Abstract: The development of artificial intelligence has become a national strategy, which requires colleges and universities to continuously improve the ability to cultivate talents in the field of artificial intelligence. Facing the huge demand gap for applied talents, it is of great practical significance to pay attention to the practical teaching of artificial intelligence. Since the construction of artificial intelligence major is still in its infancy, there are many practical problems in practical teaching. The artificial intelligence major of South China Agricultural University has built a practical teaching system of "thick foundation, innovation, and practice". Relying on two national-level platforms and multiple a provincial and ministerial-level platform to create an artificial intelligence experimental platform, set up a core team of practical teaching, establish a school-enterprise collaborative education mechanism and an undergraduate tutor system, guide students to actively participate in subject competitions, improve students' engineering practice ability, and contribute to the development of artificial intelligence. Professional construction has laid a good foundation.

Key words: Artificial intelligence major, Practical courses, Applied talents, Teaching system, Collaborative education, Talent training