More than 60 years ago, it was precisely because of the call of the motherland that a group of intellectual elites went from Shanghai to the northwest and then took root in the west, creating a great pioneer in education. With the great ambition of "fighting the sky and the earth", Jiaotong University has contributed a famous university to the northwest through decades of hard struggle and efforts from generation to generation, successfully completed the glorious mission of "supporting the construction of the northwest" and "serving the socialist construction" entrusted by the party and the state at that time, and formed today's "thinking of the overall situation, selfless dedication, carrying forward the tradition and hard struggle". Generations of Jiaotong University students forged with their youth and dreams.
To learn and inherit the "spirit of moving westward", we must first learn the patriotic dedication of the older generation of educators who have the overall situation in mind and consciously obey the needs of the country. The curtain of the new era has been opened, and the Chinese dream of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation cannot be separated from talents. In the process of cultivating talents, it is very important to cultivate patriotism and dedication. Today's college teachers and students should inherit and carry forward this spirit of patriotic dedication, be determined to go where the motherland needs them, combine their own development with the needs of the country, and contribute to building a socialist modern power.
Learn to inherit the "spirit of moving westward", but also learn the spirit of hard work and innovation of the older generation of educators. At the beginning of Jiaotong University's westward migration, life, teaching and scientific research faced many difficulties. However, with the spirit of hard struggle, the older generation of Jiaotong University overcame the difficulties of manpower, funds and resources, and made the education and teaching of the school quickly get on the right track. At present, the construction of "double first-class" colleges and universities has been fully launched. Facing the fierce competition from universities at home and abroad, facing the numerous difficulties that need to be overcome in the training of top-notch innovative talents, discipline construction and scientific research, we need to adhere to the spirit of hard work and pioneering and innovative.