Ministry of Education: Optimize the layout of universities and the structure of academic disciplines, and promote the reform of universities in a classified manner.

On July 3, the Ministry of Education held a research symposium in Wuhan to implement the outline and three-year action plan, deepen comprehensive education reform in the central region. The meeting emphasized the need to promote the development of education, technological innovation, and talent training as a whole, promote the benign interaction between independent innovation in science and technology and autonomous talent cultivation, optimize the layout of universities and the structure of academic disciplines, classify the reform of universities, and accelerate the transformation and transfer of scientific and technological achievements in universities. It is necessary to establish a regional education resources allocation mechanism coordinated with changes in the population, continuously improve the inclusiveness, accessibility, and convenience of educational public services. It is necessary to resolutely implement the first standard of teacher ethics and professional conduct, implement the action of strengthening teachers' souls with the spirit of educators, and deepen the reform of the innovative system of teacher education. It is necessary to continuously improve the strategy of education opening to the outside world, actively integrate into the overall situation of the country's external work, and actively build a new platform for education exchange and cooperation.