李岚清副总理在全国中小学素质教育经验交流会上指出:"为实施科教兴国战略和可持续发展战略,实现跨世纪宏伟目标,我国教育工作必须大力推进素质教育,这是一项具有根本意义的重大转变。要按照以江泽民同志为核心的党中央的要求,进一步全面贯彻党的教育方针和邓小平同志关于教育的一系列重 Vice Premier Li Lanqing pointed out at the National Quality Education Experience Exchange Conference for Primary and Secondary Schools: “To implement the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education and the strategy for sustainable development, and to achieve the grand goal of crossing the century, our education must vigorously promote quality education. This is a fundamental issue. The major changes must be made in accordance with the requirements of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Jiang Zemin as the core and further implement the Party’s education policy and Comrade Deng Xiaoping’s series of heavy education.