The awarding ceremony of SWUFE 14th “Guanghua Cup” Fitness Competition was held in the hall of the Student Activity Center on the evening of April 21. The attendees include Zhao Dewu (Party Secretary of SWUFE), Li Yongqiang (Deputy Party Secretary and Vice President of SWUFE), Sun Dianming (Deputy Party Secretary and Secretary of the Disciplinary Committee, SWUFE), heads of relevant functional departments and schools (institutes), all faculty and students of the School of Sports Science and Physical Education, and representatives of award-winning students.
Li Yongqiang delivered a speech on behalf of SWUFE. He pointed out that physical education is not only an effective way to improve physical health and a basic project to implement the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education and promoting the all-around development of students but also an important work to accelerate the promotion of Chinese-style modern education. SWUFE always attaches great importance to physical education and the healthy growth of students, closely follows the major propositions of “building a strong country via physical education” and “contributing to a country strong on sports”, adheres to the concept of “healthy physical education, happy physical education, lifelong physical education”, and strives to cultivate new talents not only with sound moral grounding, intellectual ability, physical vigor, aesthetic sensibility, and work but also able to afford the important mission of national rejuvenation.
As an annual sports event of SWUFE, the “Guanghua Cup” Fitness Competition conveys the idea of a positive, healthy, and happy life and shows the students’ versatility, self-presentation with diversity and integrity, as well as youthful vitality. This Competition is a comprehensive sports event with the broadest participation and the largest number of people organized by SWUFE since 2022. It coincides with the celebration of the FISU World University Games Summer and the centennial anniversary of SWUFE, embracing more special and extraordinary significance. The Competition lasted for a week since April 17, with more than 2,000 students from 18 schools taking part in six events, including rhythmic gymnastics, aerobics, dance sport, yoga, martial arts, and fitness aerobics. Awards for the best choreography, the best performance, the best team, the best creativity, fitness ambassador were set up at each event. This year, the online “Most Popular Award” was added, and the maximum number of votes exceeded 10,000.
The evening party was launched in three chapters: “Youth Dawn,” “Youth Bloom,” and “Youth Setting Sail”. The champion teams of each event, teachers from the School of Sports Science and Physical Education and sports clubs gave everyone a wonderful show. Zhao Dewu, Li Yongqiang, Sun Dianming, heads of relevant functional departments, and leaders from the School of Sports Science and Physical Education presented awards to the winning schools and individuals. University leaders warmly interacted with teachers and students, hoping that students could enjoy the fun of physical exercise, enhance physical fitness, improve personality, temper will, and make sports a source of happiness to jointly depict the grand picture of powerful country construction and national rejuvenation with a strong body and a sound personality, to usher in FISU World University Games, to demonstrate the mainstream values of SWUFE on the occasion of its centenary with unremitting efforts, and to write a new chapter in the new era and new journey of SWUFE Physical Education.
