Recently, the Ministry of Education has released the list of national innovation and entrepreneurship colleges and that of national innovation and entrepreneurship education practice bases. Our university was included among the latter.
The evaluation and selection event is an important step for the Ministry of Education to implement the guiding principles of the Guiding Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Further Supporting College Students in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The Guiding Opinions requires colleges and universities to deepen the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education, strengthen the cultivation of innovative and entrepreneurial talents, and promote mass entrepreneurship and innovation. After independent application by colleges and universities, public recommendation by provincial administrative departments of education and review by the Ministry of Education, a total of 100 applicants were approved to build national innovation and entrepreneurship education practice bases.
Our universityattaches great importance to innovation and entrepreneurship education. To cultivate talents in this regard, we have created a new top-level design for entrepreneurship and innovation education by developing talent training plans that include innovation and entrepreneurship education and designing progressive curriculum systems. In addition, we have built a multi-level practice platform that integrates innovation and entrepreneurship into professional education and makes resources fully utilized for school-enterprise cooperation. Through these efforts, students’ ability in innovation and entrepreneurship has been remarkably improved. In 2020, ZZULI was selected in the first batch of demonstration universities for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform in Henan Province. ZZULI ranked 83rd in the 2017-2021 National Discipline Competition Rankings of the China Association of Higher Education for Colleges and Universities, and 70th in the 2021 Discipline Competition Rankings.