Abstract: General Chemistry, a foundational course for engineering students in Sino-foreign cooperative education programs, incorporates classic international textbooks to enhance its teaching quality. This approach, however, encounters challenges such as the influence of foreign culture and a potential erosion of cultural self-confidence during the teaching process. To counter this, the course emphasizes ideological and political education to deepen students’ appreciation and understanding of their own culture. This paper details how the ideological and political development of the General Chemistry course is grounded in the principle of culture confidence. It actively integrates Chinese ideological and political elements while thoughtfully combining them with international perspectives throughout the teaching process. This integration not only enriches the course’s content, but also fosters an effective ideological and political education environment, leading to significant educational outcomes.

Key words: Sino-foreign cooperation education, Ideological and political education, Cultural confidence, General chemistry, Three-dimensional evaluation system