On March 1, with drizzle and snow, the teachers and students of Beihang University who had returned to campus ushered on the first day of the spring semester. The 2021 spring semester started as scheduled.

At 7 o’clock sharp in the morning, the 2021 spring semester national flag-raising ceremony was held simultaneously on the two campuses. The five-star red flag rose slowly with the national anthem, and the new semester officially kicked off.

A total of 596 undergraduate courses and 123 postgraduate courses of Beihang University opened on time on the first day. 11,463 undergraduates and 1,927 postgraduates started their first class as scheduled.

Abiding by the regulations of epidemic prevention and control in universities, Beihang is actively implementing the normalized epidemic prevention and control measures and has well prepared for students’ return. Students have begun to return to campus in an orderly manner since February 23th.

Reported by Wang Qing

Photographed by Di Bailu, Wang Zhen, Zhang Xiuhui, Duan Jiayi and Jin Hui

Reviewed by Li Jianwei

Edited by Jia Aiping

Translated by Zang Mingming