Countdown to the 60th Anniversary of Huaqiao University
China News Service, Quanzhou, July 24 (Reporter Hong Sun) Huaqiao University held a 100-day countdown to the 60th anniversary of the Quanzhou campus in Fujian Province on the 24th, and released the 60th anniversary of the campus guidance system to facilitate alumni at home and abroad on the "cloud" side Relive schooling time.
In 1960, Huaqiao University shouldered the mission of providing higher education for returning overseas Chinese and ushered in the opportunity of establishing a school in Quanzhou. Xu Xipeng, Secretary of the Party Committee of Huaqiao University, pointed out that over the past 60 years, Huaqiao University, which was born out of overseas Chinese, has always kept in mind the original aspirations of relatives, assisting, and rejuvenating overseas Chinese, and has taken "serving and spreading Chinese culture for overseas Chinese" as the foundation of the establishment and revitalization of the university. For the trust, we always consider how to "run the school with characteristics and level", serve the overseas Chinese community and students with high level and high quality, and serve the local economic development.
Huaqiao University signed a contract with the People's Government of Fengze District, Quanzhou City to build the "Qiaoze Garden". Photo by Zhang Weijian
On November 1 this year, Huaqiao University will celebrate its 60th birthday. According to the original plan, there will be a series of commemorative activities such as a commemorative conference, an exhibition of school achievements, alumni associations at home and abroad, overseas donation ceremonies, high-end academic conferences and gala evenings.
"The 60th anniversary of the school is an important carrier for us to follow the footprints of our ancestors, to understand the original intention of founding the school, to inherit the cultural heritage, and to carry forward the unique school concept." Xu Xipeng said.
Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the scale and format of the 60th anniversary celebration of Huaqiao University have not yet been determined. While coordinating the normalization of the school’s epidemic prevention and control, Huaqiao University actively innovated and developed the 60th anniversary campus guidance system.
As a visualized smart campus service platform, the system integrates the functions of school institution introduction, campus scenery display, 3D panoramic roaming, enrollment promotion guide, school celebration event announcement, and school celebration online interaction, which not only allows alumni at home and abroad, and people from all walks of life to enjoy the tour BGI also allows the majority of college entrance examination students to easily understand the school’s enrollment information.
On the same day, Huaqiao University also released the 60th anniversary celebration mascot "Huahua" and "Yuanyuan" and its exclusive emoticons. The president of Huaqiao University, Wu Jianping, gave thanks to some school managers, alumni, and people from all walks of life who have donated to the school since 2020. shape. Among them, the board of directors of Huada University Hu Ruilian donated 10 million yuan (RMB, the same below), and the board of directors Wei Tengxiong donated 5 million yuan for campus infrastructure construction; the vice chairman of the board of directors of Huada University and Hong Kong alumni Ms. Li Bicong donated 3 million yuan. To support the construction of school history museum in Quanzhou campus.
Wu Jianping, President of Huaqiao University (right), awarded certificates of appreciation to some school managers, alumni, and people from all walks of life who have donated to the school since 2020. Photo by Zhang Weijian
It is reported that since the start of the preparations for the celebration of Huaqiao University, school directors, alumni and people from all walks of life have generously donated 55 items to help the development of the school, such as alumni Wang Qinxian donated 10 million yuan for campus infrastructure projects; alumni Qiu Shangzhen donated 8 million yuan Yuan is used for teaching and scholarship; school director Wang Tingcong, school director Luo Gang, school director Wang Qiongnan and their families each donated 5 million yuan to support school construction.
Many project signing ceremonies were also held on the same day. Among them, Huaqiao University and the People's Government of Fengze District, Quanzhou City signed a contract to jointly build the "Qiaoze Garden", combining the characteristics of "overseas Chinese" and "creation", building a cultural exhibition and venture capital exchange base, integration of production and education and talent training base, and intellectual property rights Operate a public service platform.
In addition, Huaqiao University has also cooperated with Quanzhou Big Data Bureau, Quanzhou Big Data Operation Service Co., Ltd., Fujian Zhongying Digital Technology Co., Ltd., Xiamen Tasman Bioengineering Co., Ltd., Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Quanzhou Branch, China Merchants Bank Quanzhou Branch, and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. Xiamen Branch and other units cooperated and signed.
"Alma mater Huaqiao University is not only a university of all strengths, but also a university of all temperatures!" As a representative of the day's speech, Pan Lianxing, a 1995 alumni of the School of Information of Huaqiao University, issued a call and invitation to more than 200,000 Hua University alumni at home and abroad, "Golden Autumn Jiazi Ceremony, I am at BGI, waiting for everyone to'home'." (End)