A burst of rain hastened the blooming of peach and pear flowers, and Minjiang College in early spring was wrapped in the warmth of spring. The campus is full of youth.

The predecessor of Minjiang University is Fuzhou Normal College and Minjiang Vocational University. During his work in Fuzhou, General Secretary Xi Jinping served as the president of Minjiang Vocational University for six years. The school running concept of "not seeking the largest, but seeking the best, but seeking to adapt to social needs" has deeply influenced the teachers and students of Minjiang University.

Over the years, the teachers and students of Minjiang University have kept in mind the instructions and committed themselves to struggle, taking applied talents as the yardstick to create value in their respective posts.

Minjiang University in the shade of trees

"She girls" learn to apply and repay their hometown

"In the exhibition hall of the school's application-oriented school running achievements, the general secretary praised our new Phoenix costume." Lan Yuying remembered the scene three years ago.

On March 25, 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Minjiang University for investigation. At that time, Lan Yuying, who majored in textile engineering in the College of Clothing and Arts Engineering of Minjiang University, as the representative of the She nationality skills learning group, showed the general secretary creative works that concentrated the She nationality culture.

In the exhibition hall of Minjiang University's school history and application-oriented school running achievements, General Secretary Xi Jinping affirmed the achievements of the University in adhering to application-oriented school running and deepening the integration of industry and education, and pointed out that the fundamental task should be to establish morality and cultivate people, adhere to the direction of application-oriented school running, set up majors to meet the needs of society, and lay a solid foundation, Cultivate socialist builders and successors with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor.

"The words of the General Secretary gave us great encouragement." In order to better meet the needs of society, while learning this major well, Lan Yuying also took a minor in advertising as her second degree. After graduation, she returned to Chongru She Nationality Township in Xiapu County, Ningde City to participate in the "three supports and one support" program.

Lan Yuying at Work (Photographed by Xu Yi from CCTV)

"Rural revitalization, especially the revitalization of rural culture, can not be separated from the promotion of local customs, agricultural products, natural scenery." Lan Yuying said frankly, "The technology of picture shooting, text composition and other skills learned in school have been put to great use in grass-roots service work."

Lan Yuying's growth and success is one of the achievements of Minjiang University in exploring the establishment of an applied practical teaching system, promoting the deep integration of "two classrooms" and collaborative education.

In the application-oriented practical teaching system of Minjiang University, Minjiang University continues to consolidate the teaching quality of the first classroom on campus, and actively integrates the contents of the second classroom, such as extracurricular education and expansion education, into the undergraduate talent training program.

"Our school takes the creation of 'second classroom transcripts' as a starting point, builds a second classroom quality assurance system driven by big data applications, builds a second classroom information platform, comprehensively records and evaluates students' experience and achievements in participating in the second classroom, and provides data support for the certification and evaluation of students' second classroom practice activities." He Wei, Director of the Academic Affairs Office of Minjiang University, said.

At present, the applied practical teaching system of Minjiang University has taken initial shape. At the same time, based on the regional characteristics and its own advantages, we regard social needs and industrial needs as the "starting gun", continue to deepen the integration of industry and education, and build eight school level industrial colleges.

Put the classroom on the production line

General Secretary Xi Jinping's earnest instructions not only pointed out the direction for the development of Minjiang University and the growth of students, but also provided an inexhaustible impetus for Minjiang University to "promote learning through teaching and use through learning".

The college laboratory is Zhang Chen's favorite place to stay. When entering the laboratory, all kinds of instruments are displayed in order. The award-winning certificates on the wall are recognition of their scientific research work. In her opinion, "the learning of professional knowledge is as important as the cultivation of applied ability, and how to apply the professional knowledge learned to practical work is very important."

Zhang Chen (first from left) instructs students to do experiments (photographed by Li Shanshan, a reporter from CCTV)

As an associate researcher and master's supervisor of the School of Materials and Chemical Engineering of Minjiang University, Zhang Chen introduced that the college implements a double selection system of tutors and students to guide teachers to transform scientific research achievements into applied talent training, so as to promote learning through teaching and promote application through learning. Zhang Chen also led students to study in the enterprises assigned by him when he was the special commissioner of science and technology in Fujian Province.

"We conduct research based on the actual needs of enterprises to solve application problems. Some research and development achievements of cooperation projects with enterprises have already started production and sales. In the future, we also hope to launch new products of the team on more high-end tracks." Zhang Chen said.

