Upon the 100

th

anniversary of the founding of the CPC

to strengthen the CPC history faculty team building in Chinese higher education institutions is of great practical significance to serve the strategic needs of the CPC’s governance

promote the innovation and development in philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics

and cultivate high-quality talents responsible for China’s rejuvenation. In the past 100 years

with the establishment of courses on CPC history and the development of the discipline of CPC history

team building for CPC history faculty in higher education institutions has gone through the beginning stage and later development and innovation

making remarkable achievements and accumulating valuable experience. At present

outstanding issues are serious shrinkage

unreasonable structure

low stability and insufficient support of the faculty team. These are closely related to discipline orientation

curriculum setting

teaching and research institution setting

and personnel shortage. Building the first-tier discipline of CPC History and CPC Construction

restoring the status of CPC history courses as public ideological courses

optimizing the system and mechanism of faculty team development

and improving the faculty training and recruitment system are approaches to strengthening CPC history faculty team building in Chinese higher education institutions in the future.