Human society has entered 2 1 century, which is the century of the rejuvenation of our Chinese nation. We are young people and college students who grew up in this great era. Fortunately, in the prosperous times, we are an infinitely happy and enviable generation, and also a generation with great responsibilities and arduous tasks. The 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out: "In the first two decades of this century, we should concentrate on building a well-off society at a higher level in an all-round way, benefiting more than one billion people, so as to make the economy more developed, democracy more sound, science and education more advanced, culture more prosperous, society more harmonious and people's lives more affluent." The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has placed the construction of a socialist harmonious society in a prominent position alongside economic construction, political construction, cultural construction and ecological construction, as one of the main tasks of the construction of our party's ruling ability.
In today's world, peace and development are the themes of the times, world diversification and economic globalization are two historical trends, and the new scientific and technological revolution represented by information technology is developing rapidly. The external environment with peace as the mainstream, the fierce competition in the process of world multipolarization and economic globalization, and the wave of new scientific and technological revolution make China face enormous opportunities and unprecedented challenges. Only by firmly grasping opportunities and calmly responding to challenges can China achieve economic development, catch up with advanced countries and stand on its own feet among the nations of the world in the new century.
1. Be concerned about national affairs and understand the basic national conditions of China. China's basic national conditions are in the primary stage of socialism, and it has been in this stage for a long time. Since the Third Middle School of the Eleventh Central Committee, China's socialist modernization has made great achievements. Comrade Deng Xiaoping once warned us: "China should work hard to realize the four modernizations. Our poverty, weak foundation and backward education, science and culture determine that we still have a hard struggle process. " In this regard, Comrade Jiang Zemin also clearly pointed out: "We must see that China is in the primary stage of socialism and will be in it for a long time, and the well-off society is still a low-level, incomplete and unbalanced one. The contradiction between people's growing material and cultural needs and backward social productive forces is still the main contradiction in our society. China's productivity, science and technology and education level are still relatively backward, and there is still a long way to go to realize industrialization and modernization. The increasingly dual economic structure between urban and rural areas has changed, the trend of widening regional disparities has not been reversed, and there are still a few poor people: the total population continues to increase, the proportion of the elderly population increases, and the pressure on employment and social security increases; The contradiction between ecological environment, natural resources and economic and social development is increasingly prominent; We are also under pressure from developed countries to dominate the economic and scientific fields. The economic system and other management systems are still not perfect: there are still some problems that cannot be ignored in the construction of democracy, legal system and ideological and moral education. Consolidating and improving the well-off level that has been achieved at present requires long-term hard work. " "Your need and its connection with the existing world" is the need of history, the need of the country and the need of social development. Marx and Engels once pointed out: "As a definite person and a realistic person, you have rules, missions and tasks. It doesn't matter whether you realize it or not. This task is generated by your needs and its connection with the existing world. "
2. Grasp the opportunities of self-development and know the development opportunities of the country. At the turn of the century, great historical opportunities often lurk. For example, at the turn of the 20th century, from 19, the United States seized the opportunity and achieved leap-forward development in about 40 years, becoming the world's largest power. Today, China is also facing the 20th century and the era of 2 1 century. Can we seize this excellent opportunity and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in about 40 years? It can be seen from three aspects that this is an important period of strategic opportunities. 1. Under the theme of the times of peace and development, it is very likely that China will strive for a peaceful international environment and a good surrounding for a long period, which will help China concentrate on its construction. Second, from the development trend of scientific and technological revolution and economic globalization, the process of world scientific and technological revolution is accelerating, and we can seize the link of industrialization of new scientific and technological revolution, shorten the gap with developed countries and realize leap-forward development. In particular, China has joined the WTO and can directly participate in the process of economic globalization to a greater extent, which provides very favorable conditions for us to use the world's advanced technology, capital, market and management experience to accelerate China's socialist modernization. Thirdly, domestically, China has entered the 2 1 century after more than 20 years of reform and opening up. Through exploration, we have formed the ideological line of emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts and keeping pace with the times. Starting from the concrete reality of China, we have adopted the development strategy of gradually realizing modernization and found the correct way to build Socialism with Chinese characteristics. The responsibility fell on our younger generation step by step. If China wants to develop, it must open to the outside world. When dealing with foreigners, you should learn to compete and strive to win in the competition.
3.265438+The severe challenges faced by China in the 20th century. Challenges of international environment, knowledge economy, economic development prospect and social employment, economic security, financial security and information security, strengthening scientific and technological capabilities, population pressure and challenges, talent pressure and challenges, energy pressure and challenges, resources pressure and challenges, wealth and distribution challenges, infrastructure construction challenges, democracy and legal system construction challenges, etc. Specifically, it includes the challenges of comprehensive national strength competition, new technological revolution, economic globalization and China's accession to the WTO.
The times are calling on young people to resolutely fulfill their new historical mission-to seriously study science, technology and culture. We college students are part of the young people who have more opportunities to receive modern science and technology education, and are the beneficiaries of the strategy of "rejuvenating the country through science and education". "Rejuvenating the country through science and education" has become the will and common goal of the whole nation, and colleges and universities are the main force of "Rejuvenating the country through science and education", shouldering the great responsibility of conveying all-round talents for society and serving economic construction. While benefiting, we should also be a practitioner and finisher of "rejuvenating the country through science and education", and shoulder the heavy responsibility of revitalizing the motherland's scientific and technological undertakings and meeting the challenges of the new technological revolution, and become the backbone of the motherland's rejuvenation. We in China missed the opportunity of the first industrial revolution. We must cultivate those who study into people with all-round political and professional development. In the era of knowledge economy, measuring talents depends not only on their intellectual factors, that is, knowledge level, but also on various forms of moral education. The standard of "virtue" is very broad and practical. However, a person who is truly regarded as a talent, at least a qualified citizen, must abide by national laws and perform basic social ethics. Only by working hard to become talents can contemporary college students serve and contribute to society in the future, which is the fundamental direction and established requirement of our success. A person's moral quality is not good and he is incompatible with society. No matter how high his IQ is, it is difficult for him to make a contribution to society.
Therefore, we contemporary college students must have a deep understanding of China's basic national conditions, historical opportunities and severe challenges, as well as its own shortcomings and backwardness, so as to catch up and realistically exercise our historical mission. During the May 4th Movement, young students took "saving the country and the people" as their highest mission. Nowadays, patriotism is no longer saving the country, but rejuvenating the country and strengthening the country. Contemporary productive forces rely on science and technology to an unprecedented extent. With the economic globalization, the contest between countries is increasingly turning to the contest of scientific and technological innovation ability. A country's technology can no longer rely on imitation and introduction to ensure the real economic advantage. As college students in the new century, we should shoulder the historical responsibility of rejuvenating the cause of science and technology in the motherland and strive to make China among the world powers at an early date.