The New Technological Revolution and Higher Education

The "new industrial revolution" is a hot topic in the world today. This is a new trend reflecting economic and social changes in industrialized capitalist countries, which is well worth our attention. Despite the profound political and economic reasons contained therein, we can gather the following information: The countries of the West are going from the age of industrialization to the age of information, with priorities on such new industries as microelectronics, bioengineering, oceanographic engineering, and space technology. This is a favorable time for us to review China's economic strategies and technological policies, putting our particular emphasis on opening up intelligence resources, training talented people, developing education, actively utilizing new technology, and promoting the socialist economy, so that China can narrow its gap economically and technologically with developed countries.