On 30th April, the 7th Middle School Student Association Cultural Festival was grandly held in the east campus of Anqing Foreign Language School. Dozens of associations from the middle schools of Anqing gathered together to attend the joyous event, the theme of which was 'Colorful Associations and Creative Space'.
At 2 P.M. the opening ceremony of this year's association cultural festival was initiated on time. Deputy Director General Zhou Quan of Municipal Education and Sports Bureau, Section Chief Fang Min with the Basic Education Section, Section Chief Li Aixia with the Sports, Health and Art Section, team leader Jiang Feng with the Youth League Committee of Municipal Education and Sports Bureau and Anqing Foreign Language School's President Madam Huang Wenli attended the opening ceremony. Also in attendance were comrades from the Basic Education Section and the Youth League Committee with the Education and Sports Bureau of each county in addition to team heads of the Youth League Committee and student associations from each school.
Initially at the opening ceremony, Anqing Foreign Language School's President Madam Huang Wenli delivered a welcome speech on behalf of the organizers. Afterwards, Section Chief Li Aixia with the Sports, Health and Art Bureau read out the list of the winners of this year's association cultural festival. Then, the leaders present presented prizes and took photos with the star clubs, excellent organizations and outstanding instructors as well as advanced individuals.
After the award ceremony, Deputy Director General Zhou Quan with the Municipal Education and Sports Bureau delivered a keynote speech in which he analyzed the status quo of the development of middle school students' clubs in Anqing City and their achievements. He pointed out that the number of middle school students' clubs increased significantly in recent years, involving a wide range of fields, the influence of which gradually increased as well. Therefore, in terms of manpower and financial resources, middle schools in Anqing should strongly support club activities, innovate thinking, position themselves scientifically and combine club culture with the exploration of traditional culture and the expansion of natural resources. Meanwhile, the organization and development of club activities should highlight the autonomy so that the activities have quality, taste and creativity.
To be specific, the cultural festival consists of three parts: the general session, the parallel session and live performance. In the general session, the association of Chinese studies of Anqing No.7 Middle School, the Seal Cutting Workshop of Anqing No.4 Middle School, the Robot Association of No.1 Middle School of Anqing Petrol Chemical Works of China, the Association of Science and Technology between Heaven and Earth of Anqing No.1 Middle School, and the I Do Volunteer Association of Anqing No.2 Middle School successively introduced the development experience and achievements of the associations in the form of PPT.
Evidently, the faces of youth are full of vigor and vitality, the hearts of young people are full of determination to pursue their dreams and the colorful clubs are full of vigorous pursuit. On the way of youth, we have colorful student associations with fragrance and songs all the way.
In conclusion, the association cultural festival is a grand gathering for teachers and students to showcase their youth elegant demeanor. What's more, the student associations from each school demonstrated their talent and creativity. They exploited and innovated in the activities, helped each other and carried out mutual sharing in the open communication, which not only created a united, lively, healthy and upward association cultural atmosphere, but also became the cultural feast for middle school students to display their youthful style.