On December 11, the "Academic Seminar on Higher Education Thought of Mr. Pan Maoyuan" was held in Xiamen University. The conference focused on the topics of Mr. Pan Maoyuan's academic contribution to higher education, personality charm and the construction of independent knowledge system of higher education with Chinese characteristics.
Du Yubo, President of the Chinese Association of Higher Education, former Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Education, and Zhang Zongyi, President of Xiamen University, attended and delivered speeches. Guan Peijun, Vice President of the Chinese Association of Higher Education and former Vice Minister-level full-time member of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Zhang Dexiang, former Secretary of the Party Committee of Dalian University of Technology, Sun Weijie, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Chinese Association of Higher Education, Jiang Enlai, Vice President and Secretary-General of the Chinese Association of Higher Education, Zhang Wenzhong, Administrative Consultant of the Chinese Association of Higher Education and former Deputy Director of the Service Bureau of the Ministry of Education, Deputy Director and Secretary-General of the Academic Development Advisory Committee of the Chinese Association of Higher Education, More than 300 guests attended the seminar, including Ma Luting, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Education Sciences, Gao Baoli, former Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Education Sciences, Wu Weiping, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Fujian Provincial Department of Education, Chen Dubin, former Secretary of the Party Committee of Fuzhou University, Lu Xiaoqin, Executive Chairman of Xiamen Nanyang University, and Zhong Shigen, Executive President of Xiamen Nanyang University. Mr. Gu Mingyuan, a well-known educator, wrote an inscription for the seminar, "Erudite and Dedicated to Educating Models". Wu Daguang, Vice President of the Chinese Association of Higher Education and Deputy Director of the Council of Xiamen University, presided over the opening ceremony.
In his speech, Du Yubo pointed out that Mr. Pan Maoyuan's lifelong banner vividly explained what it means to be an "educator in the new era" and how to become a good teacher of the "four haves". Mr. Pan has the ideal and belief of having a big self and serving the country with sincerity, the moral sentiment of being a scholar and acting in the world, the wisdom of educating people according to their aptitude, the attitude of diligence and dedication, the benevolence of loving students and dedication, and the pursuit of the world and cultural people. Mr. Pan not only drew up the blueprint for the development of higher education disciplines in China, but also made important contributions to the establishment and development of the Chinese Association of Higher Education. We must continue the spirit of educators, carry forward the noble quality and noble spirit of Mr. Pan Maoyuan, stick to the original intention, keep the mission in mind, continue to struggle, anchor the construction of a strong country in higher education, take the initiative to take the initiative, and contribute wisdom and strength to accelerate the construction of a strong country in education and comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
On behalf of Xiamen University, Zhang Zongyi extended a warm welcome to the leaders and guests attending the meeting, and paid high tribute to Mr. Pan for his outstanding contributions to the construction of higher education disciplines and the development of higher education. He pointed out that Mr. Pan is a pioneer, witness and integrator of higher education disciplines in China, and under his guidance and promotion, the education discipline of Xiamen University has actively explored a world-class discipline development model with Chinese characteristics, and has become an important center for higher education research in China. He hoped that this symposium would provide guidance for the theoretical innovation and discipline construction of higher education. Xiamen University will continue to carry forward Mr. Pan's spirit of "daring to be the first in the world", and play a greater role in the construction of China's independent knowledge system for higher education disciplines and the development of an educational power.
Lin Huiqing, vice president of the Chinese Association of Higher Education, former member of the party group and vice minister of the Ministry of Education, and Zhong Binglin, former president of Beijing Normal University and former dean of the Institute of Higher Education, made speeches. Lin Weifen, Secretary of the Party Group and Vice Chairman of the Fujian Provincial Federation of Social Sciences, Liu Xianjun, former Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Huazhong University of Science and Technology and former Dean of the Academy of Education and Sciences, Luo Haiou, former Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Guangdong Open University, Ye Shiman, Secretary of the Party Committee of Minjiang University, and Pan Shimo, former Executive Vice President of Xiamen University, delivered speeches on the spot. More than 30 heads from Peking University, Beijing Normal University, East China Normal University, Central China Normal University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology and other colleges and universities made special reports.
In their speeches, the experts and scholars at the meeting reviewed Mr. Pan's extraordinary life experience, combined with their own experience and feelings with Mr. Pan, and expounded Mr. Pan's noble demeanor as a person as a teacher and his outstanding contributions to the construction of China's higher education disciplines and the development of higher education. In his report entitled "Pan Maoyuan: Researcher and Successor of Yang Xianjiang's Educational Thought," Wu Daguang pointed out that Mr. Pan has studied Yang Xianjiang's educational thought for more than 50 years, and the "shadow" of Yang Xianjiang's thought can be seen in Mr. Pan's thought on higher education.
At the opening ceremony, the new book launch ceremony was also held, and the dean of the Institute of Education of Xiamen University, Bei Dunrong, introduced the organization, compilation and publication process of the three books: "The Future of Education" (edited by Pan Maoyuan, published by Shandong Education Press), "Mr. Pan Maoyuan Forever" (edited by Wu Daguang, published by the Commercial Press), and "Scenery from the High Mountains: A Collection of Commemorative Essays of Mr. Pan Maoyuan" (edited by Lu Jiasheng, Xiamen University Press). Zhang Zongyi, Pan Shimo, and representatives of the author and publisher unveiled the new book.
The symposium was co-sponsored by the Higher Education Development Research Center of Xiamen University, the Education Research Institute of Xiamen University, Xiamen Nanyang Vocational College, the Fujian Provincial Institute of Higher Education, and the Education Discourse Research Center of Xiamen University.
*: Institute of Education, Xiamen University.