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BEIJING, Sept. 10-- Tuesday marks Teachers' Day in China. Education is an area which Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has paid close attention to. He considers education as key to the long-term development of the cause of the Party and the country and has made clear instructions on strengthening the rank of teachers since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2017. The following is a summary of efforts and achievements in this regard. ATTENTION, INSTRUCTIONS It appears to be a ritual for the country's over 16 million teachers to receive greetings from Xi on Teachers' Day in recent years. Amid a tight schedule, Xi over the years has managed to find time to visit various school campuses, chat with educators and write to them, expressing his attention and expectations on education. In September 2017, during his visit to Beijing Normal University, Xi urged Party committees and governments at all levels to attach utmost importance to the work on nurturing teachers. He called for fostering a social atmosphere in which teachers are well respected and the importance of education is well understood. In February 2017, Xi visited the faculty of a primary school in Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. He said that education is very important to developing old revolutionary bases and poor areas. Later in September 2017, Xi encouraged teachers to contribute more to education in poor areas in a reply letter to teachers from southwest China's Guizhou Province. | 
