Core literacy is the embodiment of the basic task of “establishing morality and cultivating people”, and general education helps universities to carry out the basic task of “establishing morality and cultivating people”. The core literacy puts forward some new approaches for the reform of general education curriculum, which include: the combination of general education curriculum and professional curriculum; The value orientation of general education curriculum is “general knowledge spirit”; The core curriculum is taken as the module as the teaching organization form of general education course; In the general course teaching, we should pay attention to the construction of “curriculum thinking and politics”. At the same time, in the perspective of core literacy, the reform framework of general education curriculum also puts forward some enlightenment: in the goal setting of general education curriculum, we should pay attention to the core literacy as the starting point and destination; In the general curriculum teaching concept, we should pay attention to the establishment of the people-oriented education concept; In the course design of general education curriculum, we should pay attention to optimizing and integrating curriculum resources; In the process of general education, we should pay attention to the combination of various teaching methods.