Learning sea boating to get true knowledge, academic spark burning youth. On the afternoon of October 15, the opening ceremony of the 17th Academic Festival of Henan University, sponsored by the Youth League Committee and undertaken by the school of philosophy and public management, was held in the comprehensive building of Jinming campus. The Youth League Committee, relevant leaders of the college and representatives of teachers and students attended the opening ceremony. The opening ceremony was presided over by Luo Chunli, deputy secretary of the college Party committee.

With the impassioned national anthem, the opening ceremony began. Vice President Tian Fengshao said in his speech that “promoting the new trend of the times, seeking scientific knowledge, developing academic style and increasing students’ quality” is the aim of the Academic Festival. The Academic Festival is an important platform for training and improving scientific research ability and practical ability. He hopes that students can actively participate in it, improve their ability in finding, thinking and solving problems, and sublimate their thinking.

Chen Xu, deputy secretary of the Youth League Committee of the University, fully affirmed the fruitful achievements of the Academic Festival. He hoped that students would be able to calm down and stop being impatient, study steadfastly, enrich knowledge reserves in learning, deeply understand the national conditions in practice, show their skills in the vast world of society, and achieve the unity of knowledge and practice, and bravely climb the peak of life.

Student representatives Xie Haodong and Yu Yanan made speeches. “Trying” and “learning” are Xie Haodong’s summary of his university life. He hopes that everyone will have the courage to try, not afraid of challenges, and harvest truth and wisdom in academic practice. Yu Yanan believes that it is very important to find a suitable topic selection. Deep thinking and repeated deliberation is the key to give the works highlights, and the unique charm of academic competition is to grow up in the face of obstacles.

After the ceremony, Professor Fu Guangwei of the Department of social work delivered the first academic report entitled “doing deep social science research”.

It is reported that this yes’s Academic Festival, with the theme of “coping with the changes of the times with the rule of China”, and in combination with the current political and social focus, has successively carried out a series of activities, such as the paper contest, the social investigation report competition, the academic lecture, the Academic Salon and the challenge cup. Through the way of promoting learning through competition and combining competition with teaching, we can guide college students to cultivate innovative thinking and improve scientific research ability, create an academic atmosphere of pursuing true knowledge, and help cultivate innovative talents.

（Translator：Zhou Yan）