From the 13th to 14th of June, 2018, in order to promote curriculum construction, academic development and the school traditions of the Faculty of Agroforestry and Medicine at the OUC, the second session of the Agroforestry and Medicine Sub-Committee of the OUC Academic Committee was convened in Guiyang, Guizhou Province.

Yang Xiaotang, chair of the second OUC Academic Committee, attended the conference, and Guo Xiaoxia and Lin Xiazhen, director and deputy director respectively of the Agroforestry and Medicine Sub-Committee, organised it. All sub-committee members were in attendance.

Yang Xiaotang introduced the composition and member-selection process as well as the main duties of the OUC Academic Committee. He expressed his hope that each sub-committee member fully understood the function and meaning of the academic committee in relation to curriculum construction at the OUC, and would fulfill his or her duties, offer teaching and research services, provide support to personnel-training reforms as well as curriculum construction and reform, and undertake mentoring, in order to take part in the cooperative work of the OUC.

Based on the 2018 sub-committee work plan, before the plenary session, each committee member undertook preliminary research and produced written reports on issues including curriculum planning and development for Agroforestry and Medicine, teaching and teacher development, and learner requirements and training. At the conference, Guo Xiaoxia introduced the thinking of the sub-committee in relation to the Faculty of Agroforestry and Medicine in 2018. Eight sub-committee members from eight different branches delivered reports, titled Development and Reform of the “One College Student Per Village” Project in Zhejiang Province, Current Situation and Issues in Agroforestry and Medicine Teaching at the Hunan Branch, Current Situation and Analysis of “College Education of Countryside Leaders” in Hainan Province, Reflections and Proceedings---Construction of the Agroforestry and Medicine Majors at the Sichuan Branch, Team Management Models and Reflections on “Overall Management and Three-Level Responsibilities” at the Henan Branch, Agroforestry and Medicine in the Xinjiang Corps, Agroforestry and Medicine Research at the Hubei Branch, and Agroforestry and Medicine Teaching at the Guizhou Branch. The dean of the Faculty of Agroforestry and Medicine and the director of the School of Medicine gave speeches respectively titled of OUC “One College Student Per Village” Project Reforms and OUC Agroforestry and Medicine Teaching Reforms.

Discussion took place concerning training of Agroforestry and Medicine personnel, curriculum development and reform, team construction, authorisation of new areas of research, and so on. A consensus was reached that the conference allowed opinions and suggestions related to curriculum construction and problems with teaching and research to be aired, promoting educational reform, strengthening the system, and enhancing cohesion. It was also agreed that the OUC should further strengthen academic boards to allow teachers to have greater management input.

At the conclusion of the conference, Guo Xiaoxia urged the sub-committee to focus on “Agroforestry and Medicine curriculum building and personnel training”.

By Li Guangde , OUC