April 21 to April 25, the course“Introduction to Mao Zedong Thought and Socialist Theoretical System with Chinese Characteristics was successfully held in Jixi County Party School, hosted by the Education Working Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and organized by the Research Base for teachers of ideological and political theory courses in Anhui schools, and the sub-guidance committee of Introduction courses of the teaching committee of ideological and political courses in Anhui colleges and universities. 120 full-time teachers of ideological and political courses from colleges and universities attended the training course. Yao Zhihong, dean of the School of Marxism, Anhui Normal University, director of the “Introduction”sub-guidance committee of the Teaching Guidance Committee of the Provincial Universities, Hu Yiping, executive vice president of Jixi County Party School, and Zhang Bin, secretary of the General Party Branch and dean of the School of Marxism, Anhui University of Finance and Economics, attended the opening ceremony. The ceremony was addressed by Hu Yiping and Zhang Bin respectively and presided over by Zeng Juan.

In the theoretical teaching, Wang Yonggui, professor of Nanjing Normal University, doctoral supervisor, and Yangtze River Scholar of the Ministry of Education, made a wonderful guidance around the three elements of learning and research in the discipline of Marxist theory, the four basic links in the development and growth of teachers, the four consciousnesses of strengthening scientific research, and the four spirits of the publication of results. Yao Hongzhi made a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the important and difficult issues of the course, and answered the questions and difficulties encountered by teachers in teaching. Focusing on the theme of Mission and Responsibility of ideological and political teachers in the New Era, Zhang Bin carried out an understanding from the aspects of ideological and political teachers' role identification, confidence building, functional positioning of the Institute, teaching and scientific research, etc., pointing out that ideological and political teachers should contribute to the improvement of ideological and political courses, achieve self-achievement in promoting the high-quality development of Marxism School. The speech sparked applause from the participants.

This research study has designed rich teaching content around the theme. For example: Xu Jiapeng Martyrs' Cemetery, Jixi County Museum, Hu Fu Memorial Hall, Longchuan Ancient Village, Tao Xingzhi Memorial Hall and so on. Students gained a lot from this research study.

The training was successfully concluded with the active participation of all the students. The trainees said that this study training accurately targeted the doubts, difficulties and blocking points in the teaching and career development of teachers of ideological and political courses, so that they learned a lot of and gained a lot of valuable memories.