中山大学2024年新年贺词

律回春晖渐，日月开新元。

当新年钟声敲响，迎着2024年第一缕曙光，中山大学开启了新的世纪华年。值此辞旧迎新之际，我们谨代表学校向全校师生员工、离退休老同志、广大海内外校友和长期以来关心、支持中山大学建设与发展的社会各界朋友，致以美好的新年祝福！

2023年，是全面贯彻落实党的二十大精神的开局之年，中山大学坚持初心使命、继往开来，扎实开展学习贯彻习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想主题教育。这一年，学校胜利召开第十四次党代会，全面系统总结了过去五年事业发展取得的主要成绩，提出了加快建设中国特色、世界一流大学“两步走”战略安排，明确了今后五年工作的主要目标、重点任务和实施路径。坚持加强党对学校工作的全面领导，坚持立德树人的根本任务，以高质量党建推动中国特色世界一流大学建设取得新成就。

2023年2月28日，中国共产党中山大学第十四次代表大会在广州校区南校园开幕

一年来，中大厚植教育沃土，为党育人、为国育才。学校坚持以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想铸魂育人，激励广大师生心怀“国之大者”，坚持以学生成长为中心，努力将通识教育和专业教育相融合，通过“加强基础、促进交叉、尊重选择、卓越教学”，构建多样性开放型可持续改进的人才培养体系。深入推动教学改革创新，基础数学教师团队做“大先生”、求“大学问”，获评全国高校黄大年式教师团队，营造了教书育人的良好氛围。

中山大学基础数学教师团队获评第三批全国高校黄大年式教师团队

一年来，中大点亮人才灯塔，凝心聚力、载誉而归。学校积极推进新时代人才队伍建设，坚持党管人才，按照“适度规模、优化结构、注重质量、追求卓越”的基本原则，全面实施教研系列教师“预聘-长聘”聘用制度，努力建设高水平师资队伍。马骏教授当选中国科学院院士，徐瑞华教授荣获2023年度何梁何利基金科学与技术进步奖，保继刚教授获颁第16届尤利西斯奖，中大学者还荣获全国创新争先奖、中华医学奖等各类奖项。王猛教授团队发现镍基高温超导体，在基础研究领域实现了“从0到1”的突破。

一年来，中大瞄准科学前沿，埋头苦干、锐意进取。学校着力推进科技自立自强，坚持“四个面向”，凸显基础研究“两个主力军”作用。医药领域2个国重室通过重组，医药、工程领域新获批共建2个全国重点实验室，立项建设多个首批新序列部级平台；获批国家自然科学基金委员会创新研究群体1个，国家杰出青年科学基金项目13项，优秀青年科学基金项目18项，创历史最好成绩；国家自然科学基金立项数连续八年位居全国高校前三。

一年来，中大服务国家需求，初心如磐、砥砺前行。学校服务国家重大战略和粤港澳大湾区发展，增强“强国建设、教育何为”的历史使命感。国家社科基金和教育部人文社科项目继续保持优势，国家级重点和重大项目立项率显著提升。学校获批铸牢中华民族共同体意识研究基地等两个省部级平台，推动成立乡村振兴联合研究院，促进校企合作研究，有效对接粤港澳大湾区发展需求，扎实推动广东乡村振兴战略和“百千万工程”的实施。

一年来，中大书写家国情怀，同心同德、共赴山海。学校全力开展对口帮扶和援疆、援藏工作，教育、医疗、服务地方发展多领域建设硕果累累。积极助力云南凤庆和广东连州、高州等地，巩固拓展脱贫攻坚成果，“办实事、求实效”，推进“双百行动”结对共建。中大人以强大的时代责任感，担起历史重任，为实现共同富裕、乡村全面振兴，国家和广东的高质量发展贡献高等教育的力量。

星光不问赶路人，江河眷顾奋楫者。中山大学的建设发展成就，是每一位中大人撸起袖子加油干出来的！我们向全体师生员工和校友们致以最诚挚的敬意，中大的每一个高光时刻都凝聚着你们的心血和汗水！我们也要感谢每一位关心关注中大发展的朋友，中大的每一项成就取得都离不开你们的支持与奉献！

世纪中大、山高水长，百年恰似风华正茂。2024年将迎来中山大学百年华诞，在这承前启后的重要历史节点，我们要以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为指导，深刻领会高等教育的历史使命和时代责任，坚持高质量内涵式发展，努力开创服务党和国家事业发展的新局面。路虽远，行将至；事虽难，做则成。我们将踔厉奋发、笃行不怠，在建设中国特色、世界一流大学新征程上走在前列，奋力书写中大新的百年篇章！

衷心祝愿老师们、同学们、校友们、朋友们新年快乐，身体健康，阖家幸福！

陈春声   高  松

2024年1月1日

With spring light returning to earth, a fresh year thus begins.

As the New Year bell tolls amid the first ray of sunshine of 2024, Sun Yat-sen University has embarked on a year celebrating its centenary.At the time of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, we would like to extend sincere New Year greetings to our students, current and retired faculty and staff, alumni at home and abroad, and friends from all walks of life that have always cared for and supported the development of Sun Yat-sen University.

In 2023, the first year for fully implementing the guiding principles of the 20th CPC National Congress, SYSU adhered to its original aspiration, carried forward its development, and earnestly organized education on the theme of studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. 2023 saw the successful convening of SYSU’s 14th Party Congress. Upon a comprehensive and systematic review of the major achievements made in the previous five years, the university outlined the “Two-Step” strategic plan to accelerate the building of a world-class university with Chinese characteristics, and clearly set the main goals, key tasks, and action pathways for the five years to come. Adhering to strengthening the overall leadership of the Party over its work as well as the fundamental task of educating students with high moral standards, SYSU is right on its way to new accomplishments in building a world-class university with Chinese characteristics through high-quality Party building.

