On September 11, the opening ceremonies of the 2024 freshmen of Xihua University were held in Pidu Campus and Yibin Campus respectively. A total of 9,209 undergraduate, graduate and international students officially opened a new chapter in the university. All school leaders, leaders of Yibin City and heads of relevant departments, heads of school functional departments and colleges, and all new students of the class of 2024 attended the opening ceremony.
In the solemn national anthem, the opening ceremony officially kicked off.
"Today, you have taken over the baton of history and become a new generation of 'Western Chinese'." When presiding over the opening ceremony, Liu Shugen, Secretary of the Party Committee of the University, encouraged the new students to adapt to the university learning and living environment as soon as possible, recognize, accept and explore themselves, maintain curiosity, stimulate creativity, dare to explore and have the courage to try. Cherish the time spent on campus, and continue to explore new research fields and realize more academic dreams and scientific research achievements in the vibrant and innovative land of Xihua. Liu Shugen said that becoming a young man in the new era who has ideals, dares to take responsibility, can endure hardships, and is willing to struggle is everyone's unswerving goal and pursuit, and hopes that students will cherish their time, devote themselves to learning, pursue progress, and pave the way and build bridges for national rejuvenation and contribute to the construction of the motherland with their youth and struggle.
"Welcome all the new students of the class of 2024 from all over the country and around the world to join the big family of Xihua University! You are a vivid epitome of the school's high-level opening up to the outside world, expanding international education, and starting a new journey of China as a family and a strong country. Li Qiushi, deputy secretary of the party committee and principal of the school, gave the first lesson to all the freshmen of the class of 2024 with the title of "Being a Western Chinese who is worthy of the important task of rejuvenation". He reviewed the development and growth of Xihua University in the past 64 years, and said that the addition of new students has injected new vitality and momentum into Xihua, and will also start a new journey of growing and forging ahead with Xihua. He sent a message to all the new students: study hard and lay a solid foundation. Cherish the time of studying, work the course learning, be down-to-earth, seek truth and truth, consolidate the background of science, humanities, art and sports, and lay a solid foundation for the field of life. Be brave in innovation and pursue excellence. Keep up with the footsteps of the seniors, have the courage to emancipate the mind, enter the laboratory, the research group, and the team early, dare to think and fight, continue to study, and be determined to innovate. Inspire youth and live up to the time. It is clear that university learning is not only in the classroom, not only in the library, but also in student clubs, social practice, and public welfare activities.
"I hope you will spend your youth without regrets in Xihua and grow into a better version of yourself! By 2035, when you are in your 30s, in your prime, and realize Chinese-style modernization, your generation will have a lot to do and a lot to do! At the end of the speech, Li Qiushi encouraged all the new students to strengthen their confidence, walk towards the light, develop in an all-round way, work hard with the teachers, grow together with their alma mater, and take on the important task of national rejuvenation in the clarion call of "building a strong country" with excellent skills and struggling youth.
Li Jing, member of the Standing Committee of the Yibin Municipal Party Committee and head of the Organization Department, said in her speech that since the signing of the strategic cooperation agreement between Xihua University and Yibin, the university has actively integrated into Yibin and deeply cultivated Yibin, and has achieved fruitful results in promoting the construction of Yibin campus, talent training, and integration of industry and education, and has become a model of school-local cooperation. It is hoped that Xihua University will continue to support the development of Yibin campus, strengthen the construction of the faculty, give full play to the advantages of characteristic disciplines, and cultivate and deliver more application-oriented talents for Yibin; It is hoped that the Yibin campus will focus on local development, further deepen exchanges and cooperation in scientific and technological innovation, achievement transformation, and integration of industry and education, and contribute more to Yibin to accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system and cultivate and develop new productive forces; I hope that the students will devote themselves to studying, live up to their time, feel Yibin with their hearts, actively integrate into Yibin, truly fall in love with Yibin, and go to Yibin in both directions and achieve each other.
"The biggest difference between studying and living in university and the past is the way of thinking and learning." Professor Rao Yu of the School of Food and Biological Engineering, a faculty representative, encouraged the new students to adhere to independent learning and lifelong learning. Dare to explore and practice, dare to innovate; Pay attention to cross-integration and improve literacy. She expressed the hope that students will learn to use various learning resources to meet future challenges, work hard in university life, and shine with youth.
Li Sicheng, an undergraduate student from the School of Literature, Journalism and Communication from Yibin Campus, spoke as a representative of the freshmen, calling on all freshmen to take the initiative to learn, innovate in learning, make full use of various resources and equipment, and actively participate in practical courses. Enhance the sense of self-discipline, actively try, and draw the power of growth in self-discipline; Don't forget your original intention, temper your youth, nourish your dreams on the fertile soil of Xihua, which has red genes, and take on the responsibility of Chinese-style modernization.
Xiao Meishan, a researcher at the School of Law and Sociology at the Pidu Campus, shared her thoughts on her studies. She called on all the freshmen to forge ahead, be strict with self-cultivation, bravely climb the peak, and be the Xihua people who light up the light of "seeking truth", adhere to the light of "Mingde", and chase the light of "excellence".
Subsequently, under the leadership of Xie Xiaoqin, the representative of the student union and the School of Management, all the freshmen recited the "Code of Conduct for Students in Colleges and Universities" (excerpt).
After the opening ceremony, in order to enhance the anti-fraud awareness of the new students, the police of the Anti-fraud Center of the Pidu District Public Security Bureau were invited to the school to give an anti-fraud lecture to all the new students. (Correspondents: Lei Weiyao, Wang Yu, Hou Xin, Li Hongyu)