China News Service, Xiamen, September 13 (Yang Fushan and Ouyang Guilian) The opening ceremony for the 2021 freshmen of Xiamen University was held on the 13th.
The opening ceremony, which is highly valued by the school and freshmen, was temporarily held online due to the impact of the epidemic. More than 10,000 teachers and students watched the ceremony live.
What's interesting is that the school originally prepared more than a thousand bottles of mineral water for the freshmen and placed them on the huge winding arena, offline as a witness to youth.
Some teachers and students said: "The need for epidemic prevention is understandable. The mineral water bottle is here, which means I am also here."
The five-star red flag fluttering in the wind inspires the young students of Xiamen University to fly their dreams and inspire youth.
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The podium for the opening ceremony was set in the magnificent winding arena.
The 2021 students are the first batch of freshmen to welcome Xiamen University after its centennial anniversary.
The slogans on both sides of the Shangxianchang steps "live up to the times, live up to the youth, live up to the ardent expectations of the party and the people; keep in mind the entrustment, forge ahead, and write a new chapter in the new era and new chapter of Xiamen University." Good expectations of the journey.
The young students of Xiamen University took the oath.
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The five-star red flag fluttering in the wind inspires the young students of Xiamen University to fly their dreams and inspire youth.
The “Xiamen University Centennial Celebration” mineral water prepared by the school for freshmen is neatly placed on the playground.
Because of the outbreak of the epidemic in Putian, Fujian, the school immediately changed the format of the opening ceremony from offline to online live broadcast due to the needs of epidemic prevention and control.
The "Xiamen University Centennial Celebration" mineral water neatly placed on the large playground of the Shangxianchang is a witness of youth offline.
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For Xiamen University, every year when new students enter and graduates leave school, it is a very solemn moment for the school.
The 2021 grade of Xiamen University freshmen will be students who will set sail from Xiamen University in the new century. The school has high hopes for them.
Zhang Yan, secretary of the Party Committee of Xiamen University, and Zhang Rong, principal, both appeared at the solemn opening ceremony.
Live online.
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At the ceremony, Zhang Yan said that building a world-class university is the long-cherished wish of all Xiamen University students. The students are the first batch of new students that Xiamen University has ushered in after entering the new century. He hopes that young students will enhance their sense of pride, mission and responsibility as new Xiamen University students. , To realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as its own responsibility, to serve the people with true talents, to contribute to the country with innovation and creation, to live up to the times, to live up to the youth, and to live up to the ardent expectations of the party and the people.
Zhang Rong shared with the freshmen with his speech "Building a New Century of Dreams and Striving for a New Journey", encouraging them to "take the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as their own responsibility, and enhance the ambition, backbone and confidence of being a Chinese." He hopes that the students will take the world as their responsibility , With great ambitions for the well-being of mankind; those who care about the greatness of the country, and shoulder the mission of strengthening the country; live up to the youth and develop the excellent skills for the country and the people.
The first quarter of Xiamen University.
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As a freshman representative, Shen Boyuan, a 2021 undergraduate student of the School of Economics of Xiamen University, said that as a young student on the starting line of the new century of Xiamen University, he should uphold the school motto of "Continuously strive for self-improvement, stop at perfection" and promote "patriotism, revolution, self-improvement, and science". Excellent school spirit, I know that I am in nowhere, fill my love in no bounds, deeply rooted in the feelings of home and country, and move forward with my head up. "
Watch the live broadcast of the opening ceremony in the student dormitory of Xiamen University.
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Liu Jiatong, a representative of senior students and a graduate student with a 2019 master's degree in the School of Information of Xiamen University, said that Xiamen University is a place where struggle is used to write the chapter of youth, a place where wisdom is used to ignite the light of science, and a place where faith leads the journey of struggle.
"Spread two centuries and two hundred years of dreams. Let us pave the way with youth, extend our ideals, connect our self-growth with the development of the motherland and the destiny of the nation, and strive to promote the school's "double first-class" construction and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The Chinese dream contributes to the power of youth."
Although held online, this special opening ceremony is destined to become a "special life memory" of Xiamen University, which will be unforgettable for a lifetime.
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