Abstract: “Development of education rooted in China” is a core element of Xi Jinping's important exposition on education. Tracing back in time, we find that the practice and theoretical deployment of education construction under the leadership of Xi Jinping during his tenure in Fujian laid the foundation for the formation of this exposition, which is manifested in the fact that Xi Jinping led Fujian to a road of education construction that meets the needs of economic and social development, and in the fact that he respected the laws of all levels and all types of education and made important propositions of education development, which has effectively guided the practice of education construction. Xi also planned and explored a "path of combining public education with nonpublic education", which provided a favorable guarantee for the implementation of the strategy of building Fujian into a province of educational preeminence. A probe into these theoretical and practical resources in history is conducive to comprehensively grasping the development logic and rich connotation of Xi Jinping's expositions on education.

Key words: developing education rooted in China, the important exposition on education, building a strong nation through education, give priority to education, strategy of invigorating China through science and education