He said: "The school motto of seeking truth from facts and the school spirit of advocating hard work have always guided my life's study and work, and I will never forget it." During his tenure as principal, he advocated the combination of theory and practice under the guidance of seeking truth from facts, and encouraged students with "morality, talent, learning, knowledge and quantity" as the necessary conditions for a person's success.
In terms of harnessing the Yellow River, he proposed that the river harnessing plan must have sufficient scientific basis and radical ideas. In order to get the first-hand information about harnessing the Yellow River, as early as the 1940s, he often visited all the canyons below Longyangxia without fear of danger. 1953, Zhang led the "Northwest Soil and Water Conservation Investigation Group" to conduct a field investigation which lasted 85 days and traveled more than 2,000 kilometers.
The principles, objectives and measures of soil and water conservation in loess plateau are put forward, which lays a scientific foundation for large-scale soil and water conservation in the future. Students, no matter what you do in the future, I hope you will follow the example of our old headmaster and take seeking truth from facts and actions speak louder than words as the code of conduct for being a man and doing things.
2. Seeking truth from facts is the spiritual pursuit of perfection from top to bottom. In March this year, the international academic journal Science reported the important research results of our university in the field of synthetic biology with a cover article. More than two months ago, I participated in the field research meeting of innovative groups of "Synthetic Biology and Biological Processing Process".
At the meeting, I met the first authors of the two articles, namely, Xie Zexiong and Wu Yi, doctoral students from the Institute of Chemical Engineering. At that time, I told them that I would introduce you to the graduation ceremony today. The publication of these two high-level papers fully embodies their innovative spirit of Excellence. In order to study the "inactivation" of yeast strains, Xie Zexiong conducted repeated experiments for 18 months, constantly exploring and verifying.
Wu Yi also repeated the experimental cycle of "synthesis-replacement-verification" in the study of chromosome 10, replacing the complete yeast chromosome again and again. During the research, it is common to stay up late to do experiments. The longest time, they stayed in the laboratory for three days for an experimental data. God rewards diligence. After rigorous operation and reliable analysis, they finally succeeded.
Students, many of you, like Xie Zexiong and Wu Yi, have been working hard and exploring on the road of scientific research, producing high-quality results and publishing high-level papers, making contributions to scientific and technological innovation.
I hope that in your new posts, you will continue to carry forward the spirit of Excellence and do everything to the extreme. In the end, you will succeed, achieve your career and realize your dream!
3. Seeking truth from facts is a down-to-earth and tireless professional attitude. The just-concluded "Belt and Road" international cooperation summit forum once again turned the world's attention to China. Since the "Belt and Road Initiative" was put forward, it has been supported by more than 100 countries and international organizations, and a series of major projects have blossomed in countries along the route. Behind many major projects, there are busy students of Tianda University.
They laid an energy pipeline to Kazakhstan, which provided an umbrella for national energy security and created a large number of local employment opportunities. They participated in the construction of the largest power transmission and transformation project in Egypt, which not only eased the shortage of local power supply, but also won a reputation for the motherland with benchmarking projects;
They participated in the construction of power generation projects in Southeast Asia, which made the world recognize "Made in China" and made "China Standard" an "international standard" recognized by more countries. In Iraq, Pakistan, Sri Lanka ... they have traveled all over the United States, Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.
They went abroad, built roads, bridges, embankments and dams in a down-to-earth manner, and brought China's advanced technology and equipment to the local area, winning glory for the motherland and the world!
Students, many of you choose to work in the countries along the Belt and Road and the places where the motherland needs your most. Please remember that the future of the motherland is on your shoulders. I hope you will contribute your youth and strength to the development of the country with a down-to-earth and tireless attitude!
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The motto of "seeking truth from facts" is the backbone of the school and the core of culture, which deeply influences and edifies generations of adults. The word "seeking truth from facts" comes from Wang Xian Liu Dechuan between Han Shuhe, saying that Liu De is "good at ancient times and seeking truth from facts". 19 15, the old headmaster Zhao Tianlin summed up the school's 20-year experience and put forward the school motto of seeking truth from facts, which continues to this day.
Seeking truth from facts has been internalized into the spiritual character of Tianjin University, which has guided generation after generation of college students to seek truth from facts and be pragmatic, and made the adults in heaven have the spirit of "transforming China on the spot without empty talk". ?
People's Daily Online-Speech by Zhong, President of Tianjin University