At 9 am on May 31, the graduation ceremony of class 2024 was held in the lecture hall of the Industry-Education Integration Building. The school leaders, mentors, teachers, the graduates and alumni representatives attended the ceremony. Xu Baofeng, deputy secretary of the CPC Committee, presided.
The commencement started to tvhe solemn national anthem.
President Chen Dequan gave a speech at the graduation ceremony with the title of Embrace the New Era with Your Brilliance, which won bursts of applause. You are witnesses, participants and contributors to the development of the school. Thank you for choosing ZJIET and for adding a brilliant page to the 45-year history of the school with your young vitality. We will continue to walk hand in hand in the future. He hopes that all the graduates will live up to the times, keeping the country's greatness in mind and carrying on the historical mission of their share. Work hard to realize their own values on the basis of their competence. Love life to become tough and to harvest a happy life.
Vice President Lin Feng announced the list of outstanding graduates of class 2024. Among others, 115 people won the title of the Zhejiang Province 2024 Outstanding College Graduates and 388 people were awarded by the school. School leaders awarded them honorary certificates, graduation certificates, presented a commemorative badge and a graduation manual, encouraging them to be firm and confident, clean and conscientious in their future careers.
Vice President He Xuejun read the Notice about Hiring the 2024 Alumni Liaisons. The school leaders passed the certificates to the liaisons, encouraging them to keep watching and support ZJIET for its high-quality development.
Vice President Jiang Lijun announced the list of Preferred Teachers of class 2024. Ten teachers were elected and were awarded trophies by the leaders and presented flowers by their students as a sincere thanks for their hard work.
Jiang Yijiao, the graduate representative of class 2024 and a National Scholarship awardee, spoke on the stage recalling her precious ZJIET time, telling her stories of serving the Asian Games and participating in professional and vocational competitions. She expressed her gratefulness to the school and teachers.
Ms. Xu Wei, a teacher from the School of Cooperative Economics, spoke as a representative of the teachers. She recalled her time spent with the students and hoped the graduates to uphold a positive attitude to life, keep running in spite of difficulties in their learning and growth.
CAI Renjie, a computer and application alumnus of class 2002 and president of Fortune (Zhejiang) Holdings Co., Ltd. gave a speech. With his rich entrepreneurial and life experience, he encouraged the graduates to maintain curiosity and lifelong learning, keep the courage to do things and to face failure, and keep the team spirit in mind in cooperation. If you are perseverant enough, your dream will come true.
I announce: in the new era, to a new journey, the 2024 ZJIET graduates set sail from 280 Xuelin Street now! At the end of the ceremony, Chen Dequan issued the marching order and presented the marching flag to the valedictorian.
The ceremony ended with a special performance Cheer up tonight by class 2024 valedictorian and the University's Student Art Troupe.
