue was located in Graduate School of Beijing University of Technology, and the participants in the main venue included Hong Danyong, Director General of the Department of Degree Management and Graduate Education of the Ministry of Education, Ren Zenglin, Deputy Director of the Development Center of Degree and Graduate Education of the Ministry of Education, Li Shanting, Director of Science and Technology and Graduate Work Department of Beijing Municipal Education Commission, leaders of the Joint Association of Deans of Graduate Schools of China and leaders of graduate schools of member institutions in Beijing and Tianjin, etc.; the subcommittee was composed of members of the Joint Association and some universities of first-class disciplines. The subcommittee was set up remotely by the member units and some universities (115 in total) for the construction of first-class disciplines, and the number of people online reached more than one thousand. The meeting was chaired by Wang Junzheng, Executive Vice President of Graduate School of Beijing Institute of Technology and Chairman of the Joint Committee of Graduate School Deans 2020.

The theme of this meeting is: to deeply study and understand the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the instructions of Premier Li Keqiang and the spirit of the National Conference on Graduate Education, to give full play to the driving role of the Joint Association of Deans of Graduate Schools of China in deepening the reform of graduate education in the new era, to effectively carry out the re-learning, redesign and concrete implementation of the spirit of the National Conference on Graduate Education in graduate schools, and to vigorously promote the reform and innovative development of China's graduate education in the new era.

Xiang Changle delivered a speech at the conference. He said that this conference is an important action for the national graduate schools to seriously study how to implement the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the instructions of Premier Li Keqiang and the spirit of the National Conference on Graduate Education under the new situation, which is very timely and very necessary. He briefly reviewed the achievements of talent cultivation and the development of postgraduate education in the 80 years since the establishment of Beijing University of Technology. On behalf of the Party Committee of the university, he thanked the leaders of the Department of Degree Management and Graduate Education of the Ministry of Education, the Center for Development of Degree and Graduate Education, the Beijing Municipal Education Commission and the leaders of graduate schools of sister universities for coming to our university for guidance and communication, and also thanked the higher authorities and sister universities for their long-term support and assistance to BIT. We wish this exchange meeting a great success and achieve the expected results.

Hong Dayong delivered a speech. He further conveyed the important instruction of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the instruction of Premier Li Keqiang and the speech of Vice Premier Sun Chunlan, and deeply interpreted the spirit of National Postgraduate Education Conference and the work requirements of Minister Chen Baosheng. He explained the importance of the National Conference on Graduate Education with "five extraordinary". He said that the National Conference on Graduate Education is an epoch-making and milestone conference held at an "extraordinary time"; it is an "extraordinary conference" reflecting the high importance attached by the State Council of the CPC Central Committee and the comprehensive, holistic and strategic nature of graduate education; it is a top-level conference focusing on the reform and development of graduate education in the new era. It is a meeting of "extraordinary things" for the top-level design of the reform and development of postgraduate education in the new era; it is a meeting of "extraordinary actions" for research and deployment, and the "1+1+3" documents will be issued soon, which will have a significant impact on It is a conference to study and deploy "extraordinary things"; it is a conference to study and deploy "extraordinary actions"; it is a conference to issue "1+1+3" documents to make work deployment on "adjusting disciplines and specialties, improving the level of supervisory team, developing professional degree education, and strengthening quality management in all aspects"; it is a conference to receive "extraordinary achievements" as the Party Central Committee and the State Council earnestly entrusted, expecting postgraduate education to play an important role in consolidating and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics and building socialism. It is expected that postgraduate education will make greater contribution to the consolidation and development of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the construction of a strong socialist modern country and the realization of the Chinese dream of great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. He stressed that to study the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping and other central leaders and the spirit of the conference, we should grasp four aspects: First, we should raise our position, focus on the overall development of the Party and the national cause, and adhere to the "four for" approach to education; second, we should broaden our vision, combine the development of postgraduate education with the requirements of the new era, based on the intersection of the two hundred years. Thirdly, we should understand the new ideas, carefully study and research the important discussion on the fundamental laws and roles of graduate education by General Secretary Xi Jinping, grasp the important positioning of graduate education by Premier Li Keqiang and the high summary of the characteristics of graduate education by Vice Premier Sun Chunlan, highlight the word "research" and the characteristics of graduate education. "Fourth, we should implement specific requirements, aim at the frontiers of science and technology and key fields, focus on "deepening the adjustment of disciplines and specialties, improving the level of supervisors, and perfecting the talent cultivation system "We should aim at the frontiers of science and technology and key fields, focus on "deepening the adjustment of disciplines and specialties, improving the level of supervisory team and perfecting the talent cultivation system", and make efforts to cultivate the high-level talents urgently needed by the country.

