Mingde is determined to be knowledgeable and innovative. Official website of Southwest Petroleum University introduced that the specific meaning of the school motto is "Mingde", which comes from the book Book of Rites University: "The way of a university is to be virtuous, be close to the people and stop at perfection". SouthwestPetroleumUniversity (English name: south west petroleumuniversity) is located in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. With the approval of the Ministry of Education, it is composed of Sichuan and China Petroleum Group Co., Ltd., China Petrochemical Corporation, China Offshore Oil Group,