From October 13 to 14, Beihang University held the 61st Sports Meeting for teachers and students across three campuses: Xueyuan Road Campus and Shahe Campus in Beijing, and the international campus in Hangzhou. Among attendees were Beihang Party Committee Secretary Zhao Changlu, President Wang Yunpeng, Deputy Party Secretary and Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary He Xinzhou, Vice Presidents Liu Shuchun, Zhang Hailan and Huang Haijun, Vice Secretary of the Party Committee Cheng Bo, Vice President Lyu Weifeng, Deputy Party Secretary Yang Lijun, Vice President Zhao Weisheng, and heads of various departments and schools. The opening ceremony was hosted by Lyu Weifeng.
With the theme of "Carrying forward the spirit of serving the country in aerospace and being athletic Beihang people", the sports meeting was participated by both teachers and students. The number of direct participants was more than 8,800, while the total number of people participating in the entrance ceremony, exhibition and broadcast exercises was 15,000, all of which reached a record high.
Wang Yunpeng extended warm congratulations on the opening of the Sports Meeting, cordial greetings to all athletes and referees, and heartfelt thanks to the staff who carefully prepared for the meeting. He said that Beihang has always had an excellent sports tradition, always attached great importance to sports work, and regarded sports as an important link in personnel training and cultural construction. He hoped that teachers and students can enjoy the passion and joy brought by sports on the field, devote themselves to study and work with a more ambitious attitude and healthier body, and make greater contributions in their respective fields.
Zhao Changlu announced the official opening of the 61st Sports Meeting.
1,570 teachers and students jointly presented a wonderful sports art exhibition, showing the fruitful achievements of Beihang sports culture construction, and allowing the audience to appreciate the beauty of sports.
This sports meeting advocates co-education between teachers and students, and sets two competition schedules from October 13 to 14. The event plays a vital role in promoting the construction of Beihang sports culture, actively creating a vigorous and upward sports culture atmosphere, and gathering the spiritual strength of building a world-class university with Chinese characteristics.
Written by: Ren He, Chen Yanxu
Photos by: Di Bailu, Song Chao, Gao Yiwen, Lian Yini, et al.
Reviewed by: Su Rui
Edited by: Jia Aiping, Yao Zipeng
Translated by: Yao Zipeng
