The Achievements And Experiences Of The Chinese Communist Party’s Higher Education During The Yan’an Period

The Anti-Japanese Military and Political University was an important military and political school established under the leadership of the Communist Party of China during the Yan’an period.As an important part of the Chinese revolution and construction,the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University not only made outstanding contributions during the Yan’an period,training a large number of outstanding talents for the party,but also has important value and inspiration for today’s university leadership,management,education,and teaching.As an important part of the higher education institutions established by the Communist Party of China during the Yan’an period,the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University constantly summarized rich teaching experience in the process of its establishment.Under the leadership of the party,it served the main tasks of the party during the revolutionary war period,clarified the goal and direction of training talents for the party,adhered to the principle of party leadership in running the school,and attached importance to the construction of the teaching staff.The school innovated teaching methods,emphasized the cultivation of practical abilities,combined theoretical education with practical education,encouraged students to learn and explore in practice,and improved students’ practical and innovative abilities.In the setting of educational courses,the school was close to the actual needs of the Chinese revolution,attached importance to political and military education to cultivate revolutionary cadres who possessed both virtue and talent.The Anti-Japanese Military and Political University not only achieved many accomplishments in teaching,providing valuable experience in cultivating talents for Chinese higher education,but also,as a school founded by the Party to cultivate cadres,it nurtured a large number of outstanding talents who played important roles in China’s revolution and construction.It provided significant military and political support during the Anti-Japanese War and made important contributions to the victory of the war.The school’s educational philosophy and talent training model have important implications for the reform and development of China’s higher education today.First,the talent training of universities must adhere to the correct socialist direction.That is,at different times and under different social backgrounds,the talent training of universities should be closely combined with the era requirements of the party and the state,adhere to serving socialist construction and development,strengthen the correct orientation of educating,selecting,and employing people for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,and build an excellent talent team.Second,universities must adhere to the correct leadership of the party.The party’s leadership is the guarantee and driving force for universities to achieve the correct direction and goals of education.The key to running socialist universities with Chinese characteristics is for the party to grasp the dominant role of ideological and political work in universities,and make universities a strong frontier for cultivating builders and successors of socialist causes from beginning to end.Third,universities must pay attention to ideological and political education in talent training.The Anti-Japanese Military and Political University emphasized improving students’ political quality and ideological consciousness,guiding students to root in the mission of the country,shoulder the heavy historical responsibility,and set an example for high-standard political education in Chinese universities.Fourth,universities must combine talent training with practical education.With professional knowledge as the core,universities should cultivate talented people with real skills,seize opportunities in the talent crisis,and create new opportunities in the changing employment situation.The Anti-Japanese Military and Political University is an important part of China’s revolution and construction,not only achieving brilliant combat results in history,but also having important reference significance for the construction of today’s Chinese universities in terms of educational philosophy and training mode.