On October 25, the 25th anniversary of the founding of the School of Public Administration of Tsinghua University was held. Guo Yong, deputy secretary of the party committee of the school, Yang Bin, deputy director of the school affairs committee, Fang Huijian, former secretary of the party committee of the school, Ding Huang, co-convener of the public administration discipline review group of the State Council, distinguished dean of the School of Public Administration of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, and distinguished professor of "Luojia Scholar" of Wuhan University, Hu Angang, senior professor of liberal arts at Tsinghua University and honorary dean of the Institute of National Affairs of Tsinghua University, and Xue Lan, senior professor of liberal arts at Tsinghua University and dean of Schwarzman College of Tsinghua University, attended the event.
Peng Zongchao, Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Public Administration, presided over the event. At the event, Yang Bin congratulated the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the School of Public Administration on behalf of the school. He said that the college has always adhered to the roots of China, closely followed the pulse of national governance modernization, is committed to cultivating leading talents in public management, carrying out high-level policy research, and contributing Tsinghua wisdom and strength to the development of public administration disciplines. In the future, it is hoped that the college will strengthen its sense of mission and educational effectiveness in talent training, and cultivate public governance pioneers who are worthy of the great task of national rejuvenation. adhere to the unity of academic positioning and political position in academic research, and create an academic highland rooted in China and serve modernization; Build consensus in discipline construction and lead China's public administration discipline to become world-class as a whole.
Ding Huang and David M. Van Slyke, Dean of Maxwell College at Syracuse University, delivered speeches congratulating the college on its 25th anniversary.
Zhu Xufeng, dean of the School of Public Management, with the theme of "Twenty-five years of hard work, looking back on the years; The future has come", reporting on the development process and future prospects of the college.
The event specially set up an award ceremony to commend and thank the emeritus faculty and staff who participated in the establishment and development of the college. Guo Jinju, Wu Yanjun, Zhang Suzhen, Zhao Mingzhu, and Zheng Rong won the "Mingde Glory Service Award". Chu Shulong, Lan Zhiyong, Li Baoming, Liu Qinglong, Liu Qiushi, Qi Ye, Shi Zulin, Wang Ming, Yang Yansui, Yin Cunyi, Yu An, Yu Qiao, and Yu Yongda won the "Mingde Glory Contribution Award". Fang Huijian, Hou Shichang, Kou Tingyao, Liu Ying, Tian Qian, Wang Sunyu, and Zhao Chun all won the "Mingde Glory Pioneering Award". Hu Angang won the "Mingde Outstanding Contribution Award" and spoke on behalf of the winners.
Meng Qingguo spoke as a representative of in-service teachers. Wang Jinping, the first MPA-E student of the class of 2004, and Zhang Jingyu, a doctoral student of the class of 2020, spoke as representatives of graduates and current students respectively.
At noon on October 25, the college also held a class exchange meeting for alumni returning to school and a symposium on alumni development.
