Recently, in the occasion of the 35th Teachers' Day, Gong Zheng, the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee and governor, came to Jining to research the education work and visit teachers. On behalf of the provincial party committee and the provincial government, he expressed his best wishes to the teachers and educators.

In the laser research institute of the university, Gonng Zheng communicated with professor li guohua cordially, learned about the research and development of laser polarization device technology, and told the school director to carry forward the brand. Gong zheng shook hands with the teachers who were working and encouraged them to keep in mind the sacred mission of teaching and educating people, to be a good engineer of human soul and to cultivate more excellent talents for the society. Gong zheng also visited the China teachers' museum, the school history museum, the site of qufu teachers' college, and an exhibition of Confucian achievements. He hoped that Qufu Normal University would continue to give full play to its advantages, dig deeply and promote excellent traditional culture, focus on the construction of characteristic disciplines, and firmly follow the path of connotation-oriented development.

Gong zheng stressed that education is the country's and the party’s major plan. Relevant departments at all levels should thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important statement on education, implement the strategy of giving priority to the development of education, take cultivating morality and cultivating people as the fundamental task, and make solid progress in education to make people satisfied. He also stressed the university should care about teachers, love teachers, to provide quality and efficient services, to solve their troubles, improve the status and treatment of teachers, let teachers feel ease from teaching, let respect for teachers become a common trend in the whole society.