The Voice of CCNU "'Know thyself' is the greatest wisdom in life, so 'What am I doing here at CCNU? What to do in four years of college?'" On the evening of 21 September, Xia Lixin, Secretary of the Party Committee of the University, opened the first ideological and political theory course in Youming Gymnasium for all the new students of 2023, adopting a combination of offline lectures and online live broadcasting. The course was hosted by Chen Diming, deputy secretary of the university party committee.
Focusing on the theme of "Writing a New Chapter of Life in the New Journey", Xia Lixin recounted the main history of the predecessors of Huazhong Normal University such as Huazhong University, Zhonghua University and Central Plains University, and shared the stories of former alumni such as Yun Daiying, a model of young people, Qian Jiabo, a master of nationalism, and Zhang Kaiyuan, a historian, etc., and introduced the characteristics of the school which has a long history with distinctive features, a concentration of masters, and a large number of outstanding students.
"What kind of times are we in?" "What kind of situation are we facing?" "What kind of youth do we want to be?" The three questions aroused great interest among the students, and Xia Lixin answered them one by one -
"In the new era, China's height continues to break through, China's speed continues to accelerate, China's temperature continues to manifest ...... We are now closer to the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation than at any other time in history, and we are more confident and capable of achieving the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation than at any other time in history. "
"From the point of view of the international situation, the world's century-old change accelerates the evolution of the situation, the international balance of power profoundly adjusted, the international environment is more intricate and complex. From the point of view of the domestic situation, facing the reform, development and stability of the task is heavier than ever, encountered the pressure of the risk of more challenges than ever."
"The individual destiny of ordinary people has always resonated with the destiny of the country and is linked to it. In the face of the great era and situation, the youth of the new era should be firm in their ideals and beliefs, take on the great responsibility of national rejuvenation, and run out the excitement belonging to your generation in the relay run to build a strong socialist modernised country in all aspects."
"How to walk this part of the road of the university and write their own wonderful in Guizi Mountain?" Xia Lixin called on new students to accelerate the identity transition, enhance knowledge and skills, improve comprehensive literacy, cultivate the spirit of struggle and other four aspects of effort, a deep understanding of lying flat is not desirable, lying to win is not possible, Buddha can not be, swinging is not feasible, and strive to cultivate the spirit of hard work and endurance, and strive to retain the courage to struggle, optimistic attitude, take the initiative in a variety of difficulties in the will to hone, growth of competence.
Chen Diming, deputy secretary of the party committee of the school, pointed out in the summary, Xia Lixin, secretary of the report of the high level, bright theme, rich in connotation, in-depth, hoping that students seriously digest, draw wisdom, study hard, and become successful as soon as possible. A thought-provoking, fascinating questions, also triggered deep thinking.
Students have expressed that the youth of the new era will strive to promote youth and achieve their dreams, make good use of the most brilliant golden period in their lives, set up great ambitions, understand the virtues, become great talents, and take on a great task, and write a youthful chapter that lives up to the times on the new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country.
Source：The Voice of CCNU
Translator: Liu Yaqi
Date: October 6, 2023