Finally, he put forward four requirements for the postgraduate education department of each training unit to implement the instructions and instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping and other leading comrades of the Central Government and the spirit of the National Conference on Postgraduate Education: First, each unit should deeply understand and implement the spirit of the conference, combine the study of the General Secretary's important instructions with the study of the General Secretary's series of speeches on education requirements, adhere to the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, take the initiative and seize the opportunity in the reform and practice of postgraduate education, and enhance the sense of responsibility, mission and urgency; secondly, as the main responsible unit of postgraduate education, the deans should study the characteristics and laws of postgraduate education in depth, and strive to become experts in postgraduate education and management; thirdly, they should combine the actual situation of each unit, and carry out the problems of postgraduate education at the present stage "fine analysis, precise control and precise combat", work with precision and seek effective results; fourth, reasonably grasp the strength of reform, deal with the relationship between explosive force and sustained force, work energy and work methods, main attack and helper, maximize the cohesion, maximize the efficiency, long grasp, long-term work, and continue to promote graduate education We will make conscious efforts to run a graduate education with more opportunities, better quality, better experience and stronger power in the new era.

Ren Zenglin delivered a speech. He introduced the learning situation of the Development Center for Academic Degrees and Postgraduate Education of the Ministry of Education on the instruction of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the spirit of the National Conference on Postgraduate Education, and expressed the learning experience of "recognizing, grasping and applying the laws of postgraduate education under the guidance of the four guidelines", and focused on the study of the Development Center for Academic Degrees and Postgraduate Education of the Ministry of Education in the new era under the guidance of the spirit of the Conference on Postgraduate Education. The Center for Development of Academic Degrees and Postgraduate Education of the Ministry of Education, guided by the spirit of the Conference on Postgraduate Education, took the initiative to serve the overall situation and took specific measures in the areas of discipline evaluation, discipline data service platform, classification and cultivation, quality sampling, etc.

Zheng Gang, Executive Vice President of Graduate School of Tianjin University, Duan Liping, Deputy Director of Peking University Medical Department, in the main venue, Huang Hongwei, President of Graduate School of Tongji University, Wan Xuehong, Executive Vice President of Graduate School of Sichuan University, Gong Liuzhu, Executive Vice President of Graduate School of University of Science and Technology of China, made exchange speeches by remote video, and they actively expressed their learning insights and specific implementation initiatives respectively in accordance with the actual situation of their schools.

Finally, Gong Qihuang, Secretary General of the Joint Association of Deans of Graduate Schools of China, Executive Vice President of Peking University and Dean of Graduate School, delivered a speech. He pointed out that it is the central task of postgraduate education to cultivate high-level talents with both moral and talent for the development of the Party and the national cause, and the universities of the Joint Conference should fully grasp the new requirements and tasks put forward by the Party and the State for postgraduate education, fully understand the importance and urgency of postgraduate education, combine with the actual situation of each university, further strengthen the awareness of reform, increase the reform efforts, refine the working measures, and better and faster promote postgraduate education High-quality development.

The conference further studied in depth the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the important instructions of Premier Li Keqiang and the spirit of the National Conference on Graduate Education, deeply analyzed the goals and tasks of graduate education, and conducted in-depth discussions on the redesign of graduate education, which played a positive role in promoting the connotative development of graduate education continuously and deepening the reform and innovation of graduate education. Under the new situation, the Joint Conference of Deans of Graduate Schools of China will continue to take up its role, give full play to its leading role, aim at pursuing excellence, planning for the future and promoting development, not forgetting its original intention, concentrating its efforts and striving for progress, so as to create a new chapter of graduate education in the new era.

Secretariat of ACGS

2020.08.08