The Training of Young Talents

The Training of Young Talents

“The key of doing Talent Strategy is the party”. In the National Talent Conference in 2003, Hu Jintao proposed the principle of talent management in which the talent must be managed by the party and the Talent Strategy must be organized by the party. Hu Jintao pointed out:

The key of doing Talent Strategy is the party. The results of talent work directly relate to the future and destiny of the development of the party and the state. So the extreme importance of talent work decides that we must put it in a more important strategic position, to further strengthen and improve the organization of talent work. (Important literatures since the 16th committee, 2005, p. 584)

This speech emphasized the importance of talent work, which is related to the future development of the party and the state. Of course, this work must be placed in a very important strategic position and directly managed by the party. Especially, the development of young talent in the work of talent, which is related to the construction of socialist modernization, the completion of the goal of well-off society, and the realization of Chinese dream, are the great importance of the party and the state. Also, that must be directed and

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administrated by the party. About the cultivation of young talents, it must be principled by the party which manages the talent. Only in this way, it can ensure that the growth of young talent keeps consistent with the basic system of socialist, and can support the development of young talent overall the state. The principle in which the party must manage the talent is the deepening and extension the principle in which the party must manage the cadres. Also that is new development of Marx’s theory about the cadre management by CPC, and an important part of Chinese characteristic talent theory of Marxism. Indeed, that is the basic principle and the structure of Chinese system of talent management (Xu, 2006, p. 298).

The management of talent by the party is not the management in all aspects of talent work. Hu Jintao pointed out:

The management of talent by party mainly means the management of macroscopic, policies, coordination, and services. So we should focus on doing the policy, integration of forces, and creating environment. Ultimately, we must be engaged in making talent by career, attracting talent by environment, motivating talent by mechanism, and protecting talent by legal system. (Important literatures since the 16th committee, 2005, p. 585)

In this speech, Hu Jintao clearly made the specific content of management of talent by the party. Management of macroscopic is to strengthen the overall macro-guidance and macro decision-making of talent work and grasp the initiative in talent work. Management of policies means that the party should develop and improve policies which relate to the talent work, including the development and planning policy of the growth of young talent. Management of coordination means that the party must have the overview of the global development. The party should coordinate all capabilities and advantages to promote the development of talent work, coordinate the internal structure and hierarchy of talent, and coordinate the various undertakings involved in the training and development of young talents in education, science, and culture. Management of services means that the party should provide a full range of services for all types of talent, especially for the young talents who need more encouragement and supporting. From the above four aspects, the principle in which the talent must be managed by the party effectively promotes the building of young talent team and provides favorable conditions for the development and improvement of young talent.

In the Conference of National Talent Work in 2010, Hu Jintao emphasized that we must take opportunities to cultivate young talent. He pointed out:

Party committees and governments at all levels should strengthen the education and guidance of youth. In the whole society, it should form a good atmosphere to love and care the youth, to encourage and support the career of young talent. (Important literatures since the 17th committee, 2011, p. 722)

In the speech of the 90th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s Congress in 2011, Hu Jintao further stressed:

An important task of management of talent by the party is to cultivate young talents. The reason is that cultivating a large number of outstanding young cadres is a fundamental strategy which related to the future and generation of the party and people. All comrades in the party and the whole society should adhere to respecting labor, knowledge, talent, and innovation. Especially, we must take opportunities to cultivate young talents and experts. Then we can form a vivid situation in which there have so many talents in generation and they make the best use of ability. (Important literatures since the 17th committee, 2013, pp. 440-441)

In this speech, Hu Jintao clearly combined the principle of management of talent by the party and the cultivation of young talent. We can find the following important information. Firstly, young talent is an

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important part of the principle of management by the government. Secondly, young talent is related to Talent Strategy and national development. So the young talent must be managed on a uniform by the party. Thirdly, cultivation of young talent in generation is a significant protection of the career of the party which retains youthful vitality. Therefore, in the principle of management of talent by the party, young talent must be an important object of management.

“To focus on strengthening the education of ideological and political, and promoting the all-round

development of all types of talent”. For the process of cultivating young talent, the ideological and political education is an extremely important part. Hu Jintao had a clear understanding of this point. In the first conference of national talent work, Hu Jintao said:

We should strengthen and improve basic education, continue to popularize nine-year compulsory education, positively develop the high school education, promote quality education, and further strengthen rural education. Then we should accelerate innovation in higher education, promote higher education and development of economic and social to become combination close, adjust specialty and discipline structures, innovate training model of talent, establish an effective mechanism for education and training of talent, and play the role of universities as an important base for talent training. So we must focus on strengthening the ideological and political education, and promoting the all-round development of all kinds of talent. (Important literatures since the 16th committee, 2005, p. 577)

In 2005, the conference about strengthening and improving ideological and political education of college students has been meeting. In this conference, Hu Jintao delivered an important speech. He pointed out the importance and urgency of ideological and political education in college students, the main content of ideological and political education, the work of ideological and political education, and opening new situations for ideological and political education in college students. He emphasized the ideals and beliefs of education, patriotic education, basic moral education, and quality education for college students which had importance for ideological and political education. Hu Jintao said in earnest: “The youth represent and create the future. So only to win the power of youth, it can win in the future” (Important literatures since the 16th committee, 2006, p. 646).