In order to deeply study and implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Deeply comprehending and studying and implementing the spirit of the speech delivered at the conference on education on the theme of Xi Jinping's socialist thought with Chinese characteristics in the new era, implement the requirements of the Propaganda Department of Hubei Provincial Party Committee and Hubei Provincial Party Committee Lecturer Corps on strengthening the construction of "Theoretical Hotspots Face to Face" practice bases, promote the cooperation between the university and local In order to deepen the cooperation, improve the ability and level of cadres in the practice base, and enhance the enthusiasm and creativity of rural grassroots cadres, The South-central Minzu University held the opening ceremony of the practice base and training course for rural grassroots cadres in the training center of the university on April 10, 2023. Yang Shengcai, Vice President of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of The South-central Minzu University , Yao Tinghua, Deputy Director of Hubei Provincial Party Committee Lecturer Group, Chen Jing, Deputy Director of CSUN, Yang Jinzhou, Dean of College of Marxism, Li Haibo, Vice Dean of College of Marxism, and Yang Zheng, Vice Minister of Propaganda Department of the Party Committee attended the opening ceremony. The event was presided over by Ba Yuxi, Dean of College of Continuing Education.

President Yang Shengcai welcomed the 24 training participants from Tunbao Township, Sancha Town and Banbishan Farm of Yangxin County, Enshi. He said that training grassroots cadres in ethnic areas is an important duty of the school. The Party Committee of the university attaches great importance to the work of the practice base of “Theoretical Hot Spots Face to Face”, and the College of Marxism has been awarded as an advanced collective for seven consecutive years. In order to run this training course, the Propaganda Department of the Party Committee of the university, the School of Marxism and the training center are carefully deployed, from the preliminary contact to the curriculum arrangement, the selection of teachers, to the logistical support and other aspects of high quality requirements. The content of the training course took the form of "Dot-order form" thematic lectures, dovetailing with the actual needs of the three grassroots units, and bringing together the strength of experts and scholars from outside the university to serve the improvement of the theoretical level of rural grassroots cadres in the context of rural revitalization. Finally, I wish this training course will be run at a high level and be effective.

Yao Tinghua, deputy director of the Lecturer Corps of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, said that at the time when the whole party is organizing and carrying out the theme education of implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era, it is meaningful to organize grassroots cadres to participate in the study and receive education in universities. The South-central Minzu University focuses on the advantages of universities and combines the construction of practice bases with the university's discipline construction, scientific research, talent cultivation and social practice. This grass-roots cadres training course is a special theoretical counseling class for grass-roots leading cadres, a practical training class to comprehensively improve the ability level of grass-roots leading cadres in rural governance, and an innovative class to promote in-depth exchanges between grass-roots cadres and teachers and students of colleges and universities.He put forward several messages to the training participants: first, to think about how to contribute to the promotion of Chinese-style modernization; second, to scientifically promote rural grassroots governance; third, to strengthen the construction of the party and realize the party building to lead .He hoped that the participants would cherish the learning opportunity, ensure that they would learn something and put their learning into practice.

This training course has a clear theme with six lectures, including learning the spirit of the 20th Party Congress, rural modernization, agricultural product brand marketing, grassroots party construction under the rural revitalization strategy, governance capacity enhancement and ethnic culture inheritance and innovation. The training lasts for one week, including two rural revitalization practice visits and exchange sessions for teachers and students.

（proofreader:Li Yuqiao  Translator:Liu Yuting）