Recently, the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission officially announced the list of selected candidates for the 2025 Minjiang Program of Shanghai private universities. The project Deepening of the Craftsmanship-Innovation Integrated Education System and Achievement Transformation Project for Synthetic Biotechnology Major led by Teacher Wei Yongzhong from our college has been successfully selected.
This marks another teacher winning this prestigious honor following Teacher Ou Yiming from our college, whose project Curriculum Reform Practice Based on Skills Competitions — A Case Study of BakingFood Technology was awarded the program in 2024.
With two teachers selected for this key municipal-level program in two consecutive years, it not only represents authoritative recognition of the teachers' individual teaching innovation capabilities, but also fully demonstrates the systematic achievements and sustainable development strength of the school of food and pharmacy in the construction of dual-qualified teaching staff and the reform of applied talent training models.
As a core project for the connotation construction of private universities jointly launched by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and the Shanghai Private Education Development Foundation, the Minjiang Program takes promoting learning, reform and teaching through competitions as its fundamental orientation, with a focus on cultivating the spirit of craftsmanship in the new era.It aims to select outstanding teachers with strong teaching practice abilities, rich industry service experience and remarkable educational achievements. Through project funding, it promotes the restructuring of curriculum systems, the deepening of industry-education integration, and the improvement of skilled talent training quality in private universities.
The success of our college in the program for two consecutive years marks the remarkable effectiveness of our applied talent training system and faculty development mechanism.
As a key member of our college’s Biotechnology program, Teacher Wei Yongzhong has long been engaged in frontline teaching, consistently focusing on industry demands and student competency development. He has established an integrated education model of “Theory + Practice + Competition + Certification”, and has guided students to achieve outstanding results in competitions at the municipal level and above.
In 2024, he supervised students to win more than 20 awards in national and provincial A‑class competitions, including the Bronze Award in the national finals of the “Challenge Cup” and the Gold Award in the Shanghai Division of the China International College Students’ Innovation Competition. He also incubated a number of high‑quality projects featuring both technological innovation and market application value, such as YiXianTie: A Targeted Fresh‑Keeping Method for Fruits and Vegetables in China. As a senior “dual‑qualification” teacher in Shanghai vocational education and a core member of the 2024 national‑level famous teacher (master craftsman) team, he holds several professional skill certificates, including Public Nutritionist (Technician) and Nutrition Catering Specialist (Technician). He has also been honored as an expert of the think tank at the SCO Youth Entrepreneurship Exchange Base and an outstanding individual in the college’s “All‑round Education” initiative.
The School of Food and Food and Pharmacy has consistently taken high‑level municipal projects such as the “Minjiang Program” as an important engine to advance teaching reform, and has built a collaborative ecosystem of “Teaching‑Competition‑Research‑Industry”. Through platforms including master workshops and university‑enterprise joint laboratories, the college encourages teachers to transform real enterprise projects into teaching cases, aligning teaching outcomes with industrial needs.Taking this project approval as an opportunity, the college will further promote the mentoring mechanism, focus on cultivating students’ craftsmanship spirit, and ensure that the achievements of teaching reform truly benefit every student. We will continue to cultivate more high‑quality skilled talents with innovative thinking and practical ability, and contribute to the high‑quality development of private higher education in Shanghai.
Manuscript : Miao Qi, Wei Yongzhong
Image : Wei Yongzhong
Reviewed by : Chen Jianlan
Released by : Miao Qi
