Time flies, strings and songs do not stop, the years are like songs, and the glory is still there. Today, our school held a grand retirement ceremony for the 51 faculty and staff who will retire in 2023 in the lecture hall of the Machinery Hall of the Hope Avenue Campus, paying tribute to the emeritus faculty and staff who have contributed to the development of the school and exerted their youthful enthusiasm.
Fang Hailin, Secretary of the Party Committee of the University, Shao Rong, President and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Xue Hao, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Wang Zisheng, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President, Song Changchun, former Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President, and Xing Xiaoping, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Minister of the Organization Department, attended the meeting. The heads of the Party Office, the School Office, the Propaganda Department, the Trade Union, the Personnel Department, the Finance Office, the Retirement Office and other relevant departments, the 2023 emeritus faculty and staff and their units, department heads and the chairmen of each branch of trade unions participated.
On behalf of the school's party committee, administration and more than 27,000 teachers, students and staff, Shao Rong expressed his high respect and heartfelt thanks to the 51 teachers who will retire in 2023 and introduced the high-quality development of the school in the past year. He pointed out that the school from junior college to bachelor's degree to master's degree, from hundreds to thousands to tens of thousands, from "unknown" to "famous in the province", all the achievements made are the embodiment of the countless sweat and hard work of the old comrades, the old comrades have worked hard for decades, without complaint or regret, and dedicated the best youth to the salt workers, which is the precious wealth of the salt workers. He hoped that all the veteran comrades would "retire without rest", and at the same time scientifically and reasonably arrange their retirement life, they would continue to support the younger generations to learn, continue to care for and support the development of the school, and wish all the emeritus teachers to have fun and do something for the elderly, and to be healthy and have a long life. Shao Rong emphasized that the faculty and staff of the university should take the emeritus comrades as an example, have feelings for the school, have passion for the work, and contribute to the school's upgrading to a university and being approved as a doctorate-awarding unit. The relevant departments and units of the school should provide good services and build a good platform for the retired comrades, give full play to the expertise and experience of the veteran comrades, and offer suggestions and suggestions for the reform and development of the school.
Xue Hao read out the list of emeritus faculty and staff of Yancheng Institute of Technology in 2023.
Fang Hailin, Shao Rong, Xue Hao and Wang Zisheng presented customized crystal trophies to the emeritus faculty and staff and took a group photo. 
Pan Wendong, secretary of the retired Party Working Committee and director of the Retirement Work Department, and Wang Rugang, representative of the department where the emeritus faculty and staff belong and dean of the School of Information Engineering, spoke one after another, sincerely wishing the veteran comrades happiness and health after retirement.
Sun Changyin of the Education and Teaching Evaluation Office, Hou Guihua of the Industrial Technology Research Institute, and Zhou Peien of the Logistics Support Group, as representatives of the emeritus faculty and staff, affectionately reviewed the good times of working in the school and expressed that they will continue to pay attention to and support the high-quality development of the school.
Mr. Wang Canxing from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Mr. Tian Xueli from the School of Information Engineering expressed their blessings to the emeritus faculty and staff with singing. 
We sincerely thank the emeritus faculty and staff for their contribution to the development of the school, they have made ordinary work extraordinary with decades of perseverance, and the salt workers have become better and better because of their silent dedication, and we sincerely wish all the emeritus faculty and staff a relaxed and happy retirement life and a happy and healthy old age.