On June 26, the 2022 graduation ceremony and degree awarding ceremony of Huaqiao University were held at the two campuses. 6,977 young students from BGI will confidently set out from here, embark on society, go out into the world, and pursue their dreams of the stars and the sea.
The school’s party committee secretary Xu Xipeng, president Wu Jianping, Chinese Academy of Engineering academician Jiang Jianchun, school leaders Liu Bin, Bi Mingqiang, Wang Xiuyong, Wang Lixia, Lin Hongyu, Wan Anlun, Wang Jianhua, and principal assistant Zhang Yunbo attended the graduation ceremony. , and plucked the tassels and issued degree certificates to the graduates.
At the ceremony, Xu Xipeng accepted the flowers from the graduate representatives on behalf of the school.
Wu Jianping extended warm congratulations to all the students and parents of students present and online, expressed his heartfelt thanks to all the hard-working faculty and staff, and delivered a graduation speech titled "Always be a disseminator of Chinese culture" to prepare students for college. "The Last Lesson".
“My classmates, our school is the only university named after ‘overseas Chinese’ and has a unique mission. This is to spread Chinese culture to the outside world, promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, and gather people’s hearts and strength to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and build a community with a shared future for mankind. . This is also the common responsibility of all Huada people." To this end, Wu Jianping encouraged the graduates:
"First, be a firm believer in Chinese culture. Confidence in Chinese culture cannot just be lip service, but must be rooted in the heart and become a lifelong belief; it cannot be limited to traditional culture, but also includes contemporary Chinese civilization. The second is to be a model practitioner of Chinese culture. Not only must we tell Chinese stories well, but we must also unite knowledge and action, cultivate ourselves, demonstrate the charm of Chinese culture, and present a credible, lovely, and respectable image of China to the world. The third is to be an active developer of Chinese culture. We must not only learn and spread the excellent Chinese culture well, but also face the world and the future, and promote the creative transformation and innovative development of traditional Chinese culture.
Wu Jianping also sent a message to international students: While loving your own country and national culture, you should truly love and deeply understand Chinese culture, take the initiative to introduce a true, three-dimensional and comprehensive China to your relatives and friends, actively promote Chinese and foreign cultural exchanges and friendly cooperation, and provide yourself with The country's economic and social development sends light and heat to building a community with a shared future for mankind.
“It’s not that you fight because you see hope, but that you will have hope if you fight hard.” Wu Jianping wished the graduates to choose the right track in life and achieve excellent results. “My alma mater will always cheer for you and bless you!”
National China Yang Jiawen, member of the Youth Federation, director of the Management Committee of Beijing Jingshi (Quanzhou) Law Firm, and 2008 alumnus of the Law School, spoke as an alumni representative. Based on his own career experience, he encouraged the graduates to be honest and trustworthy and stick to the bottom line; take the initiative to innovate and seek truth, love to fight and dare to win; always be grateful and never forget to give back to their alma mater and society.
Academician Jiang Jianchun and Chair Professor Wu Xiaoan, who joined BGI at the end of last year, spoke as teacher representatives. Academician Jiang Jianchun is currently the dean of the Advanced Carbon Conversion Technology Research Institute. He combined his research experience in low-carbon conversion technology and carbon peak , carbon neutral , etc. to encourage students to always maintain a spirit of struggle and complete their achievements on the road to success. "Transformation"; always maintain a spirit of exploration and pursue the "peak" of an excellent life; always maintain an optimistic spirit and achieve "neutralization" of good times and adversities. Professor Wu Xiaoan, Director of the Institute of Overseas Chinese and Regional Studies, combined his own experience of studying, researching, and working at home and abroad to encourage graduates to believe more in uncertain times from three aspects: belief, vision, and behavioral choices. In the future, believe in dreams, believe in yourself, have an open and diverse vision, insist on doing something and not doing something, actively seek innovation and change, and welcome your various possibilities.
Affected by the epidemic, students living abroad were unable to attend the graduation ceremony in person.
"China College Student Self-improvement Star", School of Materials Science and Engineering Zou Yu who has won the National Scholarship twice, and the 2022 President's Special Award winner, Xu Yijie of the School of Politics and Public Administration from Hong Kong, China, as a graduate The representative made a speech, looking back fondly on the four years of experience and gains, thanking his alma mater for nurturing him, thanking his teachers for their cultivation, and led the graduates to swear: "Never forget the upbringing of your parents, remember the teachings of your teachers; spread Chinese culture and tell Chinese stories well; Should shoulder the historical mission and strengthen the confidence to move forward; love the country and the people, temper moral character, be brave in innovation, learn and work hard; run the best results on the track of youth, so that tomorrow's Huaqiao University will be proud of me..."
On the same day, Vice President Wang Xiuyong read out To commend outstanding graduates, Vice President Wang Lixia presided over the graduation ceremony and announced the decision to award degrees. Professor Wei Zhanhua from the Institute of Luminous Materials and Information Display served as the officiating guest holding an academic scepter.
In the warm-up session, the graduates sang "My Motherland and Me", "The Wind Rises", "New Boy", "Red Sun" and other songs, showing the youthful style of Hua University students and expressing the graduates' longing and hope for the future. Blessings from the motherland.
Unlike previous years, this year the school specially provided a three-piece graduation gift package for graduates: a set of customized masks printed with the landmark buildings of Quanzhou campus, Xiamen campus, and the Chinese Language and Culture College, "Remember In addition to the "Taste of Huayuan" meal vouchers and graduation oath commemorative cards, they also specially filmed graduation MVs, produced graduate photo albums including all colleges, etc. and played them on site, allowing graduates to recall this unforgettable Huayuan time together. The graduation ceremony was broadcast live online, with 237,000 viewers. (Correspondent: Wu Jianghui)
