Abstract: The construction of first-class undergraduate courses is an important measure taken by the Ministry of Education to reform higher education. By creating “golden courses”, it deepens the classroom teaching reform, innovates teaching methods, and enhances educational concepts. On the basis of analyzing the difficulties in reform, the construction team of the national first-class undergraduate offline course “Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory” at Hengyang Normal University has explored seven aspects of course objectives, teaching content, ideological and political education, teaching resources, teaching teams, teaching methods, and course evaluation. They have summarized and extracted the characteristics and innovations of course construction, in order to provide a reference for similar course construction in China.

Key words: First-class undergraduate course, Inorganic chemistry experiment, Characteristics and innovation, Course construction