在全国科教援疆工作会议上,刘延东充分肯定近年来科教援疆工作取得的成绩。刘延东指出,新疆的发展,科技是支撑,教育是基础,人才是关键。加快实施科教兴疆战略是提高各族群众科学文化素质、改善民生的必然要求,是推动产业结构升级、促进发展方式转变的重要力量,是维护民族团结、确保长治久安的重大举措,是促进人与自然和谐相处、实现可持续发展的有力支撑。 At the national conference on aid to Xinjiang by science and education, Liu Yandong fully affirmed the achievements made in the work of aid to Xinjiang by science and education in recent years. Liu Yandong pointed out: In Xinjiang, development, science and technology are the support, education is the foundation, and talent is the key. Speeding up the implementation of the strategy of rejuvenating Xinjiang through science and education is an inevitable requirement for raising the masses' scientific and cultural qualities and improving people's livelihood. It is also an important force for promoting the upgrading of industrial structure and promoting the transformation of the mode of development. It is a major measure to safeguard ethnic unity and ensure lasting peace and stability. Natural harmony, to achieve a strong support for sustainable development.