The classes of students in Minjiang University are on campus, in enterprises and in the countryside.

Just after lunch, Zhang Hongyue plunged into work again, checking the panoramic map in front of her while answering questions for students. This is the normal work of the beautiful rural informatization construction service team in Tantou Town, Minjiang University.

Zhang Hongyue is the leader teacher of the service team and also a special commissioner for science and technology in Fujian Province. Currently, she serves in Tantou Town, Changle District, Fuzhou City. She said, "My mission here is to lead students to inject vitality into the countryside, revitalize the countryside and let more people return to the countryside."

The beautiful rural informatization construction service team of Tantou Town went to Erliu Village, Changle District for a field visit (shot by Chen Jialiang, posted by CCTV)

"Through remote sensing images, we can clearly see the information distribution of roads, arable land, factories, houses and so on in the village, which is very helpful for the overall planning of the village." Yang Yang, a member of the beautiful rural informatization construction service team in Tantou Town, introduced to reporters the panoramic map they made for Wenshang Village in Tantou Town.

In order to let more people know about Wenshang Village, Zhang Hongyue and the students stationed in Wenshang Village for more than two months, took and produced the outdoor panoramic and indoor 720 cloud panoramic images of Wenshang Village, and combined with third-party technology, produced the panoramic map of Wenshang Village in 2023.

At present, the service team has launched a panoramic map of Erliu Village, Wenshang Village, Wenshi Village and other places in Changle District, which not only allows tourists to "touch" the changes of their hometown through their fingertips, but also fully demonstrates the achievements of the construction of local beautiful villages, helping to revitalize rural culture and tourism.

Strive to be the "inheritor" of traditional culture

In Minjiang University, there are many student practice teams such as the Tantou Town Beautiful Rural Information Construction Service Team. With jasmine as a cultural symbol, Minjiang University's jasmine culture inheritance and development team is committed to developing the "jasmine culture" IP through cultural and creative design.

Chen Hongxiao, a member of the team and a student from the School of Fashion and Art Engineering of Minjiang University, told the reporter the story of the team growing up together with jasmine. "In Minjiang University's jasmine base, we can participate in the whole process of jasmine planting, weeding, picking and other links, and also experience the production of jasmine handicrafts." Chen Hongxiao said.

Members of the Jasmine Culture Inheritance and Development Team are discussing the creativity of their works (photographed by Li Shanshan, a reporter from CCTV)

At the theme activity site of "May 19, China Tourism Day" in Fuzhou in 2023, a fresh jasmine hanfu was unveiled, attracting many visitors and exhibitors. Chen Hongxiao said, "We split and reorganize the jasmine petals, refine their cultural connotation, and apply the innovative flower patterns to the design of Han suits."

Chen Hongxiao said, "We hope that cultural and creative products can not only be ornamental, but can be really used and integrated into people's daily life." To this end, the team has also developed and designed a series of products integrating ingenuity and practicality, such as jasmine element book lamps and jasmine porcelain, which are linked with well-known local tea enterprises in Fuzhou, Realize the mass production of some cultural and creative designs. The series of products designed by the team also frequently appeared in major cultural and creative events, further promoting the brand of "jasmine culture".

Jasmine element book lamp cultural and creative products (photographed by Li Shanshan, reporter of CCTV)

The phrase "not seeking the largest, but seeking the best, but seeking to adapt to social needs" is deeply engraved in the whole process of practice of Minjiang University's jasmine culture inheritance and development team.

"In practice, we put ourselves in the role of 'Party B', collect data, conduct market research, etc., and analyze problems and explore feasible solutions from the application level." Lai Lingjie, a member of the team, said that in such a "grounding" exercise, students' comprehensive literacy has been effectively improved.

When talking about the next step, Yu Xiaoli, the instructor of the Jasmine Culture Inheritance and Development Team, said: "We have reached a consensus with Dahuangshan Community, Gulou District, Fuzhou City. Next, we will integrate jasmine culture into the community's elderly canteen, elderly school and cultural wall, and hope to attract more young students to join the practice team."

Chief planner: Zhang Jun and Yu Feng

Director system: Wu Gang, Gong Xinhui

Coordinator: Tao Yude

Reporter: Luo Xiaoying, Li Shanshan

Editor: Zhang Jie Buye

Acknowledgement: Minjiang University Party Committee Publicity Department