Recently, the Ministry of Education, together with the Central Organization Department, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, State owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, and State Administration of Taxation, jointly issued the "Management Measures for Part time Industrial Teachers in Ordinary Undergraduate Universities" (referred to as the "Management Measures"). As the first specialized document focusing on the construction of part-time teachers in the industry of ordinary undergraduate universities, this measure provides further support for the integration of industry and education in China's higher education. More "industry mentors" have entered the teaching front line, injecting more "fresh blood" into university classrooms. Promoting the deep integration of industry, academia, and research, "industry part-time teachers" refer to industry experts, professional technical talents, and high skilled talents hired by ordinary undergraduate colleges and universities to undertake specific educational, teaching, and practical innovation tasks in a part-time manner. The "Management Measures" clarify the industry sources and work experience of industry part-time teachers, and specify the basic conditions for the selection and employment of industry part-time teachers from the aspects of political quality, age and education, and applied achievements obtained. Priority conditions are proposed around technical ability, outstanding contributions, management experience, etc., and detailed regulations are made on the procedures for the employment of industry part-time teachers. Industry analysts point out that industry experts, professional technical talents, and high skilled talents have been active on the front line of the industry for a long time, familiar with the latest developments in the industry, and have rich practical experience, which can effectively improve students' innovation ability and promote the deep integration of industry, academia, and research. What are the policy innovations in the Management Measures? The relevant person in charge of the Teacher Work Department of the Ministry of Education introduced that the "Management Measures" propose innovative measures around the selection and appointment of industry part-time teachers, different main work tasks, and relevant policy support, fully mobilizing the enthusiasm of industry part-time teachers, ordinary undergraduate universities, enterprises and institutions to participate in the integration of industry and education, and strengthening the construction of the industry part-time teacher team. ——Highlight the diversity of sources for part-time teachers in the industry. Support qualified professional and technical talents to apply for part-time teaching positions in the industry, and encourage universities to hire high skilled talents and skilled craftsmen as part-time teachers. At the same time, it is proposed that those who have made special contributions to the inheritance of traditional crafts, industry enterprise executives or technical leaders, cooperative supervisors of enterprise doctoral research workstations, and leaders of national level skill master studios can be given priority in being hired as part-time teachers in the industry. ——Clarify the responsibilities and obligations of relevant parties. One is to stipulate that part-time teachers in the industry should deeply participate in the design of talent training programs, the development of teaching resources, practical course teaching, etc., or jointly carry out teaching project construction, scientific and technological project research with full-time teachers in universities, or introduce industry cooperation resources to effectively connect with the industry and part-time universities. Secondly, universities should actively take responsibility in improving their employment methods, strengthening talent support, appointment management, organizational support, and providing strong conditions for part-time teachers in the industry to carry out their work. Thirdly, the unit where part-time industry teachers are located should actively meet the needs of universities, actively recommend industry experts to apply for part-time industry teachers, provide platform support for the transformation of joint research and development achievements, and actively attract outstanding graduates from cooperative universities to work in the unit. ——Establish a multi pronged support system. One is that the education administrative department provides preferential support to relevant universities in applying for national talent projects and reward plans, increases support for special enrollment plans, supports enterprises to establish industry university cooperation and collaborative education projects for part-time teachers in supporting industries, and encourages universities to provide support according to a certain proportion. Secondly, relevant departments will increase their support for industry part-time teachers in talent planning, construction of enterprise postdoctoral research workstations, tax and fee preferential policies, and other aspects. The third is to take the situation of part-time industry teachers working in universities as an important reference for their assessment, evaluation, and promotion of professional titles. Returning to campus with a sense of nostalgia, Gao Chunhai, Chairman and Chief Scientist of Jiaotong Technology Co., Ltd., has taken on a new role as a part-time professor at Beijing Jiaotong University since 2016. From graduating from the Transportation Information Engineering and Control major at Beijing Jiaotong University to becoming the director of the National Engineering Laboratory for Urban Rail Transit Train Communication and Operation Control, Gao Chunhai has been engaged in scientific research and industrialization of rail transit train operation control systems for many years. The communication based train operation control system developed by his team