On the morning of April 20th, the 24th sports Meeting of this university was opened on the East Campus sports ground. President Xu Huixia, deputy secretary of the Party Committee Chen Yonghua, deputy secretary of the Party Committee Ding Ganzhen, Vice-president and director of the Sports Committee Shu Zhiding, Secretary of the Discipline Committee Ren Weihai, Vice-president Pan Yin, Vice-president Lou Jianlin, member of the Party Committee and Minister of Organization Department He Xiaoqing, member of the Party Committee and Director of the Party Committee and President Office Lao Shijian attended. Nearly 10,000 teachers and students  attended the opening ceremony, which was presided over by Chen Yonghua.

Under the attention of teachers and students of the whole university, the national flag, the flag of Huzhou University and the flag of the 24th Sports Meeting rose in turn.

In warm cheers, Xu Huixia announced the opening of the 24th sports meeting of this university.

Shu Zhiding delivered the opening speech. He said in recent years, this university attaches great importance to physical education, focuses on deepening the reform of physical education teaching, continuously strengthens the construction of public sports facilities, and extensively carries out campus sports activities, forming a good atmosphere that adores sunny, enterprising and daring sports. This sports meeting is a vivid practice for the whole university to further study, publicize and implement the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress and to build a high-level normal university. It is also a full display of the spiritual style and comprehensive quality of teachers and students of this university. He hopes everyone can work together to make this game a grand event with high style, high quality and high level. He also puts forward three requirements: First, stick to our faith and forge our will. Second, pursue excellence and broaden our vision. Third, respect rules and strictly observe the discipline.

Accompanied by the magnificent “Athletes March”, the national flag guard, the university sports meeting emblem team and all the referees and athletes stepped into the stadium with neat steps and full vigor. Queues of teams passed in turn in front of the rostrum, showing the glamour of faculty and students from different schools and departments of this university.

The parade from Anding Honors College expresses the confidence of “aiming high, keeping right and innovating” with vigorous spirit and loud slogans. The parade of School of Economics and Management appeared together with its mascot Shangbao, showing the charm of the youth and the courage to be the first. parade from School of Marxism showed the persistent attitude of their students to remember the mission and to create brilliance. School of Teacher Education ignited the whole audience with a uniform pace and a high-spirited style, demonstrating the orientation of both internal and external cultivation and the inheritance of the  teacher education traditions.

The parade of School of Humanities highlighted the extraordinary elegance of people studying humanities. The parade from School of Foreign Languages expressed the enthusiasm and ambitions of young people who “speak both Chinese and foreign languages and understand both Chinese and Western cultures”. The parade of School of Art showed the artistic temperament of “studying art and striving for virtue and beauty”. The parade from Music School exhibited the vitality and confidence in “sound, music, innovation and progress”.

The parade of School of Science appeared with dolls, expressing the romance and youthful vigor of science students; School of Information Engineering displayed their confidence in protecting the future information development of the country; The parade from School of Engineering turned out with a big measuring ruler to present the serious attitude required in engineering work; The slogan of School of Life Science reflected the strength of unity and the unremitting pursuit of knowledge; Dressed in white gowns, the parade from School of Medicine and School of Nursing highlighted the responsibility of medical students.

The parade from School of Continuing Education exhibited the youthful outlook of vigor and initiative; International students from the International School dressed in costumes of different countries, reflecting the friendship between China and foreign countries; School of Physical Education revealed the concept of “sports power, healthy China” and showed the spirit of impartiality, enthusiasm and selfless dedication with a steady marching pace.

Jin Zhihong and Qiu Junxin took a solemn oath respectively as referee representative and athlete representative.

After the opening ceremony, the competitions were held in an orderly manner.