Editor: Mi Liping, Eleven Source: Zhenghe Island (ID: zhenghedao)
Recently, the video of President Wang Shuguo's resignation has become popular all over the Internet.
This is not the first time he has become popular on the Internet, as early as July 2, 2023, a university president's advice to graduates in the rain swiped the screen online.
His name is Wang Shuguo, and a few days ago, the Internet celebrity president stepped down and retired, leaving Xi'an Jiaotong University where he had stayed for 10 years.
Along the way, the whole school came to see each other off. And Wang Shuguo also bowed deeply in the three directions where the teachers and students were.
Until he left, he said goodbye in the car, silently telling his gratitude and reluctance to this school.
In Xi'an Jiaotong University, this kind of two-way travel with students has been staged countless times by Wang Shuguo.
Once, when he was picking tassels for graduates, Wang Shuguo was picked up by a boy and amused everyone on and off the stage.
This much-loved president has spent ten years planting the university spirit on the campus of Xi'an Jiaotong University and leaving himself in the hearts of students.
He demolished the walls of Xi'an Jiaotong University, and at the same time demolished the walls between universities and enterprises, and between students and society. Xi'an Jiaotong University became the first university in China without walls.
In 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce "blacklisted" 13 Chinese universities, including Xi'an Jiaotong University, "inexplicably, but proudly," Wang said.
At the age of 44, he resolutely gave up the opportunity to be promoted to vice governor of Heilongjiang and devoted himself to the education sector, where he worked for 20 years.
Wang Shuguo's life has always been practicing a passage in his speech.
A person's life should be spent in such a way that when he looks back on the past, he does not regret that he wasted his time, nor is he ashamed of his inaction. Before he died, he was able to say: "My whole life and all my energies have been devoted to the most magnificent cause in the world." ”
1. From an oil worker to an "Internet celebrity principal"
In 1958, Wang Shuguo was born in an ordinary family in Xian County, Hebei Province. But when he was nine years old, due to family changes, his father suddenly disappeared, and he took on the burden of life alone at a young age.
Every morning at 3 a.m., before dawn, he has to collect firewood, do laundry and cook, and take care of his 3-year-old brother and his mother, who is seriously ill in bed. In the afternoon, when he came home, he would cut the grass and feed the sheep and rabbits, and in the evening when his mother and brother went to sleep, he could read his beloved book.
Despite the hardships in life, Wang Shuguo never gave up his desire to study. However, the hemp rope was broken in detail, and when he graduated from high school, he lost his qualification to enter the university because he did not "go to the mountains and go to the countryside".
At the age of 19, Wang Shuguo was still working as an oil worker in the drilling team. In dog days, a 13-meter-long tubing weighing 270 pounds requires two people to lift it up and walk 5 kilometers. In the cold winter wax moon, you need to go outside to break the ice manually.
In those moments when the oil field roared, he always remembered his desire to go to school and study. So in my spare time, I read all the books I could read, including "Capital", "How Steel is Made", and the four famous books.
When the reform and opening up and the college entrance examination resumed, Wang Shuguo was admitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Harbin Institute of Technology, and after ten years of hard study, he stayed at Harbin Institute of Technology as a lecturer after graduation.
When he was studying at Harbin Institute of Technology, he wrote a couplet with his classmates: turning pliers, milling, grinding, tensioning, bending, twisting and shearing.
The horizontal batch is: who else is me.
The upper link is the five types of machining, the lower link is the five properties of mechanics, and the horizontal batch is their promise to their future.
In 1993, Wang Shuguo was promoted to professor and was hired by the State Science and Technology Commission as the deputy leader of the "863 Program" intelligent robot expert group, and was known as "China's second-generation simulation robot discipline leader".
In 1999, Wang Shuguo was transferred from the vice president of Harbin Institute of Technology to the position of director of the Heilongjiang Provincial Science and Technology Commission and director of the Department of Science and Technology. The leaders at that time wanted to promote him to vice governor, but they politely declined.
Two years later, Wang Shuguo returned to Harbin Institute of Technology, where he served as the president of his alma mater for more than ten years, and became one of the youngest presidents of the "C9 Alliance" universities in China.
In 2014, Xi'an, thousands of miles away from Harbin, another century-old famous university was struggling in the quagmire, it was Xi'an Jiaotong University, which was associated with Wang Shuguo in the later period.
