| He stressed that the thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era should be used to educate people and guide students to strengthen their confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics and to boost patriotism. Xi said the CPC Central Committee attaches great importance to education. "We are fully confident of and capable of running ideological and political theory courses better," he said. The key, Xi said, lies in teachers, adding that it is crucial to give full play to teachers' enthusiasm, initiative and creativity. He said ideological and political theory teachers must have strong political integrity, deep feelings, creative thinking, broad vision, be disciplined and upright. Stressing the innovation of ideological and political education, Xi instructed teachers to improve the ideological and theoretical level of the courses and make the courses closer to students and more focused. The ideological and political courses should deliver the country's mainstream ideology and directly respond to false ideas and thoughts, he said. He ordered Party committees at all levels to put this work high on agenda and to push forward the project to coordinate the design of ideological and political courses at primary, secondary and tertiary schools. | 
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