By Qian Jing
The 38th Teachers' Day Symposium was held in Hongkou District. Guo Fang, Standing Member of the Municipal Party Committee and Chief of the Hongkou District Party Committee, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Attending the symposium were Zhu Qinhao, Chair of the Hongkou District People's Congress Standing Committee, Shi Baozhen, Chair of the Hongkou District CPPCC, Hu Jun, Vice Chair of the Hongkou District People's Congress Standing Committee, Chen Xiaojie, Deputy District Governor, and Yan Qing, Vice Chair of the CPPCC Hongkou District Committee. Du Songquan, Deputy Chief of the Hongkou District Party Committee, presided over the symposium.
At the meeting, Guo Fang shook hands with the attending representatives of the education system one by one to exchange cordially and cared about their work and lives. On behalf of the CPC Hongkou District Committee, the Hongkou District People's Congress, the Hongkou District Government and the Hongkou District CPPCC, Guo Fang extended holiday greetings to the teachers and educators in Hongkou.
Guo Fang said that since this March, in the face of severe and complex pandemic prevention and control, the majority of educators have worked hard to fight against the pandemic and keep teaching, carried out online education throughout all the grades, supported the front line of the pandemic, and made outstanding contributions to winning the defense war of Shanghai. At present, Hongkou is making every effort to build the North Bund of Shanghai and the Golden Triangle of Huangpu River, and strive to become a vivid practice place of the Chinese modernization. We must accurately grasp the new mission and tasks of education, and strive to create first-class education that matches the new era.
She stressed that Xi Jinping attached great importance to ideological and political education and laid emphasis on the notion that we should make full use of major ideological and political course. Education in Hongkou should adhere to the principle of cultivating people by virtue, and give a good lecture on ideological and political course in the new era, so that our students can truly aspire to greatness, be virtuous and assume great responsibilities. All teachers in Hongkou should stick to their original intention, seriously implement the "Four Haves" requirement for good teachers (having ideals and beliefs, moral sentiments, solid knowledge and benevolence) proposed by Xi Jinping, persist in the ambition and pursuit of engaging in education and strive to be an educator with high learning and integrity.
Guo Fang made it clear that the major ideological and political course is not just to teach knowledge, and the key is to establish faith. We should continue to make good use of the red resources of "three cultural places" (the birthplace of the Shanghai style culture, the source place of the advanced culture, and the gathering place of the cultural celebrities) and sow the seeds of faith in the hearts of young people. The major ideological and political course is not just to learn politics. All courses should have ideas. We should combine ideological and political education with educating ideology and politics and ideological and political course with curriculum of ideology and politics to build a concentric circle of major ideology and politics. The major ideological and political course is not just to read book. The whole society is a big classroom where students can witness the changes of the times and grow together, so that they can truly learn to believe, use, and act.
Guo Fang said that Hongkou's future is developing, and the hope of development lies in education. The teachers in Hongkou should be the ideal teachers with firm faith, faithfully support the "two confirmations" (the confirmation of Xi Jinping as the core of the CPC Central Committee and the Party and the confirmation of Xi Jinping’s Thought on the Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for A New Era as the guidance), firmly achieve the "two maintenances" (the firm maintenance of Xi Jinping as the core of the CPC Central Committee and the Party and the firm maintenance of the authority of the CPC Central Committee and the centralized and unified leadership), and consciously be the firm believers and loyal practitioners of the socialism with Chinese characteristics. We should be a moral teacher who demonstrates behavior, set an example for, guide and help students to behave well in life. We should be a teacher with benevolence and love, treat every student equally, and let every student grow into a talent. We should be a professional teacher of knowledge, and guide students to think and research actively. All departments, sub-districts and firms in the district should attach great importance to the development of education, promote the good custom of respecting teachers and valuing education, mobilize the whole society to enthusiastically support education, make great efforts to run education to the satisfaction of the people, and make new and greater contributions to creating a new situation of high-quality development, high-quality life and efficient governance in Hongkou.
At the meeting, Chen Xiaojie read out the Commendation Decision of Celebrating the 38th Teachers' Day in Hongkou. The teacher representatives Wang Xin, Chief of the General Party Branch of the No. 1 Middle School Attached to East China Normal University, Ji Yili, Principal of Shanghai Hong Xing Primary School, Qu Jing, Principal of Dongyuhang Road Kindergarten, Zhu Jianliu, Dean of Nanhu Vocational and Technical College, and Xu Bin, Education Talent Service Center of Hongkou District made exchange speeches.
Also attending the meeting were the officials of the main units of the Hongkou District Party Committee's Leadership Group for Education, the members of Hongkou District Education Bureau, the chiefs, the principals, and the teacher representatives of the Hongkou District Education System.