知识的价值(Value of Knowledge)

valueofknowledgeintheinformationage,publicawarenessofthevalueofknowledgecriticallyaffectstheeconomicgrowthofanation.theschematicdiagramclearlyshowshowthevalueofknowledgeevolvedinchinainthepast50years.theschematicdiagrammainlyconsistsofthreeparts.

from1950to1966,thecurvewasroughlyastraightlineslightlyabovezero,showingthatchinawasapoorly-educatednationthen.in1966,thecurvedrasticallydroppedbelowzero,movingdownhopelesslyinthenext11years.thisperiodcoincidedwiththe"culturerevolution".oursocietywentmadthen,bookswereburned,schoolswereclosedandallkindsofacademicactivitieswerebanned.knowledgeinflicteditsmastersnothingbutdisasters.lifewasanightmareforchineseintellectuals,includingfamousscholarsaswellascommonpeoplewhoreceivedhighereducationorwhoseprofessionhadanythingtodowithknowledge.itwasatimewhenignorancewasavirtueandknowledgewasacrime.peopletrieddesperatelytobeawayfromknowledge.asaresult,chinalaggedfartherbehindtherapidprogressingworld.thiswasthedarkesttimeinthehistoryofnewchina.thecurvereturnedtoitsoriginalnon-zeropositionaround1978andmovedupbutslowly.from1984on,ithasbeenshootingup.

theopen-uppolicyencouragespeopletostudyandtochanneltheirknowledgetothemarketeconomy.millionsofchinesearebetteringoffbymeansoftheirknowledgeandmorechineseenjoythefruitsofknowledgeandsaygoodbyeforgoodtopovertythathauntedthemforgenerations.asourworldisrapidlyadvancingtowardstheinformationage,increasingnumberofpeoplerealizethatknowledgeispowerandcreativityiseverything.onlywhenchinabecomesabettereducatednation,canchinabeagreatnationwithinternationalprestige.