The opening ceremony of the 18th Xuhui District Xi Festival was held on December 7 at Xuhui District Amateur University (Xuhui District Community College), and was broadcast live online through the Xuhui Lifelong Learning Xi Network. Zhao Yi, member of the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department, Zheng Yihui, deputy director of the Shanghai Learning Xi Society Construction Service Guidance Center and vice president of Shanghai Open University, experts from municipal and district education-related units, members of the Xuhui District Learning and Xi Society Construction and Lifelong Education Promotion Committee, and relevant persons in charge of 13 neighborhoods and towns participated in the meeting.
With the theme of "Huizhi Creates Learning and Enjoying Life", this year's Xi Festival aims to vigorously promote the concept of lifelong learning and Xi through activities, and widely mobilize more citizens, units and departments to actively participate in the construction of a Xi-oriented urban area in Xuhui District, and jointly promote the construction of a Xi-oriented society.
At the opening ceremony, the three chapters of "Huixue: Lighting up a Colorful Life", "Wisdom Learning: Embracing the Digital Age" and "Creating Learning: Injecting Youth Vitality" showed the work footprints of various committees, bureaus and relevant units in the region from multiple perspectives. The dance "Charm of Huadan" brought by the "Huimei Dance Troupe" of Xuhui District University for the Aged and the chorus "Longing" brought by the elderly students are warm and full of hope, expressing the "yearning" of Xuhui's lifelong education for a better tomorrow, and showing the spiritual outlook of Xuhui citizens who love to learn Xi and life.
In order to help the elderly cross the "digital divide" and share the fruits of digital development, in recent years, the Xuhui District Education Bureau, the Xuhui District Civil Affairs Bureau, and the Xuhui District Committee on Aging have joined hands to vigorously promote digital education for the elderly into the community. According to the relevant person in charge of the district amateur university, the school has selected "high-quality, age-appropriate" digital chemistry Xi resources, and jointly distributed them to community life boxes, neighborhood committee Xi points, and elderly care service institutions in 13 neighborhoods and towns, and distributed more than 500 offline courses and digital resources throughout the year, and more than 10,000 resources such as reading books and fold-outsThe "Digital Elderly Assistance Team" was set up to enter the community and the grassroots level, and carried out nearly 1,600 community actions, covering all neighborhood committees in the jurisdiction, benefiting more than 60,000 people from online and offline actions, so that residents can enjoy face-to-face, zero-distance, and hand-in-hand teaching and guidance at their doorsteps, opening up the last mile of digital empowerment of elderly education, and improving the sense of gain, security and happiness of the elderly in the digital era. At the opening ceremony, three short films, including "Infinite Learning in the Cloud", "Infinite Learning in the Harmony of Learning and Practice", and "Creating a New Chapter for the People with the Power of Youth", brilliantly told the digital story of Xuhui District's solid steps towards lifelong education.
On the same day, the appointment ceremony of the principals of 13 neighborhood community schools was also held on the spot, and the high-quality schools of Shanghai neighborhood community (elderly) schools, Shanghai excellent Xi organizations, Shanghai citizen cultural inheritance and scientific innovation community learning Xi, and national excellent Xi for elderly distance education were commended for the successful establishment of this year. The Xuhui District Xi Organization Construction Research Center and the Xuhui Incubation Camp for Shanghai College Students' Community Creation were unveiled, and a number of collectives and individuals who have won national, municipal and district honors were commended.
It is understood that during the Xi Festival, 269 colorful, online and offline, and Xi activities for all kinds of people, including the 10th anniversary celebration of the Shanghai "Xuhui Huajing Cup" Hand-woven Works Competition, were fully rolled out in various streets and towns in Xuhui District, and more community residents will have the opportunity to participate in it, experience the infinite charm of lifelong education, and enjoy the fruits of the construction of Xuhui Xi-oriented urban area.