Progress in the cognitive science, psychology and behavior science has given new impetus to the scientific and technological, educational, social and economic development. Space science has helped people deepen their understanding of the origin of the space and its evolution, providing a new panoramic picture of the structure of matters and their interaction. The new scientific and technological revolution has presented people of all countries with precious development opportunities and also serious challenges. A country or nation would lag behind and land itself in an extremely passive position unless it closely keeps abreast with scientific and technological progress and upgrades its scientific and technological level in the light of its national development texture. In order to meet the challenge of rapid scientific and technological progress and the fast rising knowledge economy, we must keep on creating and innovating.
Creativity is the soul of a nation and an inexhaustible source of a country's prosperity.
The key to creation and innovation lies in human resources, whose development depends on education. Only a well-developed education can sustain scientific and technological progress and economic development. Scientific and technological strength and the educational level of a nation have always been an important yardstick for measuring the overall national strength and the civilization of a society. Like indispensable wheels, they propel a country to prosperity. China is one of the cradles of world civilization.