on february 28th, the university held the work conference of 2022. at the meeting, 7 advanced units, 17 excellent units in individual work, 109 excellent individuals and winners of achievement awards in teaching, scientific research and promotion in 2021 were commended for making outstanding contributions to promoting the development of various undertakings in 2021. the college won the honorary title of "advanced unit in 2021", and associate professor chen ningbo, ms. liu ruifang and teacher zhang mingxia won the honorary title of "excellent individual in 2021". at the same time, professor cao binyun, professor chen yulin, professor yao junhu, professor jiang yu, professor lei chuchao, professor wang xiaolong, associate professor yang wucai and associate professor yang xin won the 2021 award for teaching, scientific research and promotion achievement.
in 2021, under the leadership of the cpc nwafu committee, guided by xi jinping thought on socialism with chinese characteristics for a new era, the college adheres to the fundamental task of cultivating people by virtue, focuses on the annual work, and scientifically plans the development of the college in"14th five-year plan” period so as to promote the high-quality development of various undertakings.
combined with the acceptance of the benchmark departments of the national party building work, the third party branch of the faculty was evaluated and accepted well in the studio of the first batch of "double leaders" teachers' party branch secretaries, and was approved as one model branch at the second batch of level, one entrusted and one general project. the college strictly implements the responsibility system for ideological work, takes party history education as an opportunity, carries out the recitation contest etc. to sing the main theme and gather positive energy. the party committee of the college won the title of the advanced grass-roots party organization of shaanxi universities. the college was approved as one model party branch of 100 graduate students in national universities, one model league branch of the first batch of universities in shaanxi province, was selected as one advanced team of "westward migration spirit", and was awarded as one provincial model team of social practice activities of "three rural areas" in summer culture, science and technology health of college volunteers in shaanxi province. one won the 13th outstanding individual award of chinese young volunteer, and one inheritor of "westward migration spirit". the college also won the second prize of the 's online singing performance to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the party, , and the advanced collective of the may fourth red flag youth league committee and social practice.
the college formulated the demand and cultivation plan for high-level talents in the "14th five-year plan", and selected 9 outstanding young teachers (1 professor, 6 associate professors) and 1 full-time postdoctoral fellow according to the discipline development. the college organized the application of 6 national talent projects and 5 talent projects in shaanxi province. one person was selected into the training plan for outstanding talents in agricultural scientific research, one person was newly added as a post expert in the technical system of national pig industry, two were approved as new stars of science and technology in shaanxi province, one was selected as a leading talent of young and middle-aged science and technology innovation in shaanxi province, one was selected as a talent of supporting plan of shaanxi association for science and technology, one was selected as the eighth batch of doctoral service groups in shaanxi province, two were approved as young scholars of ecological environment protection in qinling mountains, and two were shortlisted for the national "four youth" talent defense. one person was approved as a "zhong ying young scholar", 13 people were selected into the 's high-level talent support program, 4 people were promoted to full-time senior titles, and 4 people were promoted to associate senior titles. among full-time teachers, 88.5% have doctoral degrees.
taking the construction of learning atmosphere as the starting point, and exploring the mode of collaborative education between home and enterprise, students' professional recognition and satisfaction have been continuously enhanced. enterprise cooperation with 7 units have been strengthened including zhengbang, and 1.25 million yuan of social awards and grants raised. in 2021, the number of freshmen changing majors was reduced to 8, achieving three consecutive declines. in 2021, the enrollment rate of undergraduates was 67.57%, and the overall employment rate was 91.13%, which won the advanced unit of employment. aquaculture was selected as a national first-class major. one pilot project for the construction of the first batch of virtual teaching and research sections by the ministry of education was approved, one characteristic base for practical education of graduate students with agricultural professional degrees in china was approved, five courses applied for national first-class courses, one provincial first-class course and one provincial postgraduate ideological and political demonstration course were approved, and one person participated in the classroom teaching innovation competition of shaanxi colleges and universities. four textbooks (1 planned textbook) were published with editors-in-chief from the college. since 2000, the university has received 2 national teaching awards. the college held a seminar on the professional construction of intelligent animal husbandry science and engineering, and hired 23 enterprise executives as industrial teachers. the college achieved 21 national college students' innovation and entrepreneurship training programs, 25 national discipline competition awards, 2 outstanding doctoral thesis awards in shaanxi province, and the advanced collective in organizing the 6th china international "internet plus" college students' innovation and entrepreneurship competition in shaanxi province. the college won the advanced collective of innovation and entrepreneurship in s.
progress has been made in scientific and technological innovation. the college obtained one young scientist project and two projects of the national key research and development plan; 20 national natural science funds (2 key projects), 1 special fund from china postdoctoral fund and 3 general funds; there are 15 science and technology projects and 25 special fund projects in shaanxi province. the funds in place are 62.422 million yuan. the published sci papers are 271 (2 reaching g1 level and 6 g2 level), and formulated 1 local standard and 2 enterprise standards. the published books are three. the awards include the first and the second prize of scientific and technological progress and agricultural technology extension in shaanxi province. two scientific and technological innovation teams in shaanxi province were approved, and the "the belt and road initiative" sheep industry innovation research institute was approved.
prominent social services focus on the development needs of modern animal husbandry. a science and technology promotion model of "discipline team leading, industrial research institute building platform, grass-roots animal husbandry and agricultural technicians as the backbone" is constructed to help beef cattle, dairy goats and cashmere sheep become advantageous and characteristic industries in western china. the college received 5 special funds from promotion mode and 4 scientific and technological innovation achievements transformation projects of demonstration stations (bases); establish lueyang black-bone chicken industrial development research institute and yulin sheep industry development research institute; one person was selected into the expert service station plan of shaanxi province, and 16 new talents from "three districts" were added. two policy consultation reports were adopted by governments at or above the provincial and ministerial levels. the story of experts' counterpart support to hongli cattle farm in heichi town was reported by people's daily, and the college won the advanced poverty alleviation unit of the university.
international exchanges continue to expand. the college adheres to the idea of running an international, and continuously expand the channels of communication. the college won one key international cooperation and exchange project of national natural science foundation of china, one research and exchange project of sino-german science foundation of china, one international cooperation project of ministry of science and technology, and one non-governmental cooperation and exchange project of shaanxi science and technology international and hong kong, macao and taiwan. the college hosted the "the belt and road initiative" international symposium on bio-healthy agriculture, the sub-forum on bio-feed and healthy breeding, the third international symposium on lactation biology of dairy animals, the eighth international forum of young scholars and the first international exchange week for students. experts from domestic and foreign counterparts were invited to give 47 academic reports online or offline. one person was approved to study abroad for young backbone teacher project, and five students went abroad to study for degrees or joint training.
the college strengthens theoretical study and practical work of the leadership team of the college, teachers and students to enhance the improvement of the college. the college completed the change of professors' committees, the revision and upgrading of websites, the renovation of building heating, the establishment of functional areas for teacher-student communication, and taking photos of employees, so as to enhance the sense of well-being of teachers and students. the prevention and control of the epidemic is normalized with no accidents throughout the year.