On April 8, the Ministry of Education and Henan Province held a ministry-provincial consultation meeting in Zhengzhou to thoroughly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on the rise of the central region and Henan’s reform and development, and to help Henan strive to take the lead in the rise of the central region and writeamore brilliant Central Plains chapterin the new era. Huai Jinpeng, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of the Ministry of Education, Lou Yangsheng, Secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People’s Congress attended the meeting and delivered speeches, and Wang Kai, Deputy Secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee and Governor of Henan Province, attended the meeting. Wang Guangyan, member of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Education and Vice Minister, Chen Xing, Member of the Standing Committee of the Henan Provincial Committee and Secretary-General, Wang Gang, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Committee and Minister of the Organization Department, and Song Zhenghui, Vice Governor, attended the meeting. Wang Guangyan and Song Zhenghui signed a strategic cooperation agreement on behalf of both parties.