The Young Marxist Training Project is an important carrier for the Communist Youth League to carry out ideological guidance. Carrying out the Young Marxist Training Project in colleges and universities is an important link for colleges and universities to accomplish the fundamental task of cultivating people. After analyzing the value, current situation and difficulties of the Young Marxist Training Project in colleges and universities, as well as the implementation cases of Chongqing University, it is concluded that efforts in team construction, curriculum construction, Internet + construction and school-local region linkage can effectively realize the whole life cycle training of the Young Marxist Training Project in colleges and universities, so as to help colleges and universities to fulfil the historical mission of cultivating the new generation of talents who can shoulder the great responsibility of national rejuvenation.