The SBA held the opening ceremony for the Grade 2022 undergraduate freshmen in the Shouyi Hall of Shouyi Campus on the afternoon of September 22th. A doctoral supervisor, the Dean of the School, Professor Qian Xuefeng, Secretary of the Party Committee of the School, Wang Hualu, Vice Dean and a doctoral supervisor, Professor Zheng Jiaxi, Professor Fei Xianzheng, Professor Wu Haitao, Professor Wen Hao, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the School, Li Fang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the School, Zhu Yanping, and faculties from Departments and Office of Students Affair attended the ceremony. The opening ceremony was hosted by Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Li Fang.
The first item on the agenda was to stand up and sing the National Anthem. Later, Dean of the School, Professor Qian Xuefeng delivered a speech. On behalf of all leaders and faculties of the School, Professor Qian Xuefeng firstly extended a warm welcome to all the freshmen, and expressed his cordial greetings and sincere thanks to the parents of the students and faculties. “Youth breeds infinite hope and creates a bright future.” Quoted the celebrated dictum of the English poet John Macefield, Dean Qian introduced the basic situation of the School from four aspects: the historical connotation, strong strength, distinctive features and ambitious ideals of the School, from the perspective of Chinese characteristics. Professor Qian Xuefeng then from three aspects: faith, the will to seek truth and the search for knowledge, illustrated that understanding the formation of a university can help one grow rooted . He then quoted from the the Book of Changes: “The gentleman who understands both the embryonic small state of things and the significant features after the their development, will be admired by all”, reminding us to know the “micro” of ourselves, to be clear in our goals, to learn to accept and to refuse indulgence. Finally, Dean Qian Xuefeng quoted the words of General Secretary Xi Jinping in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Youth League: “Working hard is the brightest color of youth, and taking actions is the best trial for young people. Responsibilities and commitment are what make the youthful years shine.”, encouraging young students to be ambitious and keep their feet firmly on the ground; to be enterprising and never give up; to be calm and quiet, and to keep on improving!
The third item of the agenda was the speech of Associate Professor Mao Jianghua, the master’s supervisor of the Department of Business Management, on behalf of all faculties. Mao Jianghua combined his own life experience from two perspectives, fast and slow, and profoundly talked about the expectation for the future of the freshmen in such an era with information explosion and rapid development. He hopes that the freshmen would require themselves from three aspects: slow learning, slow thinking and slow experience. In the fast developing period, students should abide by themselves to precipitate the inner heart with a firm direction, and spend their profound university life with their own rhythm.
In the fourth and fifth items of the agenda, Wang Yuyi, a senior student representative from International Trade Experimental Class, the Grade 2020, and Liu Xingyi, a representative from the Class 2204 of Department of Business Management, spoke on stage one after another. From her personal experience, Wang Yuyi encouraged the freshmen to create unlimited possibilities in the four years through their own efforts, to work harder, not to be easy and comfortable; to aim more, not to be casual; to explore more, not to follow blindly. While in Liu Xingyi’speech, the representative of the freshmen, called on all freshmen to be confident, self-reliant and self-improving in this new journey of university. She hopes that all freshmen, gather together in Zhongnan and pursue dreams in Zhongnan, will become new generation of students who can be indomitable and independent.
The sixth item of the agenda was the oath of admission for freshmen. Led by Shui Jingjing, Deputy Secretary of Undergraduate General Party Branch and the counsellor of Grade 2022, all freshmen raised their right arms and made a solemn oath. The freshmen will cherish their youth, spur themselves on, remember the oath and be the successors of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The seventh item of the agenda was the “Welcome the 20th National Congress, and advance to a new journey” book-presentation activity, attended by the leaders of the School. Under the guidance of the student assistants, representatives from each class went up to the stage to receive the books and took a group photo with the leaders. Reading is good for cultivating morality, motivating, enlightening and understanding history. Through this activity, all the freshmen will continue to learn theoretical knowledge, enrich themselves, so as to set up ambitious goals and better engage in university life.
The eighth item of the agenda was the concluding speech of Secretary of the Party Committee of the SBA, Wang Hualu. He firstly welcomed and congratulated all the students to join the School, and then said that this is the place where dreams begun. He also said that when students were like stars merging into the night sky of the School of ZUEL, they would blossom into a dazzling light. Afterwards, Secretary Wang Hualu gave three suggestions to the freshmen. Firstly, students should dare to dream, set a clear goal for themselves in the university, and show themselves and develop themselves on the big platform of the university. Secondly, they should dare to follow their dreams, turn their dreams into reality with practical actions and make a scientific and reasonable study plan. Thirdly, students should not forget original heart and consciously integrate personal dream into the Chinese dream at the important time of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, so as to spur selves on and welcome the 20th Party Congress.
The last item of the agenda was the singing of the school song by all the students and faculties, in which the freshmen felt the historical and cultural heritage of the ZUEL and appreciated the school motto of “be learned, rational, virtuous and devoted”.
The opening ceremony lasted for nearly an hour. With the wise teachings of the leaders and faculties and the experience sharing of the peers, the freshmen have had a better understanding of the university life, a clearer goal and a more determined path. After this ceremony, the freshmen will be better prepared to start a new ideal and a new journey in the SBA. By now, the opening ceremony of the 2022 undergraduate freshmen of the SBA come to a successful conclusion.
