Xiao Youmei’s contributions to modern music education are as follows:

Xiao Youmei is a pioneering master in the history of modern Chinese music, a pioneer and founder of modern professional music education, and has contributed greatly to China’s modern music education. It has made indelible historical contributions to the construction and development of music culture and enjoys a lofty status in the history of modern Chinese music.

With the musician’s idea of ??saving the nation through education, Xiao Youmei created many musical works to arouse the people’s awareness of democracy and resistance, greatly inspired the national spirit, and put forward the idea of ??“spiritual national defense”. It reflects the strong sense of national responsibility and historical mission of a musician in the Republic of China.

On August 19, 1929, Minister of Education Jiang Menglin hired Xiao Youmei as the principal of the National Music College. After Xiao Youmei became the principal, he tried his best to promote China's modern professional music education according to his own ideals. After several years of unremitting efforts, the National Music College has finally become the highest music school in China with considerable scale and international standards.

In the old days, music as a major was not taken seriously and was nothing more than a vassal in colleges and universities. Later, due to Xiao Youmei's years of hard work, some colleges and universities in Beijing successively established music departments (disciplines), and music education began to take shape and attracted the attention of the world. In 1922, Peking University established my country's first small attached small orchestra composed mainly of Chinese people, with Xiao Youmei as its conductor.

The Institute of Music Transmission attached to Peking University is my country’s first specialized music education institution. In the past five years since its establishment, the institute has cultivated a number of early professional music talents for our country. Influenced by this, some colleges and universities in Beijing have also established music departments (disciplines) one after another. In 1922, a new academic system was implemented across the country. The previously optional "music" class was renamed "music" class and became compulsory in primary schools. The cause of music education began to take shape.

Although the "Peking University Music Transmission Institute" did not exist for a long time, it has written a strong mark in the history of Chinese music, and its ideas and pioneering efforts have been respected and passed down by future generations. The institute itself embodies a national spirit, an innovative spirit of scientific progress.