Quanzhou, September 5 (Reporter Sun Hong) The opening ceremony of the 2021 class of huaqiao University was held in quanzhou and xiamen campuses in Fujian province on the 5th, and more than 7,900 new students from all over the world will start their journey of studying and pursuing their dreams.
Affected by the epidemic, nearly 900 new students and their relatives and friends overseas participated in and witnessed this important moment of life by watching the opening ceremony online.
Affected by the epidemic, new students living overseas participated in and witnessed this important moment online. Photo by Liu Pei
"Cultivating today's students into tomorrow's social pillars is the top priority of all work of Huaqiao University." Wu Jianping, president of Huaqiao University, gave the new students the "first lesson of the university" with the title of "Finding the Right Direction and Forging Ahead".
As a university with a special mission and distinctive characteristics, Huaqiao University has always adhered to the principle of "facing overseas, facing Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan" and the purpose of "serving overseas Chinese and disseminating Chinese culture" in the past 61 years since its establishment, serving overseas Chinese youth returning to China to study, with more than 200,000 BGI alumni all over the world, and has made outstanding achievements in various industries and fields.
According to statistics, in 2021, Huaqiao University admitted a total of 8763 undergraduate freshmen, including 3358 overseas students, accounting for 38.3%, from more than 50 countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
Wu Jianping hopes that the new students of the class of 2021 will develop the habit of lifelong learning, cherish the opportunity to read, study diligently, think and act diligently, constantly improve themselves, and lay a solid knowledge foundation for long-term development; actively participate in social work and internship practice, cultivate learning ability, self-management ability, expression ability, communication ability, teamwork ability, organizational ability, innovation ability, cross-cultural understanding ability and global competence, etc., so that they can take on great responsibilities; establish a correct world outlook, outlook on life, values, and set great aspirations and great virtue. Do not follow the trend, do not blindly follow, learn to think independently, find the coordinates of life in the great changes of the great era, and integrate the youth struggle into the trend of social progress.
In order to enroll in time, more than 300 new students from abroad entered the country early this year and quarantined at their own expense. As one of them, Hong Kong freshman Leung Wai-kang was very excited, "During the quarantine, I have been searching for school information and pictures, and I am full of expectations for campus life. ”
"After the start of the semester, I will make a good study and life plan for the four years of college and be a new and better version of myself." Liang Weikang said.
Wang Jinghan from the School of Economics and Finance, speaking as a representative of the new students of Quanzhou Campus, said that as a student of overseas Chinese school, we will inherit and carry forward the spirit of BGI, continue to pursue excellence and forge ahead in this fertile land, spread Chinese culture, tell Chinese stories well, and let youth bloom in promoting civilization exchanges and mutual learning and building a community with a shared future for mankind.
Awards ceremony. Photo by Liu Pei
On the same day, Huaqiao University also informed the outstanding students who performed outstandingly in the 2020-2021 academic year and won glory for the school, and presented awards to the winners of the 2021 Huaqiao University President's Special Award.
In the previous academic year, Huaqiao University selected about 11,251 scholarships at all levels and about 4,105 honorary titles at all levels. Lin Kebin, a doctoral student in the School of Materials Science, won the 15th China University Student of the Year, and 2146 students achieved excellent results in various national and provincial competitions. 11 students, including Zhang Tao of the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, and 6 teams, including the "Overseas New Sound Generation" New Media Studio of the College of Chinese Literature, won the 2021 Huaqiao University President's Special Award, and were also awarded the Chengzhi Medal.
It is reported that from September 8, Huaqiao University's 2021 domestic student military training activities and overseas students' "Chengzhi" new student training camp will be held simultaneously in Quanzhou and Xiamen campuses. (End)
Source: China News Network