On March 1, 2024, Prof. Fang Yu presented a report of “First Lesson of New Semester after the Chinese New Year” to teachers and students at Huaqing Middle School in Lintong District, Xi’an City, which was the home event of the campus science popularization activity sponsored by Shaanxi Provincial Association for Science and Technology and Xi’an Association for Science and Technology.

In his report titled “Education: Personal Hope and the Future of the Nation”, Fang Yu started with his learning and growth experience in Lintong, and expounded from the aspects of science is the future, educated professionals are the main body, and education is the foundation. He stressed that only by attaching importance to education, basic science and basic research can we better implement the new development concept, build a new development pattern, promote sustainable development and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. At the same time, he encouraged the students to inherit, carry forward and practice the spirit of scientists, combine their personal ideals with the needs of the country, dare to become pioneers in emerging fields and interdisciplinary fields, and front runners in key scientific and technological fields, seize the high ground of world scientific and technological development, and make greater contributions to China’s realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance.

Shaanxi Science and Technology Association executive vice chairman Li Zhao’e,  vice chairman Li Yanchao, Xi’an Science and Technology Association Party secretary and executive vice chairman Geng Zhanjun, X’an Education Bureau Party secretary and director Li Hongyu, vice chairman Zhang Chuanshi, Lintong District governor Miao Ji, Lintong District deputy governor Xue Fan, and other officials from provincial and municipal Science and Technology Associations, relevant Lintong District departments participated in the activity.

Apart from the home venue at Huaqing Middle School, the event also set up online branch venues in Xi’an High-end Talent Service Base, Xi’an Lintong Ma’ei Middle School, Xi’an Lintong Ma’ei Junior Middle School, Xi’an Lintong Shaangu Middle School, Xi’an Lintong Railway Middle School, Xi’an Lintong Daiwang Junior Middle School, Xi’an Lintong Xiquan Junior Middle School, Xi’an Lintong Yujin Middle School and Lantian County Chengguan Middle School respectively. It was broadcast live on the Popular Science Xi’an Tiktok platform, as well as on the WeChat and XiaoHongshu platform, with an audience of more than 500,000 teachers and students.