On June 7, 2022, the Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Education(MOE)on the Announcement of the List of National and Provincial First-class Undergraduate Major ConstructionProjectsin 2021(No. 14 [2022] of the Department of Education and Higher Education) was issued.The English Majorof the School of Foreign Studieshas beenselected as a national first-class undergraduate major constructionunitand the Russian Major a provincial-level first-class major constructionunit, marking significant breakthroughs in discipline and major development.
The“Double Ten-Thousand Program”hosted by the MOE aims at building ten thousand first-class majors on provincial and national levels respectively in a three-year span.According tothe Notice on the Implementation of the Double Ten Thousand Plan for the Construction of First-Class Undergraduate Majors,the whole SFS hasstrivedfor the development of majorsand disciplineandapplied for the2021 first-class undergraduate majorsbased onaccurate analysis of MOE policies and the construction of its majors.TheEnglishmajorandtheRussian majorbothachieved huge progress in the First-class Major Constructionthrough online application,assessmentof competent authority, andrecommendationand voting by MOE Higher Education Steering Committee.
Guided bythe spirit of the new liberal arts construction as well as the principle of moral education, the SFS willfurtherpromotethe competence of its majors and give substance to the development offirst-class undergraduate majors.Seizingthe valuable opportunity of the Double Ten Thousand Plan, the SFS will endeavortoachieve the leapfrog development in both major construction and talent cultivation.