At that time, Xi'an Jiaotong University's reputation was not as good as before, its ranking was declining year by year, the equipment was outdated, and there was a shortage of funds, and many students were reluctant to apply for the exam.
At this time, Wang Shuguo left Harbin Institute of Technology and came to Xi'an Jiaotong University as the president. When he first arrived at Xi'an Jiaotong University, Wang Shuguo said that he wanted to bring the school back to the top ten, and many students looked at each other and laughed at each other, more self-deprecating. But as time went on, the students found that this promise was slowly becoming a reality.
2. Tear down the wall and let Xi'an Jiaotong University return to the top ten
After taking office, Wang Shuguo said in his speech at the meeting of all the university's cadres: First, Jiaotong University is the Jiaotong University from which we have graduated and all the teachers, students, and staff who are now in the university; second, Jiaotong University is not only the Jiaotong University of Shaanxi Province; and third, Jiaotong University is not only the Jiaotong University of Shaanxi, but also the Jiaotong University of China and even the world.
Wang Shuguo once said, "As a principal, we should not think about how to become an academician, but about the development of a school and how to make the school produce more academicians." A good principal should be able to plan the future of the school from a global perspective, a national perspective and the development needs of human society. ”
On October 13, 2014, the leadership team of Xi'an Jiaotong University made an agreement in the "Ten Rules of the Law":
Immerse yourself in the management work;
The first position of the school leader is management, and the first responsibility is to promote the development of the school;
Ensure that you work in a management position for more than eight hours a day;
When there is a contradiction between management and academics, management is the main thing;
Set an example for the cadres of the whole school, and drive the investment of middle-level cadres with their own input;
Efforts should be made to improve the efficiency and quality of the work in charge.
Another key move by Wang Shuguo is to tear down the wall of Xi'an Jiaotong University.
He clearly understands that the most important contradiction facing higher education is the disconnection between universities and society, and the development of colleges and universities should be integrated with the society in an all-round way and directly connected. The university of the future is no longer a closed, isolated individual.
Therefore, it is urgent to tear down the wall between universities and enterprises, and between students and society.
You know, in China, it is already a consensus to build a wall to separate the university from society. But Wang Shuguo insisted on tearing down this wall, not only physically, but also mentally and mentally.
In 2019, a new campus of Xi'an Jiaotong University without walls was born, also known as the "Western China Science and Technology Innovation Port".
Here, students will have a card access control when they enter a single dormitory, but when they leave the dormitory, they are social. There are also the most cutting-edge industrial layout and school-enterprise joint research centers, and around the school, Wang Shuguo has also laid out a number of science and technology towns, new material towns, robot towns, and drone towns......
This turns Wang Shuguo's wish into reality: "I hope that the campus will not have walls, not only physical walls, but also academic walls." ”
In just one year, the Innovation Port has attracted 29 research institutes, 8 large-scale instrument and equipment sharing platforms, more than 300 scientific research institutions and think tanks, and more than 30,000 scientific research talents, including dozens of academicians.
Many entrepreneurs have broken into society from this "wallless" school and become future stars in the field of technology. On the track of energy storage and new materials, a number of entrepreneurial teams that have close ties with Xi'an Jiaotong University have won the favor of the investment community.
In 2021, the dream of returning to the top 10 has also come true. In that year, Xi'an Jiaotong University's scientific research funding exceeded 10 billion yuan, becoming the seventh in the country, and the comprehensive ranking of the school also returned to the top ten in the same year.
At the same time, Xi'an Jiaotong University has also established the College of Future Technology and the College of Modern Industry. Among them, the School of Future Technology has set up four professional directions: artificial intelligence, energy storage science and engineering, intelligent manufacturing engineering and medical engineering.
In Wang Shuguo's view, Xi'an Jiaotong University should cultivate "high-precision and cutting-edge" talents, and enhance the industry's key core technology research and independent innovation capabilities.
Judging from the development of artificial intelligence and the popularity of new quality productivity today, this initiative was extremely advanced at that time.
Wang Shuguo once said at the graduation ceremony: "There is nothing you can't do in the world, but you don't want to do it, whether you want to do it, whether you dare to do it." ”
He used his practical actions to tell countless young students that "everything is possible".
