Abstract: Ideological and political education through courses in general is a necessary requirement by the “greater ideological and political course” pattern in reform and innovation of teaching and education. When applied to the course of microeconomics, the practice helps guide teaching of economics in China in the right direction so as to produce a new generation of economics majors badly needed by high-quality development of economy of China. The team teaching microeconomics is dedicated to cultivating application-ready graduates to meet social needs of new Yunnan and frontier areas inhabited by minority ethnic groups. Our measures to ensure mutual development of both the teachers and the students in this respect include forming course teams comprising three kinds of teachers, defining trinity objectives for ideological and political education, optimizing content of ideological and political course, and advocating balanced development of both theory study and practice. The team focuses on creation of the “ecology + greennesss + economics” brand to provide example to local application-oriented universities reforming and innovating the ideological and political course.

Key words: microeconomics, course-based ideological and political education, teaching practice