Whatisknowledge

　　Inmyopinion,knowledgeisvaluable.IntheInformationAge,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.