The core of socialist value system is the direction of development of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Contemporary college students need to carry out the education on the core of socialist value system， social cohesion and consensus of social ideological trend，with the core of socialist value system，the formation of the the core of socialist value outlook of science. The Chinese classics reading activities as a new carrier of the practice of socialist core values，this paper intends to analyze the formation of the Chinese classics reading and the core of socialist value of contemporary college students，taking Xichang College as an example，the classic reading activities have been carried out the summary of the analysis，from the angle of theory and practice on how to use the classic reading activities to cultivate and practice the socialist core values of contemporary college students，and puts forward the further strengthening of the socialist core values of college students work and suggestions for the future wor