Chinanews.com, Nanjing, November 20th (Xu Shanshan) On the 20th, Nanjing Agricultural University held an innovation and development conference for the 120th anniversary of its founding.
At the meeting, Zhang Jiabao, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a researcher at the Nanjing Institute of Soil Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, sent birthday wishes to his alma mater, and wished that young people should always take root in the land of China, be more vigorous and dare to be the first.
"I entered school in 1978. Whenever I recall the time of studying at my alma mater, I can't help but feel a lot of emotion in my heart." Zhang Jiabao said that at his alma mater, he learned solid professional knowledge, truth-seeking scientific spirit and rigorous academic attitude. The way of being a human being, sharpening the will, experiencing youth, and gaining friendship, all of these have become precious treasures in one's life.
Zhang Jiabao sent a message to young students that they should further inherit and carry forward the Nannong spirit centered on "sincerity, simplicity and diligence", and compete in the great journey of national rejuvenation.
At the same time, Zhang Jiabao wished that his alma mater would continue to write new chapters in the pursuit of excellence and realize the grand goal of a world-class university with agricultural characteristics as soon as possible.
On the 20th, Nanjing Agricultural University held the 120th Anniversary Innovation and Development Conference.
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"Depart! To the peak, to the frontier, to the palace of science" "Depart! To the earth, to the fields, to the four directions of the motherland"... At the conference, the youthful and passionate vows resounded throughout the audience.
Graduates volunteered to go to the Great Northern Wilderness 65 years ago, and took root in Majiang, Guizhou and other places in the new era to participate in poverty alleviation; from creating the first batch of management majors such as agricultural economic management in China, to building the State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Innovation An important scientific research platform for maintaining food security... Over the past 120 years, Nanjing Agricultural University has adhered to the spirit of the school motto of "sincerity, simplicity and diligence", and has trained more than 300,000 outstanding students, including 62 academicians of the two academies.
The 120th anniversary of the founding of Nanjing Agricultural University has been celebrated with a series of wonderful activities.
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Gary May, president of the University of California, Davis, said in a video that the school has maintained a long-term partnership with Nannong, introducing the educational concept of global health into the fields of agriculture, food and animal health.
He looks forward to the joint efforts of the two universities in the future to make greater contributions to human health on a global scale.
Chen Fadi, President of Nanjing Agricultural University, said that in the future, Nannong will lead the new development of higher agricultural education, deeply cultivate the foundation of educating people, cultivate pioneers of a strong country and pillars of rejuvenation; in the main position of serving the national strategy, pursue the light of innovation and adhere to the four principles Focus on overcoming the key core technologies; in the watchful eye of the university spirit, cultivate the beauty of culture, strengthen cultural self-confidence, and explore the way to the prosperity of modern university culture with the technique of modern university governance.
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