made China the fourth country to master this core technology and apply it to practical engineering in 2010, filling the domestic gap. Gao Chunhai told our reporter that becoming a part-time professor stems from his own "Jiaotong University sentiment". Many of our part-time professors are obsessed with technology or interested in their professional fields, so they want to use the school platform to bring this knowledge back to the school and influence more students. Teachers have strong foresight, and the students they cultivate naturally have strong abilities, "said Gao Chunhai. Regarding the promulgation of the "Management Measures", Gao Chunhai believes that it has opened up new ideas for further promoting the integration of industry and education, and provided a lever for the institutionalized management of part-time teachers in the industry and the collaborative cooperation between part-time teachers and full-time teachers. University is one hill, while enterprise and market are another hill, but for a long time there was a gap between these two hills. The role of a part-time professor is like a corridor, filling in the gaps bit by bit, so that people from one end can move more smoothly to the other. Part time professors should have the ability to condense market pain points and communicate them to the school, and be able to articulate the needs clearly He said. How to build a bridge and link between campus, enterprises, and markets? Gao Chunhai believes that private capital can be attracted as an effective supplement to participate in scientific research through the establishment of joint funds and other means. At the same time, relevant projects led by enterprises should be jointly applied for by universities, allowing university teachers to actively participate in solving basic theoretical and scientific problems, so that schools can smell the latest 'smell' of the market. Enterprises will also regularly hold lectures for schools, bring students to participate, become internship bases for schools, and cultivate students' practical abilities and curiosity. "In the view of Wang Zhiqiang, Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine at Yangzhou University, entrepreneurs come to class. To completely break the traditional talent training model of the 'two skin' phenomenon between industry and education, part-time industry teachers at the forefront can play an important role, better connect industry needs and educational capabilities, and open up high-level talent training channels from knowledge to application. As night falls, the key laboratory for the creation of poultry biologics at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Yangzhou University is brightly lit. At the beginning of the new semester, industry part-time professor He Hairong came to the school to exchange ideas on the efficacy evaluation plan for new vaccines. As a "tech savvy" entrepreneur with two biotech companies, no matter how busy she is, she comes to the school regularly every month to fulfill her duties, and students also join the company's graduate workstations to carry out collaborative innovation. As of now, the school and enterprise have jointly trained more than 10 graduate students and carried out nearly 20 technological breakthroughs. He Hairong has worked hard for many years on the research and development front line of new products for animal epidemic prevention and control, established the CNAS laboratory for quality evaluation of veterinary vaccines for internationally recognized enterprises, and successfully developed the internationally leading "inactivated vaccine of recombinant new urban disease virus (A-VII strain)" together with Liu Xiufan, an academician of the CAE Member and a professor of the School of Veterinary Medicine of Yangzhou University. Since its launch, the vaccine has been promoted and applied in 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government in China, with a cumulative production and sales of over 15 billion doses, increasing the efficiency of aquaculture enterprises by more than 10 billion yuan. Part time industry teachers are not simply teaching consultants, but key hubs of innovation communities From revising the graduate training program, creating graduate workstations, to conducting research and development of biological products, and jointly building internship and training bases... From laboratories to production lines, both schools and enterprises have achieved two-way cooperation in the main line of innovative talent cultivation. How to motivate part-time teachers in the industry? How to objectively evaluate work performance? The head of the relevant department of Yangzhou University told reporters in an interview that the university has established a "three-dimensional evaluation" selection system: academic contribution is evaluated based on patent conversion, industrial compatibility is evaluated based on project performance, and educational matching is evaluated based on teaching experience. By formulating and issuing institutional documents such as the "Management Measures for Industry Professors at Yangzhou University", it is clarified that the selection and assessment of industry mentors will be included in the high-quality assessment index system of graduate education in schools and colleges, providing a cooperative protection umbrella for industry mentors at the institutional level. Enterprises provide universities with a broad "training ground" for teaching and research, while universities also serve as "incubators" for innovation and transformation for enterprises. In the past five years, part-time teachers in the industry at Yangzhou University have collaborated with universities to carry out nearly 600 scientific research projects, published over 200 papers or works, and obtained nearly 400 authorized patents. Part time industrial teachers have participated in and completed over 1300 vertical and horizontal projects, serving a total of 320 local enterprises. (New Society)