Qing Ping delivering a speech. (photographer: Lei Yechao)
The opening ceremony of Zhang Zhidong Class initiated by HZAU to cultivate innovative talents based on the new teaching pattern was held in Room M412 of Humanities & Social Science Building on the afternoon of 12th October. The hostess was Xiao Xiangping, vice director of Academic Affairs and the attendees included Qing Ping, vice president and member of the standing committee of HZAU, heads of pertinent administrative departments, and deans of College of Plant Science & Technology and College of Economics & Management.
At the ceremony, Jiang Heng, director of Academic Affairs read out the students admitted into the Zhang Zhidong Class of year 2022 and Qing Ping conferred the admission letters on them.
Jin Siyuan, student representative of Zhang Zhidong Class (directed at agricultural sciences) of year 2021, gave four suggestions in her speech: to repel confusion through self-improvement; to make best efforts while working within ability; to build up your body through frequent exercises; and to draw up reasonable time schedule. Subsequently, Chen Yulan, student representative of Zhang Zhidong Class (directed at humanities and economic management) of year 2022, shared her story, saying that she will be stricter with herself in order to achieve all-round development and make positive contribution to the growth and prosperity of agriculture and China’s rejuvenation.
Qing Ping, on behalf of HZAU, extended a warm welcome to 69 students of the class and shared with them his unforgettable experiences as the head teacher in charge of the first Zhang Zhidong Class. He said students in this Class should set high expectations of and strict demands on themselves which will accordingly help broaden their horizons and expedite their self-development, thus living up to their own expectations as well as the society’s. He emphasized in particular that, members of the Zhang Zhidong Class should ponder on the class spirit that will enable them to resist the disruptive influence of prosaic life and demotivating people around when their initial passion is consumed afterwards and to keep moving forward. That is what the Zhang Zhidong Class is all about. To conclude the speech, Qing said that, to answer the call of general secretary Xi Jinping, HZAU will, with preferential conditions and high-quality resources, do its utmost to foster students into qualified socialist builders and successors that have scored an overall development in moral integrity, intelligence and academic excellence, physical fitness, aesthetic values and physical labor.
In the end, all the students took an oath led by Song Changming, the head teacher in charge of Zhang Zhidong Class (directed at humanities and economic management) of year 2022. The ceremony ended with the anthem of HZAU.
Source: http://m.hzau.edu.cn/article/8980
Translated by Zhu Tiantian
Supervised by Zeng Wenhua
