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Xiamen University,
Today is her 100th birthday.
Overlooking the beautiful Xiamen University from the air.
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General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, Chairman of the Central Military Commission
Xi Jinping sent a letter on the 6th to congratulate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Xiamen University,
To all teachers, students, staff and alumni at home and abroad
I extend my warm congratulations and sincere greetings.
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The "Xiamen University" these two days is amazing
Xiamen University ("Xiamen University"), the first university founded by overseas Chinese in China, held its 100th anniversary celebration on the 6th. Xiamen masters, students, and alumni from home and abroad gathered at their alma mater and the cloud in an online and offline manner. , To celebrate the 100th anniversary.
Maybe you are not a "Xiamen University", but in the past few days, your circle of friends has been screened by this university with the reputation of "one of the most beautiful campuses in China".
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Starting last night, Xiamen University held a light show in Songen Building on Siming Campus.
This light show lasted 10 minutes and was initiated and produced by Li Sheng, an alumnus of the Department of Physics of Xiamen University in 2001. The art form of 3D mapping will show the 100-year history of Xiamen University on the 21-story Songen Building. It is high-tech and history. Feelings are intertwined and interactive.
The 3D light and shadow show tells about the 100-year history of Xiamen University.
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light show.
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In the past few days, many alumni of Xiamen University have rushed back to their alma mater from the south and the north to participate in this century-old event.
The scene of the conference.
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Beijinger Chen Youwei recently posted "home!" on WeChat Moments.
His "home" is in Xiamen University. He is the son of Chen Jingrun, a famous mathematician and alumnus of Xiamen University.
This year, the 100th Anniversary of Xiamen University, he and his mother were invited by Kun to participate.
The arrival of Xu Minghui, widow of Lin Yixiong, alumnus of Xiamen University, is moving.
At the opening ceremony of the theme exhibition "Re-walking Jiageng Road: Salute to the New Era", when the 89-year-old Professor Xu Minghui, the widow of the 1952 Department of Biology alumnus Professor Lin Yixiong, gave a speech on stage, he sat down. Mr. Tan Kah Kee's eldest grandson, Chen Liren, took the lead to stand up and applaud, tears in his eyes.
The picture shows Mr. Tan Kah Kee's eldest grandson Chen Liren (second from left) supporting Professor Minghui Xu (second from right), the widow of Professor Lin Yixiong, alumni of the 1952 Department of Biology of Xiamen University.
Professor Xu Minghui completed her husband's last wish and once again donated RMB 1 million for the Centennial Birthday of Xiamen University.
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In order to fulfill her husband’s last wish to do something for her alma mater, in 2018, Professor Xu Minghui sold the only 66-square-meter school welfare house in Beijing. In addition to the basic pension needs, she took 1 million yuan and took 16 cars. Hour long-distance train, personally sent to Xiamen University.
For the 100th anniversary of Xiamen University, Xu Minghui once again donated RMB 1 million to Xiamen University.
Xu Minghui said: "Because the spirit of Xiamen University has inspired me, I don't seem to be an alumnus of Xiamen University, but I think I am better than an alumnus of Xiamen University."
This afternoon, Zhong Nanshan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and winner of the Medal of the Republic of China, came to attend the Nanqiang academic lecture at Xiamen University and talked about the "New Crown Prevention and Control Strategy and Vaccine Development" for teachers and students.
Zhong Nanshan said that his first visit to Xiamen University was in 1948.
At the scene, Zhong Nanshan also showed off a Hokkien dialect: "I am'Eh Menglang' (Hokkien, meaning Xiamen native)."
Academician Zhong Nanshan introduced the "New Crown Prevention and Control Strategy and Vaccine Development" to teachers and students.
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Tonight, the Xiamen University Anniversary Art Gala is shining with stars and full of warmth.
The scene of the Xiamen University Anniversary Art Gala.
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The scene of the Xiamen University Anniversary Art Gala.
Screenshot from the live broadcast of Xiamen University
"School in the mouth of others": not only good looks, but also hard power
Hi to mention the 100th birthday, Xiamen University has inevitably been on the hot search these days.
In fact, in the Internet world, Xiamen University is a frequent visitor to the hot search, and it is well-deserved "the university of other people's homes."
