Young people chasing their dreams began their journey. On the morning of 6 September, the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Freshmen of Harbin University of Science and Technology and the Military Training Mobilization Meeting were held in the West District Stadium. The university welcomed the 2024 science and engineering students with a full sense of ceremony, encouraging them to start their university journey with full enthusiasm and high morale.
President Liu Xia, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President Chen Qing’guo, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee, Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervisor Sun Shuhai, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President Zang Yongjun, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President Yang Zhongxue, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President Du Jun, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President Lin Yi, Special Guest Mechanical 99 Alumnus, General Manager of Shanghai Yixun Automotive Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and President of the Shanghai Alumni Association Li Baoming attended the ceremony. The ceremony was presided over by Guo Jiali, deputy secretary of the party committee and chairman of the trade union.
Ceremony for Young People - Meeting HUST
The sassy golden autumn heralds a bumper harvest on the “new” road, and the loud singing carries the expectations of science and technology. The 15-minute singing session ignited the audience and warmed up the ceremony. At 9 o’clock, all teachers and students at the ceremony saluted the national flag and sang the national anthem together. The opening ceremony of the Class of 2024 officially kicked off.
At the university emblem wearing ceremony, the university leaders and guests wore the university emblem for the freshman representatives, and all the freshmen wore it simultaneously. The university emblem shining on the chest is a heritage, an expectation, and a responsibility and responsibility for the new generation. Wearing this badge means that the youngest HUST students have taken over the spiritual torch of “inheriting and innovating and seeking excellence and courage”, and they are about to shine on their respective youth tracks, share the mission of development, and share the glory of HUST.
The First Lesson - Thought Guidance
President Liu Xia delivered a speech entitled “Live up to the youth and the historical mission, and strive to become a new person of the era worthy of the great task of national rejuvenation”. On behalf of all the teachers, students and staff of the university, he extended warm congratulations and sincere welcome to the new students of the class of 2024, and at the same time expressed his high respect and heartfelt thanks to the parents and teachers who have worked hard to cultivate, care for and care for the growth and success of students. Liu Xia said that the opening ceremony is the “first lesson of college” for new students, which helps everyone to better plan their university life. As the “new generation force” of Harbin Institute of Technology, it not only needs the careful cultivation and careful guidance of the school and teachers, but also needs a high degree of self-discipline to persist in learning and broaden horizons, and it is also necessary to take the initiative to embrace practice with a down-to-earth attitude, constantly explore the true knowledge outside the books, experience the real talents outside the classroom, and strive to grow into a trendsetter who is upright and responsible, and achieves his career and dreams in the fiery practice of devoting himself to Chinese-style modernization!
In his speech, Liu Xia placed his trust and hope on the students:
First, I hope that students will cherish their family and country and have lofty aspirations. As a young person of science and technology in the new era, we must weave our personal pursuit into the longitude and latitude of the rapid development of the country, establish great ambitions, become pillars of talent, cultivate great feelings, and show a big mind; It is necessary to face the major needs of the country, touch the pulse of the development of the times, strengthen the mission in the rejuvenation of the country and the country, highlight the overall pattern, and grow into a successor who cherishes the family and the country and can take on great responsibilities. Second, I hope that students will choose carefully and work hard. To choose Harbin Institute of Technology, we must choose to be in the company of excellence, and we must choose to keep up with excellence; As long as you work hard and dare to be the first, Harbin Institute of Technology’s 74 years of walking with the country, and the equipment of Harbin Institute of Technology to serve the country sincerely, you will be able to hold up your dreams. Third, I hope that students will study hard and have the courage to practice. To truly learn, we must dare to gnaw “hard bones” and be willing to sit on the “cold bench” in order to master true knowledge and temper real skills; To achieve results, we must endure loneliness and stand the test, so as to have real skills and increase real talents; The success of the cause can never be achieved overnight, but depends on silent hard work, precipitation and dormancy, and continuous struggle.
Looking back on the development process of Harbin University of Science and Technology and the outstanding deeds of the majority of outstanding alumni, Liu Xia emphasized that “the sea is vast and all fish can swim, and the sky is high and all birds can fly”, born in a prosperous era, the stage for displaying talents is incomparably broad, and the prospects for realizing dreams are incomparably bright, and he hopes that the freshmen of the class of 2024 will live up to their youth, live up to their historical mission, and strive to become a newcomer of the era worthy of the great task of national rejuvenation!
Loving Wishes from Alumni and Teachers
When sending a message to the new students, alumnus Li Baoming fondly recalled his study time at Harbin University of Science and Technology and shared his work experience. He used the words “filial piety, kindness, and diligence” to encourage the students to cherish their time, study diligently, have the courage to explore, and achieve themselves, write their own wonderful chapters in Harbin University of Science and Technology, and contribute their youth to the realization of the Chinese Dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Professor Chi Qing’guo of the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering spoke on behalf of the faculty and put forward three suggestions on “how to deal with the competition and pressure of modern society” that the freshmen are concerned about: First, broaden their horizons and clarify their goals; The second is down-to-earth, diligent and hard-working; The third is to face difficulties and forge ahead. He encouraged students to be calm, persevering, brave to pursue their dreams, and live up to their time during this golden period.
Oaths from HUST Freshmen
Ning Yuhan, a 2024 student of the School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, spoke as a graduate student representative, expressing the need to cultivate the trend of “making torches into yang” with the state of “no less than a little blur”, and to achieve the ability of “far-reaching” with the power of “perseverance”. To be a science worker, to establish a science and technology ambition, to become a science and technology work, to actively respond to the call of the times, to integrate the small self into the big self, and to contribute to the development of Heilongjiang and the realization of the dream of a strong country in science and technology.
Li Zeyu, the representative of the 2024 undergraduate students of the School of Automation, said in his speech, “As a new generation of science and technology workers, we must have the passion of not waiting for the whip to be raised, stick to the original intention, chase the waves, and move forward bravely.”
“Today, I am an honorable student of HUST. Standing at a new starting point, I want to do it: shoulder the lofty ideals of the ceremony, and never forget the original mission... Bravely undertake the great task of rejuvenation and strive to be a new person of the times.” Under the oath of Bai Yating, a graduate student majoring in industrial and engineering management, all the freshmen of the class of 2024 took the oath of collective admission. The opening ceremony came to an end with a solemn oath.
Serious Military Training Mobilization
After the ceremony, the mobilization meeting for undergraduate military training began. The conference was presided over by Dai Xiangzhu, Minister of the Department of Education and Industry of the Party Committee and Minister of the Armed Forces, and Chen Qing’guo, deputy commander of the military training division, presented the flag to the military training division.
Guo Jiali, deputy political commissar of the military training division, put forward three hopes and requirements to the students in his military training mobilization speech: first, we must strictly abide by discipline and rules, sharpen our tenacious will, and show our youthful demeanor with the responsibility of “strengthening the country with me”; Second, it is necessary to strengthen unity and cooperation, enhance collective consciousness, and write a chapter of youth with the courage of “struggling with me”; The third is to cherish the opportunity, enhance patriotic feelings, and anchor the course of youth with the ambition of “taking responsibility with me”.
As all the teachers and students sang the song“Singing for Our Motherland”, the military training mobilization meeting ended successfully.
Heads of relevant departments of the university, secretaries of party committees, deans, deputy secretaries of party committees of each college, all freshman counselors, and all freshmen of the class of 2024 participated. The opening ceremony was carried out in a “combination of online and offline”, and the cadres, teachers and students of Rongcheng College participated in the opening ceremony and the military training mobilization meeting online.
