On September 21, Prof. Fang Yu was invited to speak at the first session of School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering’s Zhizhi Lectures in Conference Room 1668 of Zhizhi Building, telling his understanding of education and chemistry.

SCCE officials and faculty and staff attended the event presided over by its dean Prof. Xue Dong.

Fang Yu highlighted the significance of education in society through the deeds of famous scientists and educators such as Yang Zhenning, Deng Jiaxian, Yao Zhizhi, Qiu Chengtong, Huang Kun, and argued that only by improving the training system, continuing the supply of talents, and adhering to high-quality development could progress and success in various fields be achieved. He maintained that chemistry is the foundation of basic disciplines, and the development and breakthrough in the social function, people’s livelihood, as well as cutting-edge fields are inseparable from the support of the chemical discipline. He summarized that education is the cornerstone of modernization and the bridge for the inheritance of talents, and the development of the country is inseparable from a solid team of talents, and he hoped that all teachers would not forget the original intention of educating people and abide by the mission of educating talents.

Xue Dong explained that the purpose of the Zhizhi Lectures is to promote faculty development and carry forward SCCE’s cultural spirit of “Tolerance, Pragmatism, Innovation and Improvement”, and hoped that all teachers would not forget their original intentions, improve their morality, and strive to become good teachers with ideals and beliefs, moral sentiments, solid knowledge, and a benevolent heart.