Recently, the inaugural meeting of the integration and development alliance between Shandong revolutionary venues and universities was held in Qingdao. Zhang Mingchi, deputy director of the Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, the head of the Ideological and Political Work Department of the Provincial Department of Education, some universities in Shandong, revolutionary venues, provincial cultural and tourism units and relevant comrades of municipal cultural relics departments attended the meeting.
In order to make good use of red resources, continue the red vein, constantly create a new pattern of ideological and political work in colleges and universities in the new era, cultivate socialist builders and successors who are responsible for national rejuvenation, and build a platform for deep integration of libraries and schools, according to the requirements of the Opinions of the Ministry of Education and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage on Strengthening Ideological and Political Work in Colleges and Universities in the New Era, the Shandong Provincial Department of Education and the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism jointly proposed to form an integration development alliance between Shandong revolutionary venues and universities. The sponsors are composed of 35 universities such as Shandong University, 26 revolutionary venues such as Shandong Museum, and 3 provincial cultural and tourism units such as Provincial Art Research Institute. The General Assembly deliberated and voted on the Articles of Association of Shandong Revolutionary Gymnasium and University Integration Development Alliance and the Election Method of Shandong Revolutionary Gymnasium and University Integration Development Alliance, elected Shandong University as the convening unit, elected the candidates for the president, secretary-general and deputy secretary-general of the alliance, and deliberated and issued the alliance proposal.
Shandong is a major province of revolutionary cultural relics and education. At present, there are 153 colleges and universities and 639 museums in the province (including 67 revolutionary museums). It has broad development prospects to carry out ideological and political education in colleges and universities by using revolutionary cultural relics resources. The Alliance for the Integration and Development of Revolutionary Venues and Universities will take it as its own responsibility to create an innovative, exemplary and leading platform for the research of red resources and the exchange of revolutionary culture, build a joint construction and sharing linkage mechanism, and promote the in-depth integration of classroom teaching and practical teaching in universities. The establishment of the alliance will have a far-reaching impact on deepening the educational function of revolutionary cultural relics in Shandong and building a platform for deep integration of libraries and schools.
In the next step, the Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and the Provincial Department of Education will strengthen overall coordination, jointly support the alliance to grow and play its role, strengthen the integrated development of universities and revolutionary venues with the help of the alliance platform, foster and create a number of national and provincial schools’ ideological and political course teaching practice bases by promoting the establishment of national revolutionary cultural relics collaborative research centers, carry out a series of ideological and political education activities in revolutionary venues, launch a number of in-depth and weighty research results, theoretical results and teaching results, and innovatively use revolutionary cultural relics resources to promote college students’ ideological and political education.
(Fan Chengtai)