Theoretical and Practical Research on the Transformation and Development of Independent Colleges

In order to implement the strategy released by the State Council executive meeting of "To guide the transformation of a number of undergraduate institutions and make them technology-based universities". This paper explores the opportunities and challenges faced by local independent colleges. By learning from practical experience of foreign applied technology universities, this paper clarifies the practical requirements and objectives of the independent colleges' transformation. In terms of the practice of the author's working place and the combination of production and teaching, this study explores the approaches of the transformation of local undergraduate colleges, as well as the construction of applied technology universities with Chinese features.