Why can Israel become the only economic power and developed country in the Middle East? Perhaps some friends will think that the annual aid from the United States and the anonymous donation from the World Jewish Association are of great help to them. They don't deny the help of American and Jewish communities to Israel, but this help is not the main reason. The conflict between Israel and Pakistan continues, and the United States also provides billions of dollars in aid to Pakistan every year, but Pakistan today is not a developed country.
The most important thing for Israel to become an economic power is to rely on its strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education. Education is the foundation of rejuvenating the country through science and education. Israelis attach great importance to education, and the expenditure on education is second only to national defense, accounting for 8.8% of the total government expenditure. Free education lasted for 13 years, and the average length of schooling of Israelis ranked first in Asia and 22nd in the world. Education in Israel is different from exam-oriented education. It is more open and free, focusing on cultivating children's creative thinking and practical ability. As a result, Israeli students hardly get good grades in international competitions, but they get high grades when they grow up. With a population of only 9 million, Israel has 12 Nobel Prize winners, and the number of patent applications ranks 14 in the world. .
(Israeli children learn)
Israel's strategy of attaching importance to education has brought it abundant human resources, and the number of engineers per capita ranks first in the world. At the same time, Israel has created a good research environment for rich human resources under the concept of attaching importance to scientific and technological innovation. Its national R&D expenditure accounts for 4.5% of GDP, ranking first in the world. Rich human resources+creative thinking education+an environment that pays attention to scientific and technological innovation have made Israel a country of innovation. IT has world-leading technology in military, IT, medical equipment, new energy, biotechnology, agriculture and other fields. The most representative innovations are drip irrigation technology and soilless culture technology in agriculture, flash memory technology and compression algorithm in computers, and Israeli bandages in medical care. Israel's innovation ability is obvious to all. More than 300 of the world's top 500 enterprises have established R&D centers in Israel.
(Tel Aviv, Israel, the second silicon valley in the world)
Israel's GDP exceeds $350 billion, with a per capita GDP of over $40,000. It has become a developed country. The biggest contribution is scientific and technological innovation, accounting for 90% of GDP. It is scientific and technological innovation that has enabled Israel, which is short of land and water resources, to achieve 95% food self-sufficiency. It is scientific and technological innovation that makes Israel, which does not produce oil, become the main oil processing country in the Middle East, and it is also scientific and technological innovation that makes Israel, which does not produce diamonds, become the world diamond processing and trade center. It is technological innovation that makes the number of listed companies on NASDAQ in Israel second only to the United States.
Israel's strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education and the strategy of developing human resources in the absence of natural resources are worth learning and learning from all countries in the world.