不忘初心、牢记使命,奋力书写新时代“新农科”答卷

习近平总书记给全国涉农高校的书记校长和专家代表的回信,立意深远、内涵深刻,是总书记关于教育重要论述的丰富和拓展,为“新农科”建设注入强大活力,对涉农高校更好地支撑和引领“三农”事业发展提出了新的时代使命。

Agriculture-related colleges and universities are an important part of China’s higher education system. Over the years, they have made great achievements in talents cultivation, scientific research innovation and social services, making positive contributions to the development of China’s "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" endeavors. General Secretary Xi Jinping wrote back to the secretary, president and expert representatives of agriculture-related colleges and universities, greatly inspiring all the teachers and students of agriculture-related colleges and universities, and providing ideological guidance and action program for the current and future development of agriculture-related colleges and universities. Looking forward to the future, agricultural universities should firmly adhere to the socialist direction of running and the basic task of moral, academic and practical training of talents, use Neo-Agriculture Education Construction as an opportunity to focus on the characteristic and connotation development, cultivate more agri-science-trained and agriculture-loving type talents, take agriculture strengthening and prosperity as a noble duty, provide services to the whole agricultural industry and regional and national demands, in the final analysis, boost agriculture rural modernization.