in April, 2118, the general office of the Ministry of education issued the notice on publishing the first batch of "new engineering" research and practice projects, and identified 612 projects as the first batch of "new engineering" research and practice projects, including 212 "new engineering" comprehensive reform projects and 411 "new engineering" professional reform projects. Among them, the "new engineering" major reform category covers 19 project groups including popular "new engineering" such as artificial intelligence, big data and intelligent manufacturing.