Core Viewpoint - The Central Education Work Leading Group has issued the "Action Plan for the Adjustment and Optimization of Higher Education Disciplines and Majors (2025-2027)", aiming to establish a mechanism for adjusting disciplines and majors based on technological development and national strategic needs [1] Group 1 - The plan proposes the construction of a national talent supply and demand data platform [3] - It emphasizes shortening adjustment cycles and enhancing coordination among graduate, undergraduate, and vocational disciplines [3] - The plan advocates for differentiated advancement in the layout of foundational, applied, and strategic disciplines [3] Group 2 - The plan outlines actions for urgent discipline and major layout, targeting strategic emerging industries and future industries for rapid establishment of several discipline points [5] - It includes actions to elevate foundational disciplines, increasing support for foundational disciplines in the cultivation of first-class disciplines [5] - The plan also promotes the incubation of emerging and interdisciplinary fields, establishing a number of exemplary interdisciplinary centers [5] Group 3 - Over the past two years, the Ministry of Education has guided universities to add 3,715 undergraduate majors and has canceled or suspended 6,638 majors [7] - Additionally, 12,000 new vocational majors have been added, with over 8,200 majors canceled [7] - The plan encourages the reform pilot of the adjustment and optimization mechanism for disciplines and majors, with nearly 100 universities in 18 provinces actively exploring new models for discipline construction and talent cultivation [7]