II. Adherence to cultivating people as the foundation and boosting students' healthy growth in a well-rounded way

Students are regarded as the principal subject of education and full play is given to their initiative, so as to boost their healthy growth in a well-rounded way. Firstly, moral education is given top priority. The Guidelines for Integrating the System of Core Socialist Values into School Education was promulgated and a program for overall planning of moral courses in universities and schools was launched to build up a complete moral courses system with clear objectives, scientific contents, reasonable structure, linkage through schooling stages and proper sequence. The Outline of Moral Education in Secondary Vocational Schools was revised and the Interim Standards of the Courses on Ideological and Political Theories in Higher Education Institutions was issued, so as to bring the latest results in China's localization practice of the Marxism theories into the textbooks, classrooms and student minds. Secondly, competence building is regarded as the emphasis. The curriculum standards of compulsory education were revised comprehensively. Exploration was taken in establishing mechanisms such as disclosing curriculum arrangements to rectify actions on increasing students' workload. National demonstration bases of social practice for schools were set up to enhance education of students through practical activities. And a National Expert Team was formed to draft a training plan to strengthen education in innovation and entrepreneurship. Thirdly, the well-rounded development is upheld. The public disclosure systems of the National Student Physical Health Standards and of the results of the University Entrance Physique Tests were established and improved. Great efforts were made to carry out the Sunshine Sports for Hundreds of Millions of Students to ensure that each school student participate in sports activities for one hour each day. Special supervision was carried out on school sports activities.