The reporter learned from the press conference of the Ministry of Education that in order to support the continuous optimization of the structure of rural teacher teams, the central government allocated a total of 85.5 billion yuan from 2018 to 2023, continuously supporting the implementation of relevant plans and policies, guiding teachers to take root in rural areas and serve the grassroots. Ma Hongbing, Deputy Director of the Department of Science, Education and Culture of the Ministry of Finance, introduced that in accordance with the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the Ministry of Finance has cooperated with the Ministry of Education to continuously implement relevant plans and policies in recent years, guiding teachers to teach and support in underdeveloped areas and rural schools, and taking root in serving the grassroots. Support the implementation of special job plans. From 2018 to 2023, the central government allocated a total of 53.3 billion yuan to provide wage subsidies to special position teachers, support college graduates to teach in rural schools in the central and western regions, and provide a large number of excellent teachers for underdeveloped areas. Support the implementation of the "Three Districts" talent program for teachers and the Silver Age Lecture Program. From 2018 to 2023, the central government allocated a total of 2.1 billion yuan to encourage outstanding compulsory education teachers and retired teachers to give lectures in poverty-stricken areas, ethnic minority areas, revolutionary old areas, and border areas. Starting from 2020, nearly 100 million yuan has been allocated to support the Ministry of Education in organizing the implementation of the plan for university silver age teachers to support the western region, selecting a group of outstanding retired university teachers to support teaching and research, and improving the development level of higher education in the western region. Support the implementation of rural teacher living subsidy policies. From 2018 to 2023, a total of 30 billion yuan was allocated to guide the central and western regions to attract more outstanding teachers to teach in rural schools through differentiated subsidy policies, benefiting 1.3 million teachers annually. Next, we will work with the Ministry of Education to optimize and improve policy measures in a timely manner, increase investment, optimize expenditure structure, support and guide local governments to continuously strengthen the construction of rural teacher teams, improve education quality, gradually narrow the urban-rural gap, and accelerate the promotion of high-quality and balanced development of compulsory education and urban-rural integration, "Ma Hongbing said. (New News Agency)