In order to in-depth study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the spirit of the Party’s 19th National Congress and the second, third, and fourth plenary sessions of the 19th Central Committee in full and encourage students to understand as well as develop the Chinese spirit, under the guidance and unified deployment of Undergraduate Student Affairs Department of the NPU Committee of the CPC, a total of 13 students from the three grades of QMES led by Wang Ruixuan, working staff of the Office of Student Affairs went to Yan'an from July 21 to 23 to carry out the on-site teaching practice. The team went to seven stations, namely Yan'an Revolution Memorial Hall, Wangjiaping Revolution Memorial Hall, Baota Mountain (Jialing Mountain), Yangjialing Revolutionary Site, Liangjiahe Village, Fenghuang Mountain Revolutionary Site and Zaoyuan Revolutionary Site.

The theme of the teaching practice was "Taking the Original Aspiration, Experiencing Revolutionary Relics of China". It guided students to carry out the on-site practice in Yan'an Revolutionary Education Base, Patriotism Education Base and other Chinese spiritual birthplaces. Through the experiential on-site teaching, propositional investigation and in-depth participation, students accomplished an in-depth excavation and a systematic analysis of the formation, development and evolution of various Chinese spirits. Students could also trace the stories of Chinese spirit and explore the practical samples of Chinese spirit.