(Correspondent, Liu Yaning) On the occasion of the 82nd anniversary of the westward relocation of Central China University（predecessor of CCNU）to Xizhou, Zhao Lingyun, Party Secretary of CCNU,Chen Diming, Deputy Party Secretary of CCNU, led a team to Yunnan from March 14 to 16 to carry out the study and education of Party history and university history, establish the Dali Alumni Association and hold the signing ceremony of Dali Nostalgia Research Institute in order to put the guiding principles of the important speech of President Xi Jinping at the mobilization meeting of Party history study and education, and to better welcome the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party and to prepare for celebration of the CCNU’s 120th anniversary(Double Jiazi).
On March 14, Ruan Chengfa, Secretary of Yunnan Provincial Party Committee, met with Zhao Lingyun and his delegation in Kunming and had an in-depth discussion on how Central China Normal University can support and participate in the development of Dali, how to support and participate in the development of basic education in Dali and Xizhou, how to run the Dali Nostalgia Research Institute and jointly promote rural revitalization on this basis, and jointly promote the comprehensive construction of modern Dali and modern Xizhou.
Dali Alumni Association was established to pass on the spirit of westward migration
On March 15, the inaugural meeting of the Dali Alumni Association was held at the Dali middle school affiliated to Central China Normal University in Xizhou. Zhao Lingyun recalled the history of the westward relocation of Central China University（predecessor of CCNU) and interpreted the spirit of westward relocation in four points: first, the patriotic spirit of education to save the country and serve the country; second, the hard-working spirit of the pioneering work; third, the pioneering and innovative spirit of overcoming difficulties and serving the country with science and technology; fourth, the practical spirit of learning and being rooted in the earth. He said that the westward migration to Xizhou is a glorious page of CCNU, and the spirit of westward migration is an important source of the spirit of CCNU. Such a spirit of CCNU is worth remembering and passing on forever for generations of CCNU people.
Zhao Lingyun pointed out that the establishment of the Dali Alumni Association on the eve of the commemoration of the westward migration of Central China University is a grand commemoration of the university's spirit of westward migration.The 100-year history of Central China Normal University is a history of following the Chinese Communist Party to devote to the education for the nation, education to wake up the nation, education to save the nation, education to build the nation, education to enrich the nation and education to strengthen the nation. The red culture represented by the spirit of westward migration is the background of the culture of CCNU. He said that on the occasion of the commemoration of the westward migration of Central China University,the preparation for the celebration of CCNU’s 120th anniversary(Double Jiazi)is beginning. He said that he wanted to pass on the red culture on the occasion of the CCNU’s 120th anniversary(Double Jiazi).
After the establishment meeting, Zhao Lingyun and his party visited the Dali middle school affiliated to Central China Normal University and the Westward Relocation Memorial Hall of Central China University to carry out the education of party history and university history and commemorate the 82nd anniversary of the westward relocation of Central China University. Some alumni representatives of Yunnan Alumni Association and Dali Alumni Association attended together.
Consultation, Contribution and Shared Benefits
Promote the construction of Dali Nostalgia Research Institute
On March 16, the signing ceremony of Dali Nostalgia Research Institute was held by Dali University and Central China Normal University at Dali University. Yang Guozong, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Dali Prefecture Committee and Governor of the Prefecture People's Government, Zhao Lingyun,Party Secretary of CCNU,and Duan Lin, Secretary of the Party Committee of Dali University, delivered speeches respectively. On behalf of Central China Normal University, Chen Diming,Deputy Party Secretary of CCNU, signed the "Agreement on Cooperation between Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture People's Government, Central China Normal University and Dali University on Building the Dali Nostalgia Research Institute" with Dali Prefecture and Dali University.
Zhao Lingyun pointed out that building a good nostalgia research institute and carrying out good nostalgia research are both political and theoretical tasks. The three subjects should give full play to their respective advantages, make concerted efforts to support the development of the institute, form relatively stable brands, platforms and activity carriers, explain the profound connotation of nostalgia theory with academic theory and continuously guide nostalgia practice, and apply the nostalgia research theory to Chinese society.
Xu Yong, Dean of Dali Nostalgia Research Institute and senior professor of humanities and social sciences of Central China Normal University, said that nostalgia research and practice shoulders the mission of inheriting China's great civilization, and also bears the responsibility of responding to the global issue and problem of nostalgia with Chinese wisdom. The Dali Nostalgia Research Institute will carry on this mission and responsibility to better carry out theoretical research and form a theoretical system of nostalgia; better summarize the Dali experience from practice and form the Dali model supported by the practical experience of nostalgia, so as to provide all-round intellectual support to the nostalgia of the "Dali model" and let Dali go to the whole country and the world.
Zhang Jianping, Chairman of the Standing Committee of Dali Prefecture People's Congress, Li Yuexing, deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee of Dali Prefecture People's Congress, Chu Yuanhui, vice president of Dali University and other relevant leaders attended the inaugural meeting of Dali Alumni Association, and alumni from Kunming, Chuxiong, Pu'er, Dali and other parts attended. Zhao Hongchang, an alumnus of department of Chinese language and literature,Class of '84, was elected as the President of Dali Alumni Association. School Office, Social Science Office, Alumni Work and Cooperation Development Office, Education Group and other relevant departments attended the whole event.
