Time: 7th April, 2022.
Place: Sound Library, Campus A, Chongqing University
Host: He Jing
Topic: Stay Firm to Ideals and Convictions, Uphold high the Banner of Patriotism
Attendee: Graduate Students of Chongqing University
Recently, the 27th seminar, which was conducted by combining online and offline activities, was successfully held by Red Crag Reading Club of our school. As for the online activity, namely, the "14-day daily attendance activity" was launched from January 18 to January 31, 2022. Participants are required to select books and movies they are interested in from given recommendation lists, then upload their daily assignments to Xiaodaka mini-program for 14 days. In this way, students are encouraged to remain true to their original aspirations and keep their mission firmly in mind. And this online activity achieved great success, attracting graduate students from different schools of our university to participate enthusiastically.
The offline sharing session was held in the Sound Library of Campus A, Chongqing University, on the afternoon of April 7. He Jing from the School of Marxism Studies served as the host of this session. Graduate students have eagerly participated in it, including students from the School of Marxism Studies and College of Computer Science of our university. The sharing session mainly includes three parts, namely, appreciating clips from Nos Annees Francaises, sharing feelings after reading books and watching movies, and finally having the knowledge contests.
All students actively participated and sparked a heated discussion in the discussion, in which students willingly shared the touching stories and the unique feelings they’d got while reading. Wang Yu, a graduate student from the College of Computer Science of our university, mentioned: "Nos Annees Francaises was the first Television series that described the stories of the proletarian revolutionary pioneers, who had the opportunity to study abroad through the organization of the Work-study Program in France. Among them, Zhou Enlai and Zhao Shiyan, who witnessed the plights of our country, paid attention to domestic current affairs all the time, and wholeheartedly tried to find a feasible way to save China, with the spirit of selfless dedication, they had finally pointed out the direction for their later revolutionary cause and lighted the candles of hope in our poor and weak motherland at that time, which impressed and inspired me the most!" Chen Baisi from the School of Marxism Studies of our university shared her insights on the book Xi Jinping’s Seven Years as an Educated Youth, she said: "The book is a compilation of interviews with local villagers in Liangjiahe who worked with Xi at the time and a number of Xi’s fellow educated youths, to reveal what they remember about Xi amid that hardship from different viewpoints. Xi had to overcome all kinds of difficulties and obstacles when living in Liangjiahe, for example, he had to bear the primitive living condition which was dirty and flea-ridden, which was quite unimaginable compared with the comfortable life we live now. These interviews, incisively reveal Xi’s ability to undertake difficulties, and his perseverance, serves as a vivid teaching material that inspires us to boldly go through trials and hardships to further train our will."
The 14-day Red Crag Reading Club served as a communication platform for graduate students to learn the histories of the Party, stimulating their sense of patriotism and honing their wills to struggle for the ideal. Yang Longhua, from the School of Marxism Studies of our university, said: "Red Crag Reading Club provided opportunities for us to learn the great deeds our forerunners have done, which has enthusiastically inspired us. Our Chinese youth shall have firm ideals and convictions, cultivate a noble character, hone our skills, firmly follow the Party and forge ahead to strive for the great success of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era!"
By Dong Ruiqi & Zhang Shouxin
Photo by Dong Ruiqi & Zhang Shouxin
Copyedited by Zeng Chenxi
