The integration of research and teaching is an important concept for the sustainable development of colleges and universities. The combination of research and teaching is to cultivate students' scientific research ability and improve the comprehensive quality of contemporary college students. This study takes the teachers of School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering of Anhui Polytechnic University as the research object, through the way of questionnaire survey, and defines the content of the integration of research and teaching from three aspects: teaching content, teaching method and the orientation of talent training goal. The results of the investigation are collated and counted combined with title grade, educational level, age structure, gender structure. This paper analyzes the reasons for the differences in the concept identification and practice of integration of research and teaching among teachers, and draws a conclusion: the teachers agree with the concept of integration of research and teaching, and the practice of this concept can reach the basic level of practice. In order to promote college teachers to take the road of scientific research and educating people, to innovate the teaching philosophy culture of university teachers, the policy guidance mechanism has been formulated, which can lead more college teachers to translate the concept identification of integration of research and teaching into concrete practice.