The selection criteria are mainly teachers who have outstanding professional ethics, outstanding educational and teaching achievements and good reputation in society during the service period of candidates, covering all levels of education such as higher education, vocational education, basic education, preschool education and special education, taking into account factors such as region, nationality, gender and age. This year's increase in the number of protests is mainly based on the outstanding and selfless medical workers who took the lead during the epidemic, regardless of personal safety. According to these, two outstanding medical workers, Zhong Nanshan and Zhang Boli, were selected.
12 national teaching and educating models are: President tsinghua university primary school and teacher Dou Guimei, President and Professor Zhang Boli of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Professor Sun Hao of Bianhe Central Primary School in Yongqiao District, Suzhou City, Anhui Province, Wei Yali of Weifang Commercial School in Shandong Province, Professor Hu Yu of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Professor Zhong Nanshan of Guangzhou Medical University and Professor Zhang of Hainan University. Xiao Min, a teacher of Luzhou Special Education School in Sichuan Province, He Mei, a teacher of Chengguan Town Central Kindergarten in Hezhang County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, Zhang Guimei, a teacher of Huaping Girls' High School in Lijiang City, Yunnan Province, and Ding Haiyan, a teacher of Malanqi New Nine-year Boarding School in Xunyi County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province.