In 2023, SYSU nurtured a rich education environment, cultivating highly-competent young people for the Party and the nation. The university has been committed to educating students with the guiding principles of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, inspiring faculty and students to keep in mind the greater cause and top priorities of the nation. With a focus on student development, the university strived to integrate general education and professional training, and build a diverse, open, and continuously-improving talent development system through “strengthening foundations, promoting cross-disciplinary studies, respecting choices, and achieving teaching excellence”. Efforts have also been made in the innovation of teaching, fostering an enabling atmosphere for teaching and cultivating students. A typical example is our basic mathematics teaching team, which aspired to be great educators and pursue academic excellence, and was awarded the title of “National University-level Teacher Team in the Style of Huang Danian”.

In 2023, SYSU lit up the lighthouse for talents, who gathered strength, consolidated efforts and scored significant achievements. Adhering to the Party’s overall leadership over talents and professionals work, and following the basic principles of “moderate scale, optimized structure, emphasis on quality, and pursuit of excellence”, the university actively promoted the construction of talent teams for the new era. The “tenure track” system for teaching and research staff was fully implemented to ensure high-level faculty teams building. A number of SYSU scholars won top awards or titles. For instance, Professor Ma Jun was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Professor Xu Ruihua was honored with The Science and Technology Awards of Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation in 2023; Professor Bao Jigang won The UNWTO Ulysses Prize for Excellence in the Creation and Dissemination of Knowledge in Tourism. Some other SYSU scholars were also awarded various honors such as the National Innovation Award and the Chinese Medical Science Award. Professor Wang Meng’s team made a breakthrough discovery of nickel-based high-temperature superconductors, marking a great leap from 0 to 1 in the field of basic research.

In 2023, with focus on the forefront of science, SYSU worked diligently and forged ahead with determination. The university was committed to achieving sci-tech self-reliance and self-strengthening, emphasizing the “Four Orientations”, and highlighting the role of basic research as the “Two Main Forces”. Two national key laboratories in the medical field underwent reorganization, and two new co-built national key laboratories were approved in the fields of medicine and engineering. Multiple first-batch new sequence ministerial-level platforms were approved for establishment. One innovative research group was approved by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, along with 13 projects from the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and 18 projects from the Excellent Young Scientists Fund, setting a new record for the best results ever. The university has ranked among the top three nationwide for eight consecutive years in terms of the number of approved projects from the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

In 2023, staying true to its original aspiration, SYSU pressed forward with determination by aligning itself with needs of the nation.The university served major national strategies as well as the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, enhancing its historical mission of “fulfilling the role of education in building a strong nation”. The university continued to maintain its leading position in the National Social Science Fund and the Ministry of Education’s humanities and social science projects, with a significant increase of the approval rate of national key projects and major projects. Two provincial and ministerial-level platforms, including the research base for consolidating the sense of community for the Chinese nation, were approved to be set up by SYSU. Efforts were also made to establish the Rural Revitalization Joint Research Institute, facilitate university-enterprise collaborative research, effectively align with the development needs of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and concretely implement Guangdong’s rural revitalization strategy and the “One Hundred Prefectures, One Thousand Townships, and Ten Thousand Villages” project.

In 2023, SYSU demonstrated a strong sense of patriotism, united hearts and minds of its people, and dispatched SYSUers to various places in need. The university comprehensively rolled out targeted assistance for Xinjiang and Xizang, achieving great success there in such fields as education, medical care, and local  development. SYSU actively supported places such as Fengqing Prefecture in Yunnan Province, Liangzhou Prefecture, and Gaozhou Prefecture, both in Guangdong Province, consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation. Through “promoting practical work and seeking concrete results”, the university actively participated in the pairing up and co-construction within the “Double Hundred Project” (one hundred universities pairing up with one hundred prefectures to promote development of the rural areas in Guangdong). With a strong sense of responsibility, SYSUers have taken initiatives to shoulder historic responsibilities, making the contribution of higher education to common prosperity, comprehensive rural revitalization, and high-quality development of Guangdong Province and China as a whole.

Stars always light up the path for tireless wayfarers. Rivers always favor those who row the hardest. The great development and achievements of Sun Yat-sen University in the past year have been made not without all SYSUers rolling up their sleeves and working hard. We would therefore like to pay our highest tribute to all faculty, students, staff, and alumni. Every glorious moment of Sun Yat-sen University is a testimony to their efforts and dedication! We also wish to express gratitude to all friends who have shown great care about and interest in the development of Sun Yat-sen University. We owe SYSU’s success to their help and support!

As the year 2024 has come, Sun Yat-sen University is approaching its centenary. Having gone through a hundred long years, this university is still in its prime, and remains determined as ever to achieve lasting greatness. At this historical juncture, SYSU will continue to be guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, further understand and practice the historical mission and responsibility of higher education, and adhere to high-quality and organic development principles for new achievements in the undertakings of the Party and the nation. No destination is too far for a perseverant traveler to reach. No task is too difficult for an earnest practitioner to accomplish. Let us press forward vigorously and diligently, continue working tirelessly along our new journey of building a world-class university with Chinese characteristics, and write another brilliant chapter in Sun Yat-sen University’s next hundred years!

We sincerely wish our faculty, staff, students, alumni, and all friends happiness, great health and every success in the New Year!

CHEN Chunsheng and GAO Song

January 1st, 2024