On the morning of August 18, the Semester Beginning Ceremony for Undergraduate Students Admitted to Tsinghua University in 2022, also the Welcome Meeting for Undergraduate Freshmen Admitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Applied Electronics in 2022, was held in Lecture Hall 3-217 of the West Main Building. 74 freshmen, as well as Dean Kang Chongqing, Party Committee Secretary Yu Xinjie and other members of the Party and Government Joint Committee, institute directors, deputy directors, branch party committee secretaries, freshmen class teachers, administrative staff and counselors attended the meeting, and the meeting was presided over by Li Peiyang and Zhang Yuanxin, counselors of the new classes of EEA.

Freshmen watched the semester beginning ceremony in EEA branch meeting hall

At 9:00 a.m., the semester beginning ceremony of for undergraduate students admitted in 2022 formally started. EEA’s freshmen watched the ceremony at the branch meeting hall, listened to the speeches by the President Wang Xiqin, the teacher representative Professor Yin Yajun, the school student union chairman Wang Rui and the freshman representatives, put on the Tsinghua University emblem and sang the university anthem.

Professor Kang Chongqing, Dean of EEA, delivered a speech

At 10:00 in the morning, the welcome meeting for EEA’s undergraduate freshmen formally started. At the beginning of the meeting, Professor Kang Chongqing, Dean of the Department, delivered a speech. Mr. Kang first introduced the profound history and fine traditions of EEA to the freshmen. Since the establishment of the department, EEA has cultivated a large number of academic masters, pillars of state governance and talents in business development, and made significant contributions to the country, the Chinese people and the society. Mr. Kang also introduced the structure of “five institutes and one center” and “one department and two institutes”, and the new opportunities and challenges faced by the department in recent years. EEA has been exploring the construction of a new power system centered at new energies and vigorously developing discipline construction and reform, and has made many gratifying achievements. In the end, Mr. Kang put forward ardent hope for the freshmen who have just arrived at Tsinghua University, and instructed everyone to “have great ambitions and be virtuous”, make unremitting efforts to undertake the important tasks of the times, strive to overcome the difficulties brought by the pandemic, adapt to the university as soon as possible, comprehensively develop in Tsinghua University, freely explore, stand on the motherland, take a broad view at the world, and lay the foundation for a better life in EEA.

Teacher representative Zhang Pinjia delivered a speech

Associate Professor Zhang Pinjia from the Institute of Power Electronics is not only the head teacher of the International Class of Energy Internet of students admitted in 2022 but also a senior fellow admitted in 2002. Based on his personal experience in studying and choosing his career, Mr. Zhang encouraged the students to develop a strong and unyielding character, overcome the anxiety that will inevitably arise in difficult situations, have the courage to try various methods to solve problems, form a habit of diligence and concentration, and try to immerse in deep thinking on important topics before harvesting. Finally, he pointed out that students should aim high and fully realize that they shoulder the important task of making China a global leader in science and technology.

Senior student representative Tang Mingrui delivered a speech

Tang Mingrui, chairman of the student union, admitted in 2019, delivered a speech on behalf of the old students. She first welcomed the arrival of the new students, and then used her growth experience in the past three years to encourage the students to face setbacks, dare to choose, have ideals in mind, study hard during Tsinghua, harvest and grow, and become a better version of themselves.

Dou Zhehao, representative of the freshmen, delivered a speech

On behalf of the freshmen, Dou Zhehao expressed his gratitude to the parents who raised us, the teachers who educated us, and the classmates who helped us at all stages, and expressed his infinite vision for future university life and scientific research innovation. He also talked about his understanding of the collective spirit of Tsinghua University, and called on the students to unite and build a heated, professional and comprehensively developed group, so that youth can shine in the group, and we can grow into pillars of the motherland in the future.

Yu Xinjie, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Department, gave a concluding speech

Professor Yu Xinjie, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Department, gave a concluding speech on the welcome meeting. Mr. Yu asked the students to manage themselves in four parts during their undergraduate life. The first is to manage their time well, make proper use of spare time to carry out independent learning or to engage in activities that are beneficial to their growth; the second is to manage money well, be able to handle personal finance independently and properly and well plan various expenses; the third is to manage interpersonal relationship well, as the importance of cooperation will be more reflected in the university, and everyone needs to respect and understand each other; the fourth is to manage their emotion well, calmly face the gaps with classmates, learn to appreciate the advantages of others and strive to be outstanding.