“Three Orientations” education thoughts are a strategic guideline for China to realize longterm development of education modernization, are a guiding thought for us to follow education law to promote education modernization and are an action guide for “implementing the education satisfied by the people”. The contemporary value of “Three Orientations” education thoughts can be realized in the process of boosting China’s education modernization and “carrying out the education satisfied by the people” by sticking to and purposefully practicing “Three Orientations” education thoughts.