The opening ceremony of 2019 Spring Sports Meeting was held at the Track-and-field Ground, Huxi Campus, Chongqing University on the morning of April 12, 2019.
The national flag phalanx is entering.
At 9:00am, Wang Xu, deputy secretary of CPC CQU Committee, announced opening of the Spring Sports Meeting. Athletes of each phalanx then started to enter the Track-and-field Ground with the Athletes March being played. The national phalanxes marched forward in a high-spirited and highly uniformed manner. The newly added special phalanx – university flag phalanx – was holding banners bearing the “anniversary logos”, “anniversary themes”, “anniversary aims” and “slogan of the anniversary” and marching forward vigorously. The university flag phalanx and the alumni phalanx of Chongqing will participate in the passing of university flag of Chongqing Alumni Association, the first stop of the university flag passing.
University flag phalanx
The Spring Sports Meeting of Chongqing University has always been drawing extensive attention from teachers, students, media and netizens. The phalanx of each school would rack their brains to catch people’s eyes in this annual grand event, and would exhibit the great aspiration and vitality of their athletes. Many school phalanxes showed creative ideas they had come up with to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of new China, and the 90th Anniversary of Chongqing University.
“We should concentrate efforts on development of Sichuan and cultivate talents with the spirit of constant endeavoring, so that we could act as the pioneer of national rejuvenation”. The School of Arts phalanx danced to the anthem, and formed the figure “90” during marching.
The phalanx of the School of Mechanical Engineering formed the figures “70” and “90” with display boards held in their hands. The figures then changed into the five-starred red flag.
The phalanx of the School of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering was holding flower balls, as a way to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of new China and the 90th Anniversary of Chongqing University. The face changing, an element of Sichuan Opera, performed by a student, won roars of applauses from the audience.
The phalanx of the School of Automotive Engineering combined the martial arts with folding fan performance. The opening ceremony reached its climax when a child started to sing a song named Ode to the Motherland.
After all athletes entered the ground, Wang Xu, deputy secretary of CPC CQU Committee delivered a speech. In the speech, Wang stated that this grand event was a combination of the activities organized by Chongqing University themed healthy students and teachers, healthy China and healthy theme. Athletes had been preparing diligently for the Sports Meeting and were quite confident, showing the positive and youthful spiritual image of Chongqing University. She added that the teachers and students were fully prepared to exhibit their sports level and youth to the entire University and all sectors of society.
The solemn national anthem being played and the five-starred red flag on the rise, President Zhang Zongyi was delivering the opening speech. He said that strengthening of physical education was a key part of the education policy of CPC, and also formed an organic part of education of Chongqing University. The University has been attaching great importance to physical education, and CQU teachers and students of all generations love sports. In recent years, the physical education related work of Chongqing University has seen noticeable progress with joint efforts made by teachers and students of the University. It is now concentrating efforts on construction of the pilot projects of “three-full education” reform in an all-round way, with focus put on physical education. Specific measures include expedition of construction of sports facilities and stadiums, organization of universal sports activities, deepening of physical education teaching reform, and creation of an encouraging environment for physical education. The ultimate purpose is to provide better conditions for physical exercise of teachers and students. Zhang expressed his hope that the teachers and students would develop a habit of physical exercise, and learn to enjoy exercise as it invigorates our health, perfects our personality and tempers our wills.
Di Yuefeng, a student of the School of Physics, made a solemn vow on behalf of the athletes. Ran Zhouyanxi, a student from the School of Physical Education, also made a solemn vow on behalf of the judges.
Wang Xu, deputy secretary of CPC CQU Committee, presided at the opening ceremony of the “Worldwide University Flag Ship Passing for the 90th Anniversary of Chongqing University”. In order to allow oversea alumni of Chongqing University to get involved in the 90th Anniversary of Chongqing University and take part in development of the University, and allow CQU people all over the world to feel involved, Chongqing University has designed the “Worldwide University Flag Ship Passing for the 90th Anniversary of Chongqing University” with “university flag passed all over the world to celebrate the 90th Anniversary of Chongqing University”. The campaign aims to spread the idea of Chongqing University to “act as the pioneering to rejuvenate the Chinese nation”.
President Zhang Zongyi handed the university flag of Chongqing University to Chongqing Alumni Association. Lai Jiaguo, an alumnus of Chongqing University, made a solemn vow on behalf of the more than 400,000 CQU alumnus and alumna all over the world and the 79 university flag alumni associations across the world that: “We will bang the drum for passing of the university flag with our caring heart and deep love for Chongqing University; we will stand out when Chongqing University and other alumni need us with all the courage and determination of CQU alumni; we will make contributions to the society and to CQU with our wisdom, hardworking, achievements and progress; we will make joint efforts towards the goal of Chongqing University to build the ‘world-first-rate university with Chinese characteristics’, in an ultimate effort to turn a new page for development of CQU.”
After that, Zhou Xun announced the official launch of the “Worldwide University Flag Ship Passing for the 90th Anniversary of Chongqing University”. Then, the university flag will be passed to alumni in southwest China, south China and Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and will then be passed abroad. It will then cross 25 cities in 18 countries on the five continents, including Thailand, Australia, Ethiopia, the UK, the USA, and Peru, and will eventually come back to China. Afterwards it will be passed among alumni in northwest China, northeast China, central China and southeast China. The route covers all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and special administrative regions of China, involving totally 49 cities. The entire process is expected to take 183 days, and the university flag is to return to Chongqing University on October 12, 2019, the very anniversary day, and will be displayed at the 90th Anniversary Meeting of Chongqing University.
In the group performance that followed, the flower ball phalanx and the flag phalanx respectively put on a grand performance integrating music and dancing for the audience: The performers were all high-spirited and energetic, their dance steps vigorous, drumbeat measured, and formation diversified, all demonstrating the charm of young students of Chongqing University. The male-female high-pitched chorus performance named An Ode to the Motherland manifested the love of CQU people for their motherland. The opening ceremony then reached its climax.
The “Healthy Running” themed “healthy students and teachers and healthy China” was the last part of the opening ceremony. About 3,000 teachers and students participated in the activity. University officials, members of the running team of Chongqing University and phalanx members of each school ran around the Huxi Campus for one round within 1 hour. The entire route is about 3km in length.
Other officials present at the opening ceremony include: Academician Yang Shizhong and Academician Tianzhong Xingxiong from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Managing Vice President Yang Dan, Vice President Wang Shilong, Feng Yedong, a standing member of CPC CQU Committee and director of the Office of CPC CQU Committee, Xia Zhining, director of the Managing Committee of Huxi Campus, and related responsible persons of the functional departments and offices and schools.
It is reported that a total of more than 1,600 athletes have participated in the Winter Sports Meeting. “Friendship first and competition second” will be the philosophy they followed in the games. With full enthusiasm and brisk vitality, they all have the confidence to achieve a satisfactory result. There are 92 judges, and more than 100 volunteers and logistics supporters. They would do their best to safeguard the smooth going of the Sports Meeting. In the two days to come, 22 field events and 27 track events will be held at Siqun Square, Campus A, Chongqing University.
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