(250317) -- BEIJING, March 17, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, makes a speech at a meeting in Beijing, capital of China, March 17, 2025. Ding called for a systemic leap from scale to quality in the field of higher education, with the aim of establishing a strategic, pioneering force for Chinese modernization. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)