Based on the educational thought of Marxism, Xi Jinping’s important exposition on higher education is closely connected with the fundamental task of morality education and the construction of high-level personnel training system. From the three dimensions of“who need to be cultivated, how should they be cultivated and for whom they are cultivated”, Xi Jinping’s important exposition on higher education carried on and developed the Marxist theory of educational teleology ? promoting the free and comprehensive development of people, educa? tional methodology ? the combination of education and productive labor and the essence of education ? education has class nature, It has pointed out the direction for the reform and development of China’s higher education in the new era.