Colleges and universities, especially double-class universities, should play a major role in cultivating high-level talents with both ability and political integrity and all-round development.

Some scholars' research shows that the cultivation of top-notch talents in China began in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and some colleges and universities started the training plan of outstanding talents from the establishment of juvenile classes by the Chinese University of Science and Technology. By the 1990s, the former State Education Commission had established 83 "science bases" in some universities across the country.

In 2009, the Ministry of Education launched the "Experimental Plan for Training Top Students in Basic Subjects". In 2020, the Ministry of Education launched the "Strong Foundation Program" to select and train students interested in basic subjects. At present, 39 pilot universities have participated. Top-notch talents in basic disciplines have become more and more widely covered from "single-school promotion" to "group efforts", and the state has paid more and more attention to them.

According to Lu Xiaodong, a researcher at Peking University Institute of Educational Economics, after years of hard exploration, the training of basic research talents and teaching reform have reached the deep water area, and new measures are facing deeper challenges in educational concepts and systems. "Basic disciplines are the foundation of all disciplines and the premise of modern science and technology.

If the basic discipline is not strong, the applied technology will not develop and many key technologies will be' stuck'. Li, deputy dean of the School of Education of China Renmin University, said, "At present, the scale of talent training in basic disciplines in China can meet the demand. The biggest challenge lies in the mode and quality of talent training, which is what we often say about selecting materials and cultivating talents."

Take students to the unknown frontier through challenges;

After more than 40 years of exploration, colleges and universities in China that train top talents in basic disciplines have generally implemented the "one system and three systems", that is, tutorial system, small class, personalized and international training, and accumulated rich experience.

Some scholars divide the training mode of top-notch talents in basic disciplines into two categories: one is to select the best students in the whole school and train them "centrally" through placement; One is to cultivate in the original teaching class in a "decentralized" way. Cui Ying College of Lanzhou University was established on 20 10, and is responsible for implementing the "Top-notch Plan".

He Deyan, Executive Dean of Cui Ying University, introduced that Lanzhou University conducted training in a "centralized" way, paying special attention to "pertinence". "Basic disciplines train top scientists who can achieve innovation from 0 to 1. To improve the quality of basic research talents, in my opinion, we should pay more attention to cultivating students' critical spirit and dare to challenge authority. "

He Deyan said, "In view of the characteristics that Lanzhou University students mainly come from the central and western regions of China, we emphasize the combination of general education and professional education, pay attention to scientific research and training, and deepen exchanges at home and abroad, which is very beneficial to the growth of innovative talents."