Why do the "four famous schools" offer "innovation classes" one after another? Tang, president of Shanghai Middle School, said that from a macro perspective, China must have a large number of innovative talents in order to realize the transformation from a big country with human resources to a powerful country with talents, so it is necessary to explore the early cultivation of innovative talents. The purpose of setting up "innovation class" is to cultivate some gifted students' innovation ability in advance, stimulate their interest in scientific research and humanistic innovation, and lay a foundation for their long-term development. Wu Jian, vice president of the middle school affiliated to Fudan University, revealed that the "innovation class" tried to explore the ways, methods, evaluation and selection mechanisms of high school students' innovative literacy, and at the same time established a universal guarantee mechanism for cultivating innovative talents.

These famous schools also regard "innovative classes" as experimental points for teaching reform and promoting quality education. The second affiliated middle school of East China Normal University requires that the "innovation course" should pay attention to cultivating students' innovative personality, innovative thinking and innovative ability while strengthening scientific literacy. The innovative class proposed by Shanghai Middle School is a new attempt to get out of the old road of exam-oriented education and sea tactics. Some educators believe that the four famous schools have set up "innovation classes" one after another, and another purpose is to grab excellent students. In the name of "innovative class", it attracts the winners of science competitions, composition and English competitions in junior high schools in the city and top students with comprehensive quality.

The spirit of the "innovative class" in Tianfu College of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics is: willing to endure hardships, able to fight, the most persistent and courageous.