To thoroughly study and implement the spirit of educators, fulfill the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, strengthen Party‑building‑led professional development, empower the improvement of education and teaching quality via Party‑building initiatives, advance the development of first‑class teaching teams, first‑class courses and first‑class majors, and enhance the quality of teaching reform and talent cultivation in the college, the School of Chemical Engineering and Materials recently invited Professor Wei Qin from the University of Jinan to give a special teaching report.

Titled Promoting the Spirit of Educators, Advancing Education and Teaching Reform — Forging First‑class Teams, Developing First‑class Courses, Building First‑class Majors and Cultivating Innovative Achievements, the report was held in Meeting Room B214, Building 8. Full‑time faculty, faculty‑student Party representatives and teaching administrators of the college attended the lecture.

Professor Wei Qin is a National Distinguished Teacher, Leading Talent of the National Ten‑Thousand‑Talent Program, National Outstanding Teacher, and Member of the Teaching Steering Committee for Chemistry‑related Majors under the Ministry of Education. She has long been engaged in teaching reform and scientific research for chemistry‑related disciplines, and has won two Second‑Class Prizes for National Teaching Achievements. She possesses rich practical experience in course development, major construction and teaching team cultivation.

The report consists of two parts: Fostering Virtue through Education and Building First‑class Excellence. The first part centers on promoting the spirit of educators. It systematically interprets the rich connotation of the spirit of educators. In light of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important remarks on faculty development, it illustrates the requirement for university teachers in the new era to integrate the roles of “scholarly mentors” and “moral mentors”. Professor Wei shared insights drawn from over 40 years of teaching practice in fulfilling the mission of fostering virtue through education. She discussed how university teachers can uphold the spirit of educators and become great masters in scholarship, conduct and character by upholding firm ideals and convictions, committing themselves to teaching, and integrating knowledge imparting with moral cultivation

The second part systematically shares practical experience on forging first‑class teaching teams, developing first‑class courses, building first‑class majors and generating innovative outcomes, drawing on real‑world practices of the Applied Chemistry program at the University of Jinan. It reviews the development journey of Applied Chemistry from an ordinary undergraduate program to a national‑level first‑class undergraduate major, elaborates on the phased cultivation pathway for courses, and explains the “profoundness, innovation and challenging rigor” criteria for high‑quality first‑class courses (“Two Attributes and One Degree”). Taking national‑level first‑class courses and national virtual‑simulation experimental courses such as Industrial Analysis as examples, the report illustrates ideas for integrating curriculum‑based ideological‑political education into classroom instruction and designing student‑centered teaching activities.

Furthermore, the report explores opportunities and risks brought by artificial intelligence to education and teaching in the new era. It presents practical applications of smart teaching tools including knowledge graphs and AI digital textbooks in chemistry‑related courses. It analyzes the logic and experience of building national‑level teaching teams and Huang Dan‑nian‑style university faculty teams It also elaborates key measures for developing first‑class majors: defining clear program positioning, strengthening faculty capacity, optimizing curriculum systems, reinforcing practical teaching, and compiling high‑quality textbooks.

After the report, participating teachers held lively exchanges and discussions with Professor Wei Qin regarding course application, teaching team development, major reform, and the integration of scientific research and teaching.

Combining solid theories with abundant real‑world cases, this special report offers valuable references for the college to further promote the spirit of educators, advance in‑depth integration between Party‑building work and teaching‑research activities, and pursue coordinated development of teaching teams, courses and majors. It supports comprehensive teaching reform under the university’s “3510” Strategic Project and Pioneer Program 2.0. Attending teachers commented that the report was practical and actionable, offering profound inspiration for their future teaching work. They noted that they would translate what they have learned into daily teaching practice, fulfill the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, and help continuously upgrade the college’s talent‑training quality.