On December 2, the School of Foreign Languages held the “Five-Pine Forum” in Z201. The Forum was sponsored by the Publicity Department of Jiangsu University Party Committee. Professor Xie Zhifang, SFL Party Committee Secretary, was invited to give a lecture entitled “Reflections on the Political and Ideological Work of College Students under the Guidance of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era”. The whole student cadre and some common students attended the lecture. SFL Youth League Secretary Zhu Yanjie presided over the meeting.
In his lecture, Professor Xie stressed that college students should learn to make career planning, conduct a profound thinking on their career development. Besides learning professional knowledge of their own major, they should actively learn other professional knowledge in order to meet the needs of the rapid changing society. Xi Jinping’s Though on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is an important guiding ideology for the full-scale ideological and political education of college students. In this regard, college and universities must accurately grasp the new situation in the new era, follow the laws of Ideological and political work, teaching and students’ growth, speed up the construction of an effective educational system for the contemporary era. The majority of young students should strive to be the New Era talents capable of shouldering the responsibility for the national rejuvenation, to be the socialist builders and successors with an all-round development of moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetics and labor education.
To conclude his speech, Professor Xie Zhifang reminded the students of the advent of winter, when they should wear more clothes to keep warm, encouraging them to get fully prepared for the final exams, not to violate the university discipline and regulations on issues like the improper use of electronic appliances and the misconduct of cheating in exams.