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■國家主席胡錦濤在清華大學百年校慶大會上強調，建設世界一流大學和高水準大學，是中國建設人才強國和創新型國家的重大戰略舉措。資料圖片
國家主席胡錦濤上月在慶祝北京清華大學百年校慶大會上指出，中國的高等教育同國際先進水平相比有明顯差距，他強調建設若干所世界一流大學和一批高水準大學，是中國建設人才強國和創新型國家的重大戰略舉措。當今世界，知識創新力構成國家競爭力的核心要素。中國在建設一流大學的時候，亦應創造良好環境，留住和吸引高端人才。香港的大學教育具有成熟的管治模式、備受國際肯定的優勢，應該積極參與內地的高等教育改革，為兩地人才培育和增強國家綜合實力作出應有貢獻。
建設一流大學、培養一流人才，還要注意留住一流人才。美國之所以能夠保持領先國際的競爭優勢，關鍵的一點就是千方百計吸引各國人才，為其所用，清華大學的畢業生就是美國大學吸收的重點對象。如今中國經濟能力大大增強，國家應該為精英人才提供更優厚的生活、工作待遇，創造良好的學術研究配套環境，藉以挽留高端人才。
香港擁有多所排名世界首百名之內的大學，具有成熟的管治模式、國際視野、國際化師資和英語授課等得到國際認同的優勢，應把這些特點和經驗引進內地，為國家發展國際一流大學、培養一流人才發揮應有作用，提高國家的整體學術水平和國際地位。這也有利於香港推動教育產業發展，成為國際教育樞紐。
First class universities are needed in building a strong nation
Last month in the centenary celebration of the Beijing Qinghua University, President Hu Jintao pointed out that tertiary education of China had obviously fallen short of international advanced standards. He stressed that setting up a number of first class universities of international standards and building a group of high end universities would be an important strategy for China to develop itself into a strong country with talented human resources and also an innovative nation. In the world today, knowledge-based creativity forms the core of the competitiveness of a country. During the course of building first class universities, China should also create favourable conditions to retain and attract talented people of high calibre. University education in Hong Kong, which maintains a sophisticated system of governance, has gained international recognition. Universities in Hong Kong should make use of such advantage and actively participate in the reform of the tertiary education on the mainland. In doing so, they not only contribute to the development of talents both in Hong Kong and on the mainland, but also help in the enhancement of the overall strength of the country.
In addition to building first class universities and nurturing first class talents, emphasis should also be placed on retaining first class talents. One of the key factors why the USA has been so successful in maintaining a competitive edge in the world is that they use every means to attract talents from all over the world to serve the country. Graduates from the Qinghua University are among the target talents most sought-after by the universities in the USA. As the economy of China has been greatly strengthened, the country should provide for those elite talents more favorable living conditions, better terms of employment as well as sound environments for academic and research activities in order to retain these talents of high calibre.
Hong Kong has a number of universities ranking in the list of the 100 best universities in the world. These universities are recognized for their sophisticated system of governance, global perspective, internationalized academic staff and English medium of instruction. They should bring all these characteristics and experiences to the mainland and play a more important part in helping the country build international first class universities and nurture first class talents. While helping to enhance the overall academic standards and the international standing of the country, Hong Kong can also reap the benefit as it promotes the development of its education industry, and moves towards becoming an education hub in the world.
■Translation by 開明 chi.ming818@gmail.com
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