On the morning of June 11, Tan Zhemin, President of Nanjing University and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, met with Wu Yingce, Deputy Secretary-General of the China Association of Higher Education, and his delegation at the Xianlin campus. They held an in-depth discussion on the preparations for the 6th National College Teachers' Teaching Innovation Competition (hereinafter referred to as the "Teaching Innovation Competition").
Tan Zhemin expressed gratitude to the association for its long-standing trust and support. He noted that the Teaching Innovation Competition, having been cultivated for six years, has established a strong influence and brand effect among the nationwide community of college teachers. As one of the six founding universities of the competition, NJU is committed to hosting a successful final edition as a founding institution. The university will mobilize its resources, assume full responsibility for the tasks, refine the details of execution, fully support the key tasks, and leverage the competition to play a demonstrative and guiding role, empowering the construction of a strong education nation through teaching innovation.
Wu Yingce stated that this year's competition has set another new record in scale, with 138,000 teachers participating in the campus-level competitions, 45,000 teachers competing at the provincial level, and nearly 3,140 teachers advancing to the national-level on-site evaluation scheduled for July 20–23. He expressed the hope that NJU will take a strategic approach to the competition's work by strengthening organizational structures and collaboration mechanisms, refining emergency response plans, and setting high standards to ensure the success of this year's event.
In the afternoon, the second preparatory meeting for the 6th National College Teachers' Teaching Innovation Competition was held at Nju. Participants included Wu Yingce; Lu Xiancai, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC NJU Committee and Vice President of NJU; Guo Xinyu, a senior investigator from the Higher Education Division of the Jiangsu Education Department; Deng Zhiliang, Secretary-General of the Jiangsu Association of Higher Education; among others.
Wu Yingce proposed that in the next steps for the competition, the universities involved should consolidate efforts, strictly assume responsibilities, adopt a forward-thinking approach within units to mitigate risks, and provide robust service and support guarantees. He also encouraged the technical support units to work closely together to ensure the reliability of systems and the security of information, aiming for a significant breakthrough during this year's competition.
Lu Xiancai remarked that topics related to the Teaching Innovation Competition have already been specially reviewed by the Standing Committee of the CPC NJU Committee and the President's Office. The university has set up a preparation team for the competition and drafted a comprehensive work plan. Eleven dedicated workgroups have been advancing preparations intensively on a daily basis to ensure that all tasks are completed to high standards within the remaining 39 days.
Bai Yixian, Deputy Director (Acting Director) of the Career Development Department of the China Association of Higher Education, introduced the national-level arrangements and preparations for the 6th Teaching Innovation Competition. Representatives from NJU and Nanjing University of Science and Technology provided progress reports on their preparations. Representatives from Beijing Century Superstar Information Technology Development Co., Ltd., and the Higher Education Press Co., Ltd., delivered presentations on their technical support plans. Attendees also engaged in discussions on organizing the competition, evaluating participants, hosting concurrent activities, and promoting the event, identifying challenges and brainstorming solutions.
The Teaching Innovation Competition was jointly initiated by Nanjing University, Fudan University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Zhejiang University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, and Beijing Institute of Technology, guided by the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education, and hosted by the China Association of Higher Education. Since its inception in 2020, five sessions of the competition have been successfully held, with a total registration of 430,000 teachers and over 2,200 teams receiving awards at the national level. The competition has inspired 2 million college teaching staff to focus on teaching innovation and course development, benefiting 40 million university students in their classroom learning. The 6th Teaching Innovation Competition is scheduled to be held at Nanjing University and Nanjing University of Science and Technology from July 20–23 this year.
