On the May 30th, a bright day with gentle breeze, fragrance of gardenia is full of campus, the graduation ceremony titled by “Campaign Against Epidemic, Press ahead with Your Dream” for the class of 2022 of SUCC was held in Fengxian, Yangpu and Baoshan campuses respectively and was broadcast live online simultaneously on Bilibili’s “Youths in SUCC”. Chu Min, secretary of the party committee of SUCC, Ye Yinzhong, president of SUCC, and other party and government leaders, heads of relevant secondary colleges and functional departments, teachers, counselors, valedictory and parent representatives attended the ceremony. The teachers and students of SUCC gathered together through the “online + offline” method to witness the beginning of new journey of the 2022 graduates.

Before the ceremony, everyone watched the tour video of the 2022 graduates, reviewing the green years and struggles of the graduating students in SUCC for three years.

Having sung the solemn national anthem, the graduation ceremony officially began.

Chu Min delivered a speech and read out the National Scholarship, Shanghai Scholarship and the commendation decision for outstanding graduates in Shanghai. He said that the school life of the class of 2022 is linked to the prevention and control of COVID epidemic, and the school life of the students may be a little different, and there may be some regrets. Students can draw 2 important inspiration from this: first, life is like this, not everything can be as you want it to be, we need to accept it and adapt to it; second, nature still has many unknowns to human beings, and we need to respect nature , explore nature, and live in harmony with nature!

He pointed out that the process of epidemic prevention and control is actually a vivid ideological and political lesson. Facing the test of the COVID virus, the students are tenacious, cooperation and dedication, and always listen to the Party and follow the Party. Such beliefs, concepts and methods are valuable experience and wealth for every college student’s path in the future and always need to be kept in mind. At the same time, the shortcomings and deficiencies of urban construction, management, and services have been exposed in the process of epidemic prevention and control. Students need to use professional knowledge and skills to optimize and change. He thanked the students for their efforts in epidemic prevention and control, their hard work in professional learning, and their support for the school’s upgrading to undergraduate school. He hoped that the students would keep in mind the entrustment of their alma mater, inherit the spirit of model workers and craftsmen, and forge ahead in the new journey of urban construction, management and service in the brilliant future!

He Guang, deputy secretary of the party committee and vice president, announced the commendation decision for outstanding graduates’ scholarships and internship training scholarships of SUCC.

The students of the University Art Troupe expressed their deep feelings for the school by reciting the poem “Tribute from Youth”.

Fan Xin, Dean of the School of Public Administration and Service, delivered a speech as a teacher representative. She said that as a college student in the 1980s, when she graduated, it was when the beginning of China’s reform and opening up. She was fortunate to witness the glorious course of the Party leading the people of all ethnic groups in the country to forge ahead step by step and to create world-renowned achievements. These achievements have also condensed the hard work, dedication, and even life of the college students. She encouraged graduates to always bear in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping’s affectionate entrustment to young college students in their future growth and development, to closely link their personal dreams with the “China Dream” of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and to work hard in various fields and industries to realize the value of your life.

Zhang Yuejiao, the 2022 medical laboratory technology major of the School of Health and Social Care, delivered a speech on behalf of the outstanding graduates. She shared the touching moments of her study and life in SUCC, expressed her gratitude to her alma mater and her blessings to teachers and friends. She hopes that the schoolmates will insistently pursue their dreams in the new journey, and firmly believe that success will appear at some point in the process of pursuit.

The representatives of the class of 2022 of ancient architectural engineering technology graduates presented woodcut souvenirs to their alma mater, and the school leaders presented the graduate representatives with alumni cards, school badges and graduation albums and issued graduation certificates to express their blessings to the graduates.

At the ceremony, a short video of the school’s anti-epidemic was played, reviewing dribs and drabs of the school’s anti-epidemic period, showing the firm belief and determination of the whole school to help each other and unite to fight the epidemic.

Ye Yinzhong delivered a speech titled “Stick to the Faith Firmly, Move Forward Bravely, and Striving to Become Stronger Constantly”, sending a deep word to the 2022 graduates. On behalf of the school, he congratulated all the graduates on their successful completion of their university studies, and expressed sincere gratitude to the teachers, alumni and people from all walks of life that nurtured, helped and supported the students. He said that during the three years that the students studied at the school, the changes of the century and the epidemic overlapped, and the university career was marked with one unusual mark after another. He pointed out that the students are a class of college students who grew up in fighting against the epidemic. The experience and great spirit of anti-epidemic have become unique nutrients, allowing the students to grow up in the tempering; they are a class of college students who have witnessed the glorious moments of the prosperous world—the Party led the people to build a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, achieved the first centenary goal, and strengthened the student’s confidence in a promising prospect and a bright future; the students are a class of college students who grew up in the spring breeze of vocational education reform. From the promulgation of the Vocational Education Reform Implementation Plan to the implementation of the Vocational Education Law in 2022, students have caught up with the great period of vocational education with “values, hopes, and ambitions”.

He emphasized that the graduates of 2022 class have made important contributions to the high-quality development of the school with the learning effect of “combining morality and skill” in the school’s development process of “high-level, first-class, and undergraduate education”, and fully affirmed the professionalism, responsibility and responsibility of students in participating in volunteer services such as the China International Import Expo, the Flower Expo and the epidemic prevention and control. Finally, he gave three parting advices to the graduates who are about to embark on a new journey: I hope that the students will stick to their beliefs and take on the important responsibilities of the times. When encountering various confusions between dreams and reality, collective and individual, success and failure, faith is the shining star that will illuminate your path forward. Students should always let your faith guide you to measure the motherland with your footsteps, discover the Chinese spirit with your eyes, listen to the voice of the people with your ears, and sense the pulse of the times with your heart, so as to become a newcomer of the era worthy of the important task of national rejuvenation. I hope that the students will move forward bravely and climb to the peak of their careers. The rapid advancement of science and technology promotes industrial upgrading, making technical and skilled talents the most popular type of talents in the society, but at the same time, the requirements for the comprehensive quality and technical ability of talents are also getting higher and higher. Students must always maintain the sense of crisis of move forward, or you’ll fall behind, constantly acquire new knowledge and master new skills, and become experts in the industry, skilled craftsmen and great national craftsmen, in order to keep pace with the times and continue to climb to new career peaks. I hope that the students will continue to strive for self-improvement. Youth is for struggle, even if you “lying flat” for a while, you will definitely fall behind or even fail. Students should always keep in mind the school motto of “foster virtue, cultivate talents accomplish careers”, uphold the spirit of model workers and craftsmen, make struggle and enterprising as their quality of life, be down-to-earth, do better than words, have lofty aspirations, pursue excellence, and create outstanding achievements in ordinary positions.

The beautiful and passionate melody sounded, and the graduation ceremony came to an end with the song “The Intersection with Delonix Regia Blooming+ Is There Such a Song” sung by the students.