On May 22, 2024, Prof. Fang Yu was invited to the 107th session of "Qujiang Forum" and the 7th Lecture of the Famous Teacher Series to deliver a speech titled "Education: Hope for the Individual and Future for the Nation" in Xinyong Student Activities Center of Shaanxi Normal University.

Hosted by the SNNU Graduate School (Graduate Work Department of SNNU Party Committee) and presided over by vice president Yang Zupei, the session was attended by more than 400 outstanding graduate students.

In his speech, Fang Yu combined the educational practices of his graduate who were from humble backgrounds and grew up to become national scientific and technological talents, with the cases of the older generation of scientists who devoted themselves to scientific research and the importance of education in developed countries, to emphasize the importance of education to personal growth, national revitalization, national prosperity and even the entire development of human civilization, and encouraged the graduate students attending the session to take the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as their own responsibility, and combine their personal ideals with the needs of the country to help the construction of a strong nation through education.