Located on the southwest side of Xiamen Island, Xiamen University is not only facing the sea and backed by the green mountains, but also adjacent to Nanputuo Temple, a thousand-year-old temple. The unique geographical location creates a unique cultural and youthful temperament, coupled with the fresh and romantic scenery of Gulangyu, Xiamen University It is also known as the "Holy Land of Love".
Build the Nanguang Building in the South Building Group.
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Xiamen University's popularity is not only dependent on its appearance, but the school is famous for its "favoring" students.
In order to make the students happy, the Furong Canteen of Xiamen University publicly solicited new dishes. The students put forward more than 300 dishes and posted hot searches on Weibo, which caused heated discussions.
Just last year, the Shenzhen Alumni Association of Xiamen University announced that it would pay for the rice and mineral water for all students at the alma mater during the ten years from 2021 to 2030!
According to current calculations, if you want to "contract" Xiamen University’s 40,000 students for rice and mineral water for one year, you will need to pay 6.66 million yuan a year, and you will have to donate 66.6 million yuan in 10 years.
In order to innovate education, as early as 2003, Xiamen University took the lead in offering golf courses among universities in mainland China, which caused a sensation in the Chinese education community.
In 2012, Xiamen University once again set a precedent for offering a tree-climbing course.
Later, Xiamen University successively offered "net celebrity courses" such as sailing, diving, paddle boarding, marathon, Chinese shooting game, and ultimate frisbee.
Featured physical education classes at Xiamen University.
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Chen Zhiwei, director of the Physical Education Department of Xiamen University, said, "'student-oriented' and meeting the individual needs of students are the focus of Xiamen University's exploration of offering innovative public sports courses."
Not only that, but now Xiamen University is based in many fields to ride the wind and waves: the jointly-developed "Jiagen 1" rocket was successfully launched in northwestern China in 2019; the jointly-developed "Haisi 1" satellite became the first offshore and coastal Chinese university With remote sensing satellites; the "Jiageng" marine scientific research vessel with complete intellectual property rights has reached the top level of the same type of scientific research vessel in the world, setting a number of firsts.
On the front line of the anti-epidemic, Xiamen University people immersed themselves in the laboratory race against the virus, 49 days to develop new coronavirus antibody detection kits, applied in more than 80 countries and regions around the world, "nasal spray influenza virus vector new crown pneumonia vaccine" developed into China's five new crown pneumonia vaccines One of the R&D technical routes.
On March 17, 2020, in the National Research Center for Infectious Disease Diagnostic Reagents and Vaccine Engineering Technology of Xiamen University, graduate students conduct experiments.
It is reported that the new coronavirus antibody detection kit developed by the center's scientific research team has previously passed the emergency approval of the China National Medical Products Administration and was approved for listing.
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On the battlefield of poverty alleviation, the prototype of Guo Minhang, the "high-achieved student of Xiamen University" in "Mountain and Sea Situation" came from Xiamen University’s aid to Ningxia support teaching team. From 1999 to 2021, 241 support teaching team members travelled throughout Haiyuan County, Longde County, and Fujian in Ningxia. Ningzhen carried out a love relay that lasted for 22 years.
China's first university founded by overseas Chinese
Tracing back to all the stories and glory of Xiamen University, everything is inseparable from a patriotic overseas Chinese 100 years ago.
Following the wave of the May Fourth Movement, in May 1919, the famous patriotic overseas Chinese leader Tan Kah Kee returned to his hometown to initiate Xiamen University.
On April 6, 1921, Xiamen University, China's first university founded by overseas Chinese, was announced.
On April 5th, the theme exhibition "Re-walking Jiageng Road: Salute to the New Era" was opened at Xiamen University.
The exhibition is composed of four parts: "Legendary Life, Dedicated to Serve the Country", "Foundation of the Country, National Mission", "Inheritance of Mission, Continued Struggle," and "Phoenix Blossoms · Century Flows".
The opening ceremony also held a series of donation signing activities for Xiamen University's centennial anniversary.
The picture shows guests, masters and students in Xiamen watching the theme exhibition "Re-walking Jiageng Road to pay tribute to the new era".
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Looking back on the 100-year history, Zhang Rong, the president of Xiamen University, said that a hundred years ago, Mr. Tan Kah Kee invested in the establishment of Xiamen University with the belief that "education is the foundation of the country, and education is the bounden duty of the people".
