On March 23, the 10th Role Models Award Ceremony titled “Pledge to the Party to Make Our Country Strong” kicked off at Zhuoyu Auditorium in Boyuan Building to reward all outstanding groups and individuals who received scholarships and honorary titles during the 2021-2022 academic year. Han Xianzhou, Party Secretary of CUEB, Xu Fang and Wu Hui, Deputy Party Secretaries, Yin Zhichao, Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President, attended the ceremony. Sun Haozhe, Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President, presided over the ceremony.

Han Xianzhou remarked that patriotism is the core of the ceremony, and it is also a reflection of “inheriting the revolutionary spirit and sustaining our revolutionary legacy” with CUEB’s characteristics. Since the year of 2023 is the first year to implement the spirit of the Party’s 20th National Congress, we must firmly bear in mind the thought of “two overall situations” (the national rejuvenation strategy within a wider context of the once-in-a-century changes), and grasp the essence of the “two-step strategic plan”. That means China will basically realize socialist modernization from 2020 through 2035 and build it into a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious, and beautiful from 2035 through the middle of this century. Through vivid and rich historical events and classic cases, he reviewed the glorious undertakings and great achievements of the unremitting Party members in the past generations. He guided students to correctly understand the goals, responsibilities, and struggles by telling his own experiences.

He emphasized that General Secretary Xi Jinping highly values and cares about youth, and delivered a series of important speeches on youth work, encouraging young people to be ideal, tough and responsible. He used touching stories of General Secretary Xi Jinping to encourage students to take the initiative to learn from role models. Keep in mind the motto to “Stay Young and Keep Fighting”, we need to practice at grassroots, namely, discovering the spirit of China with our own eyes, listening to the voice of the people with our own ears, feeling the pulse of the time with our own hearts. We must realize the value of life to take up the relay in promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

The ceremony kicked off with the opening video "CUEBers Walking in the Light". Xi Ran from the School of Culture and Communication, and Feng Yi from the School of Economics, together with other students, presented an original stage play "Blessed with Light and Wish to Shine". The stage play follows the story that a student gradually strengthened her belief and her motivation to join the Party after close communication with her friends, parents, and teachers. This play is a vivid reflection of numerous CUEBers, motivating all teachers and students to feel the strength of their beliefs in the Party under the definite pledge to the Party to make our country strong.

Sun Haozhe presides over the award ceremony.

Wang Jinbao, Minister of the Student Affairs Department of the Party Committee, introduced the 2022 awards with 28 scholarships and honorary titles in total to advanced groups and individuals. Wang encouraged them to becom exemplars with practical actions, and urged all students to take them as a mirror, setting the ideal of becoming qualified young people of the new era. 

Yin Zhichao awarded the student representatives of individual scholarships. Among undergraduates, a total of 2015 individuals were rewarded with academic scholarships, 425 with social work scholarships, 19 individuals and 19 groups with scholarships for cultural and sports competitions, 51 individuals and 95 groups with scholarships for scientific research and innovation, and 10 students with social sponsorship. 51 postgraduates also received scholarships for scientific research and innovation and 6 overseas students received Chinese Government Scholarships and 4 overseas students were honored with the title of Excellent Oversea Student.

Chi Lei, a representative of individual scholarship, the winner of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, and a student from the School of Finance, shared his story on entrepreneurship with a speech themed “Chasing the Dream with a Burning Heart”. Chi Lei said that he will continue staying true to his aspiration and carrying on the practical efforts to write the most beautiful chapter of youth with the “Camel Spirit” of CUEBers.

Wu Hui presented awards to the participating collectives and student representatives. A total of 870 people in CUEB won various honorary titles, including 18 municipal Merit Student titles, 7 Municipal Outstanding Student Cadre titles, 402 university-level Merit student titles and 443 university-level Outstanding Student Cadre titles. On top of that, 6 classes were awarded the Beijing Advanced Class, 27 classes CUEB advanced class. 23 classes and 5 classes CUEB excellent learning style class and CUEB Top Ten class respectively. Moreover, 45 dormitories were awarded the five-star dormitory title, and 9 student Party branches were awarded in the Party “1+1” program activity.

The Communication Class 2020 of the School of Culture and Communication made presentation as the winning collective representatives of CUEB Top Ten class. Guided by the political requirements that “Our Party must be politically strong, highly competent, innovative and down-to-earth, and able to fight and win” put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping, the Class strives to be media professionals in the new era who dare to shoulder the mission and contribute the strength to national media cause, focusing on ideological construction, professional ability, academic practice and social service.

91 students in CUEB have won the National Scholarship and 272 have won the National Encouragement Scholarship. Xu Fang presented awards to the winners.

Han Xianzhou presented awards to the President’s Scholarship winners. As the highest award for students in CUEB, President’s Scholarship is set to reward undergraduates (or Junior college students) with excellent moral qualities, solid professional skills, outstanding innovation ability, and excellent comprehensive qualities. A total of 11 students have been awarded this year.

Wang Jinli, a student representative of the School of Economics who won the President’s Scholarship, shared his learning, practice and research experience with the title of “Pursuing the Research Dream, and Staying True to the Original Aspiration in Serving the Capital Development”. Based on personal experience, he told the students that they should build on what they have learned and keep striving to be the vanguard in the new era, to serve the country and the world in the best time of life.

Subsequently, representatives of students discharged from military service, volunteers, and grassroots constructors of our school recited the story titled “Pledge to the Party to Make Our Country Great”, sharing their experiences of integrating knowledge into actions such as serving in the army, dedicating themselves to national defense, participating in volunteering work at grassroots, etc. The teachers and students were deeply impressed with these great endeavors.

Leaders of the Institutional Affairs Department of CUEB, Party Secretaries, Deans, Deputy Party Secretaries, counselors and student representatives of each school attended the ceremony.