On October 16, the World Food Day, an event themed “Cherish Resources: Let Me Show You How I Save Food” was initiated by Tianjin Agricultural University (TAU) and co-organized by Beijing University of Agriculture (BUA) and Hebei Agricultural University (HAU). It calls on teachers and students to consume food in a responsible way and develop good habits of saving food.
Li Yaqing, a national model teacher and Professor at the School of Marxism, Hebei Agricultural University, Professor Song Guilan, Secretary-general of Rural Areas Rule of Law Research Association of Beijing Law Society and Dean of Department of Law, College of Humanities and Urban-Rural Development, Beijing University of Agriculture, and Professor Li Yueling, a specially appointed instructor at the Hand-in-Hand Collective Lesson Preparation Center of the Ministry of Education and Director of the Ideological and Political Research Center of Tianjin Agricultural University, respectively gave in-depth and easy-to-understand ideological and political short lectures on saving food to teachers and students of the three universities.
After the launching ceremony, the three universities held special offline activities respectively. Duan Liusheng, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of BUA, issued appointment letters to representatives of food-saving and agriculture-loving publicists, with which they can hold exhibitions on food security, food saving and crop seed specimens and plant exhibitions, and organize agricultural culture publicity and popularization activities. Hebei Agricultural University organized a signature campaign for food-saving initiatives, and an agricultural research achievement display and experience event. Tianjin Agricultural University produced a display board with the theme of "Cherish Resources: Let Me Show You How I Save Food". School leaders, teachers and students conducted a signing activity on the spot to publicize the importance of food security to all participants, calling on everyone to cultivate a love for the Party, the country, agriculture and the school, and to bear in mind that food security is "the most important thing for the country", so we should start doing that with ourselves and cherish every grain of food.
President of BUA issues appointment letters to representatives of food-saving and agriculture-loving publicists
BUA launches a contest about farming culture knowledge
Teachers and students of HAU carry out offline activities to cherish food
Teachers and students of Tianjin Agricultural University launch a signature campaign to cherish food
This event is an in-depth cooperation among the three agricultural universities in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei in the field of ideological and political education. It is not only an important measure for the coordinated development of education in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, but also a positive practice to encourage sharing of educational resources among the three places and improve the comprehensive quality of young people. Teachers and students from the three universities all expressed that by participating in this event, they have gained a deeper understanding of the country's food security. As students of agricultural science, they should take it as their responsibility to strengthen agriculture and promote rural development, take the lead and set an example in cherishing food, and create a good habit of saving food for the whole society.