Abstract: The cultivation of high-level innovative talents in basic disciplines, particularly under the current situation, faces significant opportunities and challenges. Addressing the specific issues encountered in this context, this paper explores the intrinsic relations between ideological and political education and professional education. Drawing from the theoretical perspective in educational science, psychology, the Marxist Concept of Labor and Marxist methodology, and incorporating practical approaches from the Department of Chemistry at Tsinghua University, the paper explores ways to overcome the challenges in the cultivation of high-level innovative talents in basic disciplines, especially in chemistry, through the effective implementation of ideological and political education.

Key words: Ideological and political education, Basic disciplines, Innovative talent cultivation