3. Why is the "Treasure Principal" treasured?
Every Xi'an Jiaotong University member will not deny that Wang Shuguo has led everyone to start a business for 10 years and forge ahead, in exchange for the "rebirth" of Xi'an Jiaotong University, the new weather, and the development of the school has embarked on the fast track.
As a university leader, he has won the heartfelt respect of the majority of teachers and students with his noble personality, profound knowledge, outstanding ability and honest image. And these recognitions and praises, he deserves them.
1. Be approachable
Because he laughs very much like actor Song Xiaobao, the students of Xi'an Jiaotong University affectionately call Wang Shuguo "Principal Xiaobao", "Principal Treasure" and "People's Principal".
Wang Shuguo often communicates cordially with teachers and students. Once, when he saw a group of students waiting in line for a meal in the cafeteria, he volunteered to join them and waited with them for a meal, which won unanimous praise from the students.
Another time, he happened to meet a freshman who had just been admitted on campus, and he did not hesitate to shake hands with the freshman and congratulate him on his successful admission. This scene was witnessed by passing students, prompting a round of applause and cheers.
During Wang Shuguo's tenure at Xi'an Jiaotong University, the graduation ceremony for graduates and their President Wang to take a group photo has become a "scenery" on the campus of Xi'an Jiaotong University.
Even in any corner and at any moment inside and outside the campus, President Wang was pulled together by teachers, students, visitors, and parents of students. He just stood kindly, smiling, cooperating, without a trace of impatience or impatience.
2. Feelings of family and country
Wang Shuguo's unscripted speeches over the years have been popular many times, and "family and country feelings" is one of the constant themes and keywords.
He said that a person who does not have the feelings of family and country cannot talk about ambition, and soft bones can never stand up to the backbone of the nation; he said that the feelings of family and country are not far away, they are all around us, and without feelings, people will lose the direction of progress and be at a loss to deal with it.
Almost every time he calls out to parents and students, Wang Shuguo will emphasize that "it is necessary to closely integrate personal ideals with social development, the future of the country, and the prosperity and development of the national cause."
Whether it is "remembering the ambition, backbone, and confidence of his predecessors", or "writing a life without regrets", he can always use simple but profound language to inspire the hearts of young people, light up the road ahead of students, and make netizens can't help but praise "speaking truthfully".
At the graduate graduation ceremony on July 2, 2023, Wang Shuguo suddenly rained heavily when he was speech, but Wang Shuguo, who gave an unscripted speech on stage, was still very calm, "Although we are experiencing wind and rain, I really don't want to leave what I want to say to you later."
A moment later, Lu Jianjun, secretary of the Xi'an Jiaotong Party Committee, silently held up an umbrella behind him, and the umbrella tilted towards him. As long as Wang Shuguo spoke, Lu Jianjun lasted as long.
It was Wang Shuguo's 10th year at Xi'an Jiaotong University and his third year with Lu Jianjun.
The scene of Lu Jianjun holding an umbrella for Wang Shuguo rushed to the hot search. As netizens said, "The principal's speech teaches everyone to do things, and the secretary plays an umbrella to teach everyone to be a person. ”
Many netizens were moved by this scene, and there were rave reviews on the Internet. Some netizens praised that this is the best lesson for graduates.
3. The spirit of westward migration
The word that Wang Shuguo most often mentions in Xi'an Jiaotong is "the spirit of westward migration".
In 1955, in order to meet the needs of the national defense situation and the layout of socialist construction, the central government decided to move Jiaotong University from Shanghai to Xi'an. More than 1,400 faculty members and nearly 3,000 students of Jiaotong University boarded the westbound train of "Marching to Science" without hesitation, setting off a sea of construction that shook the world.
The westward migration permit is printed with the words "March to Science and Build the Great Northwest"
The spirit of westward migration of "where the party tells us to go, we will go with our bags on our backs" and the plane trees brought from the south when we moved westward, were planted in the bones of Xi'an Jiaotong University.
Wang Shuguo, who traveled from the northeast to the northwest, became the new inheritor of the spirit of westward migration.
On December 30, 2018, Wang Shuguo, as the president of Xi'an Jiaotong University, was a guest on CCTV's "Let's Talk", in which he traced the history of the school when the school was born at the time of the nation's peril, and told the touching details of tens of thousands of teachers and students who responded to the country's call to move west.
He also encouraged the majority of young students to closely integrate their personal ideals with social development, the future of the country and the prosperity and development of the national cause, and never forget their original aspirations and keep their missions in mind.
