With the theme of "Rejuvenating the Powerful Country with Me", based on the forefront of the times, the program adopts a multi-site, multi-theme brand-new real-life classroom mode from traditional culture, the origin of civilization, ecological civilization, rural revitalization, national defense education, and scientific and technological innovation, leading students to walk into fields, national parks, cultural landmarks, survey the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, and learn about the history of China and perceive Chinese civilization in the "walking classroom".

This year's "The First Lesson of Starting School" traces the history from the perspectives of cultural heritage project and archaeological discovery of Chinese civilization, traces the pulse of China, and presents the endless glory of Chinese civilization. The program features three major national cultural projects-National Edition Museum, Confucianism, and Chinese painting series, focusing on the broad scope of China's 5,000-year history of civilization, linking history, present and future.

In class, Tao Wei, a pilot on the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and Andy, a pilot who flew the J-20 plane for the first time to escort the remains of the ninth batch of volunteers to China, showed the students the selfless spirit of PLA soldiers who were not afraid of sacrifice and defended their country.

Cao Zhen, the chief scientist of Lasso, introduced the past life of Lasso, a compound high-altitude cosmic ray observatory designed and built by China, and was proud that China people had their own voice, wisdom and right to speak in the field of cosmic observation.

In the space class connected with heaven and earth, the Shenzhou 16 crew, who is on a business trip in the sky, sent opening gifts to the vast number of young people, telling them to have the enterprising spirit of continuous exploration, curiosity and rock-solid initial heart in the process of growing up, and encouraging them to set up lofty aspirations and join in the new journey of building a space power in an all-round way.

In 2023, the first lesson of the school year also invited the winners of the Bayi Medal, the 20th delegates, the model of the times, astronauts, scientists, cultural scholars and front-line workers to spread knowledge, impart virtues and cultivate students' socialist core values with inspiring and far-reaching life experiences and struggle footprints, so that the vast number of young people can feel the vast social reality and the great progress of the times in a three-dimensional way and convey a distinct value orientation: "The rejuvenation of a powerful country depends on me.