Prof. Minsu Wu of the Communication University of China (CUC) in Beijing, on Wednesday, described education as one of the key factors responsible for China’s advancement.
Prof. Minsu Wu delivering a lecture on Wednesday at the Communication University of China in Beijing
Minsu, speaking on the development of education in China, said, “Education changes the fate of societies and generations.”
She made this known while addressing journalists who paid a visit to CUC as part of activities for the 2025 China International Press Communication Center programme.
Journalists during a visit to the Communication University of China in Beijing on Wednesday
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The professor said that in the early years of New China, education was regarded as a vital pillar for national development, with literacy campaigns launched.
According to Minsu, Chinese education now emphasizes equity and quality, advancing educational modernisation.
She also noted the importance of exchange programmes for students and professionals, saying that it provided a different perspective on cultures in countries around the world.
She said that poverty alleviation and innovations were also key factors in China’s advancement.
Referencing the ‘Outline for Building an Education Powerhouse (2024-2035)’ issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council, Minsu highlighted key education goals by 2035.
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These, she said, included talent cultivation, comprehensive high-quality education, supporting technological self-reliance and global influence which would enhance China’s role in global education governance.
Earlier during the visit, teachers and students of CUC welcomed journalists with beats from Weifeng Gong and Drum believed to help to promote traditional Chinese culture while helping students to relieve psychological pressure.
CUC, with a total building area of 638,800 square metres, 11,600 undergraduates, 6,500 graduate students and 21 teaching units, houses China’s first comprehensive media museum and the only National Level-3 Museum in Beijing universities.
Also, CUC is home to the Guangming Cinema, a public welfare project launched to produce audio-described films for the visually impaired.
According to Chen Zhongrui, a graduate student of International Communication at CUC, of the two billion visually-impaired people in the world, 17 million are in China and their social participation lags behind the average level.
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“Our ultimate purpose is to promote the equality of cultural rights for them by building equal access to movie theatres.
“Specifically, we insert descriptions of visual scenes between dialogues and sound effects, converting visual information into auditory information to help visually-impaired people understand movies,” the student said during a tour of the cinema.
He said the cinema collaborated with China’s Federation of Disabled Persons and special education schools, noting that over the past seven years, audio-described films had been provided for free to over eight million visually-impaired people and 2,244 special education schools in China.
“We know that some other countries are also making audio-described films as part of disability welfare, and we hope to promote construction of barrier-free environments in China as a pioneer,” Chen said.