Twenty years ago he was the youngest president of C9 and was on campus, and today he is the oldest president of any public university.
For nearly a third of his life, he was called "principal", and his temples slowly turned white.
From a head full of green silk to gray hair
Now, Wang Shuguo has stepped down as principal. The students' reluctance and tears in their eyes may be the greatest recognition of him.
4. Conclusion: The country needs more principals like Wang Shuguo
From April 2014 to his resignation, Wang Shuguo has served as the president of Xi'an Jiaotong University for ten years.
In ten years, Xi'an Jiaotong University has returned to the top ten in the country from the downturn;
In ten years, Xi'an Jiaotong University's scientific research funding has become the seventh in the country;
In ten years, Xi'an Jiaotong University has become an Internet celebrity school that the whole network pays attention to;
In ten years, Xi'an Jiaotong University has built a new Innovation Port Campus, with a new look in terms of resources and scale.
In the past ten years, Xi'an Jiaotong University has become more and more popular with young people, and the admission score line of the college entrance examination has steadily climbed.
In his ten years in office, Wang Shuguo has had many moments out of the circle and has become the "Internet celebrity principal" in many people's mouths.
Wang Shuguo's "redness" has nothing to do with the traffic economy and eyeball economy, and what a real educator needs is by no means to be on the hot search list and enter the topic area.
The public's attention to Wang Shuguo, in the final analysis, is to care about the current concept of China's higher education, the development of Chinese universities, and the cultivation of talents.
In this regard, the swiping of Wang Shuguo's video also shows that when truly valuable and meaningful content is presented to the public, people are of course "knowledgeable".
Mei Yiqi once said: "The so-called university is not only a building, but also a master." ”
The country needs more principals like Wang Shuguo.
The full text of the speech in the rain of the kingdom tree
Dear Students,
Hello everyone!
This is the first time we've been in the middle of a storm to celebrate our graduation ceremony, and I'm really happy to make the storm harder!
Even though we've been through a lot of weather, I really don't want to leave what I want to say to you for later. Because this is so important, I need to reach a consensus with everyone. Just now, our teacher representatives, our alumni representatives, and our school secretaries have placed deep expectations on you and explained their feelings and insights about your future life path.
What I want to tell you today is, in our new era, how should we do it? Let me tell you three words: new era, new track, new journey.
First, a new era. What is the new era? The Fourth Industrial Revolution will completely change the world. You have gone through the postgraduate studies and research training, and you will take on more important responsibilities when you go out into society. And this new era will change the course of the future development of human society, and you will have unlimited room for development.
Why is it said that the fourth industrial revolution will change the future course of human society? Because the first, second, and third industrial revolutions are only to make progress in a single field, and then drive the development of the whole society.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is an all-round "explosion", it is a qualitative leap, and it is an inflection point in the development process of human society. When you go out into society, you are going through such a great change, and this great change will provide you with a big stage.
Second, the new track. New technologies are emerging one after another, and a number of new tracks have emerged, and the original ones are no longer applicable. The new track will determine the development process of a country and a nation in this era, and the great cause of our country's national rejuvenation will keep pace with this.
In this historical process, can you open up a new track, can you lead a new track, and can you be a "trendsetter" in the new era? This will test every one of us who is interested in serving the country. Since the day of its birth, Jiaotong University has cherished the feelings of family and country and the rise and fall of the country, and we have always undertaken the national mission.
Therefore, in the new era, we must have the courage to open up new tracks and be the "trendsetters" of the times on the new tracks.
Third, a new journey. How easy is it to achieve national rejuvenation? Great power games, regional geopolitics, and technological blockade...... It has brought us many challenges, but we can't stop, we can only move forward boldly, just like today's storm, we are still on the way forward to fulfill our responsibilities and show the demeanor of Jiao Tong people.
The new journey requires us not only courage, but also our courage, scientific thinking, advanced thinking, planning for the future, and doing our current work in a down-to-earth manner.
When you go to society, you are faced with a number of opportunities, but also face greater challenges, many problems are waiting for you to solve, and many tracks are waiting for you to open up. In the trend of future development, you should be "trend-setters"!
I sincerely wish you all and all of you!
In this new era, new track, and new journey, we will show the demeanor of Jiao Tong University again, and let Jiao Tong University people be the light of the world.
Bless you all!
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