On April 27, 2024, on the eve of May Day, the Beijing Institute of Mathematical Science and Applications, Qiuzhen College of Tsinghua University, and Yanqi Town, Huairou District, Beijing, built the student labor education base and held the first spring sowing activity with the theme of "Promoting the spirit of labor and practicing labor education". More than 60 teachers and students from the 2024 preparatory class of The Mathematics Leading Program of Qiuzhen College and more than 30 teachers and students from the Beijing Institute of Mathematical Science and Applications participated in the activity. The purpose of this activity is to educate and guide students to advocate and respect labor, understand the most glorious labor, the noblest labor, the greatest labor, and the most beautiful truth, and further promote the cultivation of high-quality talents.
At the beginning of the activity, the teachers and students of Qiuzhen College visited the Beijing Institute of Mathematical Science and Applications and had an in-depth understanding of the basic situation, target positioning, and development orientation of the institute. Afterward, the students visited the Chinese Contemporary Mathematics exhibition.
Then, the delegation went to Huairou Science City Living Room A and the platform of Physics Institute to further feel the vitality of Huairou's scientific and technological innovation. On the five-story platform of the Institute of Physics, the rapid rise of the science city was visible. The shocking big science installation made the students feel that the trip was worthwhile.
In the afternoon, the Fan-Ge-Zhuang Village Student Labor Education Base opening ceremony officially began. Long Fei, Wu Rongrong, and Yong Wen'an, Vice Presidents of BIMSA, Associate Dean of Qiuzhen College of Tsinghua University Wang Xiaofang, Wang Peng, Director of Huairou District Financial Office and Secretary of the Party Committee of Yanqi Town, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Yanqi Town, Mayor Wei Qifeng, Member of the Party Committee of Yanqi Town, Wang Yu, Deputy Mayor of Yanqi Town, Wu Yafei, Deputy Mayor of Yanqi Town and other leaders attended the meeting. They witnessed together this practice of getting nutrients from the soil.
Wu Yafei introduced the overall plan of Yanqi Town's comprehensive buildings for the scientists’ studio, the working ideas of the student labor base, and the home of science successfully which held a series of activities and work, and he wished to be able to use with BIMSA and college cooperation, further strengthen the integration of territorial work and scientific research work.
Wei Qifeng in his speech pointed out that the BIMSA and Qiuzhen College Students Labor Base is an important measure of systematic service guarantee in Yanqi Town, and wishes to create opportunities for scientific researchers and students to participate in farming labor, to help better to improve the students’ practical skills, temper will quality, and strengthen their feelings for the people.
Long Fei said the Chinese nation is known for its hard work, and modern society emphasizes the combination of mental and physical labor, and the integration of science and art. He advocated the application of academic research to practice, through the field lectures, knowledge, and practice of the close combination. At the same time, he thanked the leaders of Yanqi Town for their support of the work of the research institute and looked forward to contributing to the development of the society through labor and wisdom here.
Wang Xiaofang pointed out that Tsinghua University attaches great importance to labor education. Thanks to the support of Yanqi Town, Qiuzhen College was able to carry out labor education practice. The students of the grade 24 preparatory class were honored to be the first batch of cultivators of this land. She hopes that students can experience happiness and relax in today's work, and feel the satisfaction and joy of workers in addition to math learning.
After the opening ceremony, the teachers and students went to the farmland of Fan-ge-zhuang for spring sowing activities. Under the guidance of teachers from China Agricultural University and farmers from Fan-ge-zhuang Village, Yanqi Town, the students put down their pens, carried the hoe, turned the ground, transplanted rice, and applied fertilizer and water. Through the most simple and natural way of work, they felt the local atmosphere and realized the difficulty of labor.
You Hangyu, a BIMSA doctoral student in grade 2023, said that he had gained a lot from the practice. He believes that the road of mathematical research to be deep and meticulous, theory and practice combined, not behind closed doors. Yang Jiyu, a student from Preparatory Class 43 of Qiuzhen College, compared scientific research to work: "The process is heavy and difficult, which requires not only academic cognition and ability but also indomitable resilience and belief to overcome difficulties."Yan Zishan, a student from Preparatory Class 41, believes that cooperation is very important. Through this labor practice, he has a deeper understanding of the efficiency of teamwork. Yan Zishan also said that in future study and life, they should be like this labor practice, never give up in the face of difficulties and setbacks, in the truth and beauty on the road to go further and further!
The planting activity was successfully concluded, and the teachers and students left their hard sweat and seeds of hope in the fields of Fan-ge-zhuang Village. No pains, no gains, no matter in any industry, or field, we need to have the spirit of deep cultivation. Labor is not easy, in Labor Day approaching, we pay tribute to every worker.
Translation: Gao Xudong
