The Demonstration Center for Mental Health Education and Consultation of the Ministry of Education was incubated and established in 2015, which is committed to mental health education research and psychological counseling of college students in the new era, key personnel training, think tank and social services. Under the leadership of Professor Ning Weiwei, the Demonstration Center has played an active exemplary and leading role in scientific research, teaching, cultural innovation, key personnel training, think tank and social services, whose achievements have been recognized by leadership at all levels of the Ministry of Education.

The Demonstration Center has successively organized two meetings on mental health education in colleges and universities in China and several training courses of key mental health mentors. Relying on the Demonstration Center, the first-level degree program of psychology has been established, which has effectively supported the discipline construction of the university. The Demonstration Center has actively strengthened the related research on psychology and mental health education with Chinese characteristics, took the lead in building an innovation system of mental health education in China in line with the “five-sphere integrated plan", and won the second prize in National Teaching Achievement Awards in Higher Education. It has promoted the psychological and cultural development themed as "Love Yourself" and won the grand prize for the development of campus culture in colleges and universities. The Demonstration Center has also set up a national "first-class course" cluster of mental health and launched the online courses on the "xuexi.cn" app, aiming to influence the society in many aspects and angles and through different platforms.

The ideas and experience of constructing the Demonstration Center have been popularized and widely recognized. In 2017, Chen Baosheng, Minister of Education, visited the platform laboratory for inspection and guidance and fully affirmed the work of the Demonstration Center.