While university education has the dual nature of general education and professional education,general education should play the fundamental role in developing a whole-person.A variety of choices are available to carry out general education.Among them,the model of "Masterpiece Reading" and "Activity Curriculum" in American universities is quite typical,which has a broad influence on general education in other countries in the world.Practice has proved that good general education can not only promote the university's own organizational construction,improve academic culture and education quality,but also help to cultivate students' rational sense,stimulate their learning enthusiasm,enhance the overall quality of the citizens,build mutual trust and consensus and push society into a coordinated development.