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 very helpful to them. They don't deny the help of American and Jewish associations 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.
Israel can become an economic power, the most important thing 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 its expenditure on education is second only to that on national defense, accounting for 8.8% of the total government expenditure. Free education lasts for 13 years, and the average length of schooling of Israelis is the highest in Asia, ranking 22nd in the world. The education in Israel is different from the exam-oriented education. It is more open and free, focusing on cultivating children's creative thinking and practical ability. As a result, Israeli students have hardly achieved good results in international competitions, but when they grow up, their achievements are very high. Israel has a population of only 9 million, but there are 12 Nobel Prize winners, and the number of patent applications ranks 14th in the world. .
(Israeli children learn)
Israel's strategy of attaching importance to education has brought it rich 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 idea of attaching importance to scientific and technological innovation. Its national R&D expenditure accounts for 4.5% of GDP, ranking first in the world. Abundant human resources+creative thinking education+an environment that pays attention to scientific and technological innovation make Israel a country of innovation. IT has world-leading technologies in the fields of military, IT, medical equipment, new energy, biotechnology and agriculture. 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 over the world, and more than 3 of the world's top 5 enterprises have established R&D centers in Israel.
(Tel Aviv, Israel, the second silicon valley in the world)
Israel's gross domestic product exceeds 35 billion US dollars, with a per capita income exceeding 4, US dollars, and it has become a developed country. The biggest contribution is scientific and technological innovation, accounting for 9% of GDP. It is scientific and technological innovation that makes Israel, which is short of land and water resources, 95% self-sufficient in food. 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 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.