In 2004, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Further Strengthening and Improving the Ideological and Political Education of College Students (hereinafter referred to as document 16), proposing to take effective measures to build a high-level team of counselors and class teachers.

In 2005, in order to implement document 16, the Ministry of Education issued "Opinions of the Ministry of Education on Strengthening the Construction of Counselors and Class Teachers in Colleges and Universities", proposing to encourage and support counselors to engage in this work for a long time and develop in the direction of professionalism and expertise.

In 2006, the Ministry of Education issued the Ministry of Education's No.24 Order "Regulations on the Construction of Counselors in Colleges and Universities", which clarified the job responsibilities, appointment and training of counselors. Article 16 stipulates that colleges and universities should encourage and support counselors to carry out research in combination with the practice of ideological and political education for college students and the development of ideological and political education disciplines.