党的十六大提出了全面建设小康社会的奋斗目标。浙江省2020年要率先基本实现现代化,下一个五年具有基础性作用,所以重视教育、教育优先发展仍是本届省政府的重要任务。为此必须“坚持教育创新,深化教育改革,优化教育结构,推进素质教育,造就数以亿计的高素质劳动者、数以千万计的专门人才和一大批拔尖创新人才”。并“形成全民学习、终身学习的学习型社会,促进人的全面发展”。自学考试在实现这一宏伟目标的历史过程中肩负重任,大有可为。发展自学考试事业,既是全省经济社会蓬勃发展的客观要求,也是人民群众接受高等教育的迫切愿望。要“发展要有新思路,改革要有新突 The 16th CPC National Congress proposed the goal of building an overall well-to-do society. Zhejiang Province will take the lead in basically realizing modernization in 2020 and will have a fundamental role in the next five years. Therefore, attaching importance to education and giving top priority to education remains an important task for the current provincial government. To this end, we must “persist in education innovation, deepen education reform, optimize the educational structure, promote quality education, create hundreds of millions of highly qualified laborers, tens of millions of specialized personnel and a large number of top-notch creative talents.” And “form a learning society for all people to learn and lifelong learning, and promote people’s all-round development.” Self-study exams have a lot to offer in the historical process of achieving this grand goal. The development of self-study examinations is not only an objective requirement for the province’s vigorous economic and social development, but also an urgent desire of the people and masses to accept higher education. It is necessary to have “new ideas for development and a new breakthrough in the reform.”