(Department of Party Affairs) The opening ceremony of the track and field sports meeting in 2019 was successfully held at the track and field ground at Nancheng Campus of Guangdong University of Science and Technology (GUST) on the morning of Nov 7. President of GUST Liang Ruixiong, Vice President of GUST Chen Biaoxin, Sun Jian, Li Cai and Zhao Huihua, and leaders in charge of relevant departments attended the ceremony, which was presided over by Vice President Chen Biaoxin.
Along with the powerful music, the National Flag guards solemnly escorted the Five-starred Red Flag and the school flag of GUST. The opening ceremony officially kicked off. There were a total of ten squares in this session. The flag square, the flower square, the volunteer square, the secondary college square and the referee team walked through the rostrum in a neat and orderly manner. Subsequently, a solemn flag-raising ceremony was held. The whole audience stood up, and with the national anthem ringing, the Chinese national flag fluttered in the wind, and all the teachers and students held their breath and watched.
President Liang Ruixiong addressed the opening ceremony. President Liang thanked all the teachers and students for their hardworking preparing for the sports meeting and paid tribute to the participating athletes and coaches. He then emphasized the importance of health concepts and physical education.
Next, he briefly reviewed the achievements of the school's physical education in the previous academic year, and fully affirmed the achievements of our students in various sports competitions. He said that these achievements are inseparable from the hard training of the students and the careful guidance of the teachers.
After that, President Liang hoped that at the first school-wide sports event after the initiation of the dual-campus mode, the students could carry forward the Olympic spirit, and hoped that the referees will be dedicated and fair. Finally, President Liang called on all teachers and students to establish a sports concept of “exercising one hour a day and living a healthy life for a lifetime” to achieve a colorful life with a healthy body.
In the end, the athlete Huang Zhenyong and the referee Li Jin solemnly took the oath on behalf of all the athletes and referees on the rostrum. The opening ceremony ended satisfactorily in the cheering of the audience.