Young leaders discuss education at Boao Forum  

聚焦博鳌：青年领袖聚焦教育使命 微软高管鼓励做梦

博鳌亚洲论坛2013年年会6日上午举行青年领袖圆桌会，中外青年领袖聚焦“教育的使命”。中国招商银行行长马蔚华作为点评嘉宾在会上直言，目前中国的教育没有培养足够的创新型人才，跟不上企业发展的需要。

Boao (CNS) -- Participants at the Boao Forum for Asian Young Leaders Roundtable in Sanya, Hainan province, discussed the mission of education on Saturday.

Ma Weihua, president of China Merchants Bank, said that the country's education system does not bring up sufficient innovative talents, which lags behind enterprises' demands.

Education that focuses on teaching knowledge, shaping minds and improving abilities should be upgraded to impart creative abilities to educatees, Ma said.

Zhang Yaqin, corporate vice president of Microsoft, encouraged the young people to have dreams. "Only after all 1.3 billion Chinese fulfill their dreams can 'China Dreams' be realized," he said.

Lin Yu, CEO of NetQin, a Chinese mobile-security firm, who wore a safety helmet to the discussion, said he "feels insecure" about the country's education.

The education system puts too much pressure on children, and it is becoming more difficult for children from poor families to go to college, he said.

Elaine Lan Chao, a Chinese American who served as the 24th US secretary of Labor from 2001 to 2009, said China's education should borrow ideas from the United States, which pays attention to cultivating values and views on life.

Peggy Dulany Rockefeller, a fourth-generation member of the Rockefeller family, shared her family education, which values paying back to society.