Abstract: Under the contexts of building a leading country in educational and digital transformation, red resources digitalization, a novel educational carrier deeply integrating red culture with information technology, holds strategic significance in fulfilling the fundamental task of fostering virtue and nurturing talents. Based on policy-oriented analysis of the "Outline of Plan for Building China a Leading Country in Education (2024-2035)", the development of digital red resources embodies threefold values: innovation in resource integration, teaching scenario advancement, and the elevation of educational value. However, due to the dual effects of digital technology application, red resources digitalization faces potential risks in technological development, pedagogical application, and outcome evaluation. Therefore, we suggest optimizing paths in four dimensions: guiding technological ethics with value orientation, empowering the construction of an adaptive resource ecosystem through technology application, enhancing the "cognition, emotion, and behavior" cultivation and evaluation system via collaborative education, and strengthening multi-stakeholder policy support through institutional safeguards so as to solidify the ideological front for building China into a leading country in education and cultivate a new generation of talents capable of shouldering the mission of national rejuvenation.

Key words: a leading country in education, red resources digitalization, technological empowerment, digital transformation, educational digitalization