The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China outlined the grand blueprint of “Chinese path tomodernization ”. The distinctive features of Chinese path to modernization are a huge population common prosperity of all people coordinatedmaterial and spiritual civilization harmonious coexistence between man and nature and peaceful development. The “Chinese-style modernization” has put forward new requirements for application-oriented undergraduate colleges. These institutions shouldcapitalize on their advantages in understanding the needs of local economic and social development accessing resources supported bygrassroots governments the quantity of schools and student enrollment and the quality of program offerings that serve local economicand social development in order to seek a path of distinctive development. By cultivating high-quality talents applied undergraduateinstitutions are making contributions in addressing the challenges of an aging society advancing common prosperity at the grassrootslevel supporting grassroots cultural activities promoting engineering ethics telling the Chinese story well and conveying the voice of China.