On February 6, Meeting of Provincial United Front Work ministers was held in Jinan to convey the spirit of the National United Front Work Conference, summarizing and deploying the province's united front work, and commending the province's advanced units and advanced individuals in the united front work. Xing Shanping, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Minister of United Front Work, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Qingdao Agricultural University (QAU) was awarded the advanced unit of the “Four New Projects” in the 2017 United Front Work Theory Research, and two achievements were awarded the second and third prizes of the province's United Front Theory Research Outstanding Achievement Award.

Xing Shanping summarized the work of the united front in the province in 2017, fully affirmed the united front departments at all levels in the province and the united front work in various fields, and made deployment requirements for the united front work in 2018. She pointed out that the united front work of the Shandong province must resolutely implement the central government's major decision-making arrangements on the united front, focus on the objectives and tasks set by the 11th Party Congress, actively play the role of the united front, and build a well-off society for the decisive victory. A new chapter in the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics contributes. She stressed that it was necessary to continue to use Xi Jinping's new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party to arm the mind, guide practice, and promote the work; to promote the new era of the united front cause to achieve a new atmosphere with a new attitude of struggle; to implement the principle of strictly administering the party strictly and to provide a strong guarantee for the work of the united front in the new era.

The meeting commended the advanced units and outstanding achievements of the “Four New Projects” in the 2017, the outstanding achievements in the work of the province’s United Front Work in 2017 and the advanced units and individuals in the province’s united front work in 2017. The province has selected a total of 27 advanced units of the “Four New Projects” in the province's United Front Theory Research in 2017. Among them, there are 9 advanced units at the municipal level and 10 advanced units at the county level. 8 institutions including the advanced provincial direct unit system, the provincial united front theoretical research, advanced institutions in universities and enterprises. 4 universities such as Qingdao Agricultural University are on the list. A total of 5 first prizes, 15 second prizes, 20 third prizes, 30 merit awards, 3 first prizes, 5 second prizes, 10 third prizes, and 3 third prizes were selected. 10 outstanding awards, the research results of the United Front Theory completed by Liu Qiying and Xu Yishi of our school, "Study on the effectiveness of the united front work of foreign-funded enterprise management technicians - taking Chengyang District of Qingdao as an example" won the second prize of excellent theoretical research results. The results of the research on the united front theory completed by Mu Ganwei, Xu Yishi and Sheng Jinyu, "Thoughts on Improving the Political Literacy of Intellectuals Outside the Youth League of Colleges and Universities" won the third prize of outstanding theoretical research results.