In the next 100 years, the magnificent journey of breathing with the country and the nation, sharing the fate, and determined to build a strong country through learning began. "The century-old history of Xiamen University is a history of patriotism and continuous striving for self-improvement."
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xiamen University devoted itself to socialist construction and made significant contributions to the country's economic recovery, social development, and especially the establishment of China's new higher education system.
In the wave of reform and opening up, Xiamen University has seized the historical opportunities, established the Zhangzhou and Xiang’an campuses one after another, established the Jiageng College and the Malaysian branch, gave full play to the advantages of "Overseas Chinese and Taiwanese Special Seas", served national and regional development, and launched world-renowned high-level research. A new chapter in the history of the university.
Xiamen University Malaysia Campus.
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Entering the new era, Xiamen University has become a national "double first-class" construction class A university. Based on the construction of "211 Project" and "985 Project", Xiamen University has built a first-class school running system and first-class school-running capabilities, and composes the "Chinese Dream" of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Chapter.
Xiamen University International Chinese Language Education College/Overseas Education College has also been established for sixty-five years. Generations of Xiamen University people have been adhering to the school principal of Mr. Tan Kah Kee to "expand and promote the world culture", and cultivated about 65,000 specialized talents for more than 100 countries and regions. , Has formed the characteristics of both Chinese academic education and non-academic education, face-to-face teaching and distance education at the same time, and parallel theoretical research and application development.
A group of characteristic red brick buildings hidden in the green hills and green trees.
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The Xiamen University Taiwan Research Institute, established in 2004, was the first Taiwan research institute established in the mainland. The predecessor was the Xiamen University Taiwan Research Institute established in July 1980.
After more than 40 years of trials and hardships, it has gradually grown into a comprehensive Taiwan research institution covering politics, economy, law, history, literature and other fields.
A hundred years of Xiamen University set off again to start a new journey of endeavour
After a hundred years of hard work, Xiamen University has trained more than 400,000 outstanding students, sent batch after batch of high-quality talents to all walks of life in the country, and formed high-level disciplines such as chemistry, marine science, biology, ecology, and statistics. It has become a well-known university with increasing influence at home and abroad.
Zhang Rong, president of Xiamen University, said that the centenary is an important milestone in the process of running Xiamen University, and it is also a new historical starting point for us to move towards a new century.
Based on the new era and facing the new century, Xiamen University must take a higher historical position, a deeper strategic vision, look up at the stars, down-to-earth, and draw strength from China’s great practice.
Mr. Tan Kah Kee’s eldest grandson, Mr. Chen Liren, as the representative of the descendants of Mr. Tan Kah Kee, came to Xiamen University to express the most sincere congratulations to the school’s centennial birthday.
Mr. Tan Kah Kee's eldest grandson, Chen Liren, delivered a speech.
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He said that Xiamen University was the school where his grandfather devoted the most effort and hope in his life. Building Xiamen University was his life's career.
As a descendant of Tan Kah Kee, he has always been very concerned about the development of Xiamen University.
In recent years, we have seen the rapid development and outstanding achievements of Xiamen University, the spirit of high-spirited and hard-working staff of the school’s teachers, students and staff. We have seen Xiamen University’s more extensive influence among overseas Chinese and internationally, and we have seen the good performance of the Malaysian branch. We are extremely proud of the momentum of development.
He hoped that, entering the new century, Xiamen University's various undertakings will go to the next level and become a famous world-class university in the near future, realizing the grandfather's ambition of "building a world university".
The signing ceremony of "The Ministry of Education, the People's Government of Fujian Province, and the People's Government of Xiamen City continue to focus on the joint construction of Xiamen University."
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"In the new century, Xiamen University will continue to work hard on its school-running characteristics." Liu Guoshen, director of the Collaborative Innovation Center for the Peaceful Development of Cross-Strait Relations and a distinguished professor of Xiamen University's Taiwan Research Institute, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency that Xiamen University will conduct research in Taiwan. The field contributes to regional development and major national strategic needs. On the basis of first-class scientific research and personnel training, in the process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we strive to make the Taiwan issue disappear invisible while the country develops.