CWU Holds Opening Ceremony for Class of 2020

The China Women's University holds the opening ceremony for class of 2020 on September 22, 2020. [China Women's University]

The China Women's University (CWU) held the opening ceremony for class of 2020 on September 22.

Li Mingshun, Secretary of the Party Committee of the CWU, Liu Liqun, President of the CWU, Wang Jingxia and Wang Lian, vice-presidents of the CWU, and Zhao Hao, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the CWU, attended the opening ceremony. Ren Cuiru, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary of Committee for Discipline Inspection of the CWU, presided over the ceremony.

First-year students at the opening ceremony on September 22, 2020 [China Women's University]

The ceremony drew its curtain for the National Anthem. The students from the CWU, who had participated in the choir and women militia parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) on October 1, 2019, performed at the ceremony.

Representatives of women militia who had participated in a parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the PRC conduct a performance on September 22, 2020. [China Women's University]

Some members of the choir at Tiananmen Square to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the PRC sing a song at the opening ceremony on September 22, 2020. [China Women's University]

Li handed out gifts to the new students, urging them to study hard and strive to make progress.

Li Mingshun (L), Secretary of the Party Committee of the CWU, gives a gift bag to a student at the opening ceremony on September 22, 2020. [China Women's University]

Liu Liqun, President of the CWU, speaks at the opening ceremony on September 22, 2020. [China Women's University]

Liu delivered a speech at the ceremony. She noted that it is crucial for students to accumulate knowledge, develop skills and form values in the university, which laid a solid foundation for their all-round and lifelong development. She urged the students to study hard and cultivate good characters in the school.

Ren Cuiru (R), Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary of Committee for Discipline Inspection of the CWU, presides over the ceremony. [China Women's University]

Jiang Yao, a representative of the women militias, speaks at the ceremony. [China Women's University]

Jiang Yao, a representative of the women militias, spoke at the ceremony. Jiang shared her experience of participating in the women militia parade, and she encouraged the first-year students to promote the great spirit of combating the COVID-19 epidemic and shoulder the responsibility of national rejuvenation.

Wang Lu, a professor and dean of the School of Art, speaks at the ceremony. [China Women's University]

Wang Lu, a professor and dean of the School of Art, spoke at the ceremony. Wang urged the students to improve their abilities and become all-round socialist builders and successors in the new era.

Yan Yongqi, a first-year student, speaks at the ceremony. [China Women's University]

School leaders and teacher representatives also helped freshmen representatives to wear the school badge at the ceremony. Then, the ceremony concluded with a chorus of the school song.

School leaders and teacher representatives help freshmen representatives to wear the school badge at the ceremony. [China Women's University]

The opening ceremony concludes with a chorus of the school song. [China Women's University]

(Source: China Women's University/Translated and edited by Women of China)