On July 23, President Yan Xiaohong and Vice President Zhao Yutao inspected the School of Foreign Languages, holding talks with all leaders of the School as well as directors of the Administrative General Office and the Party General Office.
At the meeting, School of Foreign Languages Dean Li Chongyue first gave an account of the development of the “13th Five-year Plan” of the School, the main difficulties confronting the School at present, and his prospect on the School development during the “14th Five-year Plan” period. Xie Zhifang, the School Party Committee Secretary, voiced his opinions on heading and promoting the School cause by doing the Party work well. Then, Deputy Dean Wu Peng, Deputy Dean Zhang Lin, Deputy Dean Wang Ying, and Deputy Dean and Deputy Party Committee Secretary Wang Lei made a speech on undergraduate teaching, postgraduate education, postgraduate training, scientific research and student work, respectively.
After hearing the reports made by the School leaders, Vice President Zhao Yutao first made a speech, noting that it is good for the School leadership to face the problems squarely and take initiative to solve them bravely and then put forward his requirements and suggestions for the future work in faculty construction, major construction, discipline construction, international exchanges, student work, etc. Then President Yan Xiaohong gave full-scale instructions on the School work. To begin with, he raised three requirements for the newly appointed School leadership: 1) combining the forces of the Party and the administration in the School development; 2) constantly raising the governance capability; 3) creating a sound environment for the School cause. After that, he put forward his requirements for and guidance on the discipline development, talent cultivation, and feature crystallization of the School. President Yan stressed the importance of discipline development, saying that it is always the core theme of the School. The School leadership should put top priority on the development of the foreign language discipline, for it is the livelihood of the School. As to the talent cultivation, according to Yan, it is the core mission of the School, so that every one should treat students as if they were their own children. The education on students demands both “love” and “heart”. The students should be encouraged to pursue a higher life objective. President Yan finally pointed out the important of feature crystallization. He required the School to do what it can do best so that it will form a mechanism for the feature development of the School. Everyone should bear in mind that you may not succeed yourself but along the way you have done your bit to the success of the School cause. The feature development comes with determination. The School should constantly raise the level of College English teaching, for it is both the mission and feature of the School. President Yan also gave instructions on things like epidemic prevention and control, the employment of graduates, etc.
(School of Foreign Languages)