On the morning of September 10th, the opening ceremony for the 2024 freshmen of the School of Business at Soochow University was held in Cunju Hall, Tianshi Zhuang Campus. In attendance were Liu Zhiming, the Party Secretary of the School of Business, Feng Bo, the Dean, Vice Deans Wang Yaoyu, Xu Tao, and Zhou Zhongsheng, Ma Longjian, the full-time discipline inspection commissioner, representatives of growth companionship tutors, representatives of graduate supervisors, representatives of teaching staff, all counselors, as well as the 2024 undergraduate and graduate students. The ceremony was presided over by Huang Xiaohui, the Deputy Secretary of the School of Business Party Committee and Vice Dean.

The Party Secretary of the School of Business at Soochow University, Mr. Liu Zhiming, extended his warm congratulations to the students for their outstanding achievements. He quoted the school's motto, Cultivate cultural virtues to serve the world, and learn business strategies to enrich the country, and affectionately reviewed the glorious journey of the School of Business since its establishment. In conjunction with the call for further comprehensive reform and the broad prospects of Chinese-style modernization sounded by the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party, Secretary Liu expressed his earnest threefold expectations for the students: to be in step with the motherland and the nation, with a broad sense of self; to be companions with knowledge and skills, committing to lifelong learning; and to interact with good teachers and friends, to temper one's character.

The Dean of the School of Business at Soochow University, Mr. Feng Bo, announced the list of outstanding mentors for the 2023-2024 academic year and the newly appointed growth-accompanying mentors.

Party Secretary of the Business School, Teacher Liu Zhiming, and Dean, Teacher Feng Bo, jointly presented certificates to outstanding mentors.

Deputy Dean Wang Yaoyu, Xu Tao, Zhou Zhongsheng of the Business School, as well as the full - time discipline inspection committee member of the Business School Ma Longjian, presented appointment letters to the newly - hired growth companionship tutors of the class of 2024.

Professor Tu Lifeng, a representative of outstanding tutors and a faculty member of the Financial Technology Department, recalled his valuable experience as a growth companion tutor at the Business School. He said with emotion, “‘Cultivating outstanding business leaders who take on responsibilities and contribute sustainable management wisdom’ is the mission of our school. As academic tutors, we have only one thing to do throughout our lives, and that is to plant the seeds of dreams in our students' hearts, nurture their germination, water their growth, support their uprightness, and bless them to become pillars of society.” At the same time, Professor Tu Lifeng also shared three profound insights he gained from his work as a tutor.

The development of the college also cannot be separated from the strong support and deep care of our alumni. They strive and take on responsibilities in various fields of society, fully demonstrating the unique temperament of us Soochow University people and the spirit of our Business School. Today, they have specially sent warm welcome messages to their junior schoolmates in the form of videos and texts.

In 2024, the undergraduate freshman representative, Song Tianyi, majoring in Business Administration + Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, vividly depicted the joy of the freshmen upon their initial arrival at Soochow University. She looked back on the days of burning the midnight oil and gazed forward to the ever-changing future. Song Tianyi took the opening ceremony today as the prelude, and earnestly hoped that everyone could use splendor to color every page of the book of life, and write their own wonderful chapters.

The representative of the 2024 graduate students, Zhu Zixuan, majoring in Applied Economics with a focus on Finance, emotionally traced his experience of teaching assistance across mountains and seas, centered around the theme Aspirations Reach the Mountains and Seas, Wishes Arrive at Dongwu. From the beautiful mountains and waters of Qian to the watery charm of Suzhou, he is about to embark on the next phase of his academic journey. He borrowed the words of Dean Feng Bo, In the past, we grew up in a happy homeland; in the future, we must build a happy homeland, to encourage his fellow students with the idea of two kinds of happiness.