On the morning of December 6th, to further study the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), implement the theme education on studying and applying Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, solidly advance the fundamental task of "educating students morally and intellectually," and help students gain a deeper understanding of the employment market and broaden their job opportunities, the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Law School, and School of Marxism of Peking University jointly conducted a "Youth Forum" theme education activity with the Internal Control and Compliance Department, Credit and Investment Management Department, and Human Resources Department of the ICBC headquarters.

Attendees included Zhang Hongfeng, Deputy Director of the Organization Department of the CPC Peking University Committee, Li Xiaotang, Deputy Director of the Student Employment Guidance Service Center, Han Ling, Secretary of the Second Party Branch of the Faculty of the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Wang Hao, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Wang Yubo, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Youth League Committee, Yang Tao, Deputy General Manager and Deputy Secretary of the Party General Branch of the Internal Control and Compliance Department of ICBC, Zhang Siyuan, Expert of the Directly Affiliated Organization Party Committee, Guo Xiaohang, Deputy Director of the Human Resources Department, Wang Zhenyu, Deputy General Manager and Deputy Secretary of the First Party Branch and member of the Discipline Inspection Committee of the Internal Control and Compliance Department, and other comrades.

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At the event, Zhang Hongfeng pointed out in his speech that the Organization Department of the CPC Peking University Committee has always attached great importance to the construction of student party branches and effectively leveraged their role as a fighting fortress. He hoped that relying on the solid foundation of cooperation between the ICBC headquarters and Peking University, both parties could strengthen exchanges in the integrated development of party building and business, deepen cooperation in professional skills, and provide intellectual support for school-enterprise cooperation. He also encouraged the youth representatives to seize the opportunity presented by this joint activity, grasp the opportunities, work diligently, serve the national development strategy, respond to key social needs, and contribute their youthful strength to the comprehensive construction of a socialist modern country.

Zhang Hongfeng delivered a speech

Li Xiaotang thanked the strategic partners for their support in providing career development and growth platforms for Peking University students. She regarded the combination of employment sharing and party-league activities as an active exploration of the deep integration of party building and professional development. She hoped that both parties would strengthen cooperation in the future to jointly promote the development of young people. She also encouraged the Peking University students working at the ICBC headquarters to work hard, be steadfast in their efforts, and organically combine the independent spirit and free thinking of Peking University with the corporate culture of "Integrity in Work, Ambition in Progress" of ICBC. She urged them to dare to think and act, excel in their work, and become idealistic, responsible, hardworking, and determined young people of the new era.

Li Xiaotong delivered a speech

Han Ling stated that this joint learning and cooperation was an important attempt for multi-disciplinary and multi-departmental deep integration and development. She introduced the development journey of the College of Environmental Science and Engineering to the audience. She pointed out that the school adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, combines engineering technological means with economic and educational management, and contributes to the national environmental protection cause. She expected young scholars to fully leverage Peking University's advantages in disciplines, talents, and resources, innovate, actively exchange ideas, strive forward, and achieve win-win cooperation.

Han Ling delivered a speech

We should actively respond to climate change and promote green and low-carbon transformation. Pan Yujie, a youth representative from the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, shared a topic titled "Leading the Green Mission with a Red Heart". He shared a series of important expositions by General Secretary Xi Jinping on the "carbon peak and carbon neutrality" policy, combining his own research experience to systematically introduce research on the economic impact of "synergistic efficiency enhancement of pollution reduction and carbon reduction" and "regional energy-water coupling" for carbon neutrality. Jiang Shuming, a youth representative from the Law School, starting from the history of the construction of foreign-related legal systems, shared his insights into the study and practical exploration of legal theory based on his own learning experience. Zhou Yongping, a youth representative from the School of Marxism, shared his understanding of Xi Jinping's cultural thought from the perspectives of leadership, propaganda, ideology, and culture by interpreting and analyzing the development context of Xi Jinping's cultural thought. In the new era, students from Peking University unswervingly use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to consolidate their minds and cast their souls, contributing their scientific research strength to the high-quality development of the motherland and demonstrating the responsibility of young people.

Pan Yujie, Jiang Shuming, and Zhou Yongping shared their topics

Song Yimiao, a youth representative from the Human Resources Department of the Head Office of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), shared information on the campus recruitment of the ICBC Head Office, introducing the overall situation of ICBC and providing explanations on recruitment positions and career development that are of interest to the students. Deng Kaixin, a youth representative from the Credit and Investment Management Department, brought a sharing titled "Introduction to the Development of Green Finance and Ecological Protection Red Line Project Cases in ICBC", discussing the innovative mechanism of using mobile internet models to support ecological protection with the ecological protection red line case as an example. Xu Xixi, a youth representative from the Internal Control and Compliance Department, shared a topic titled "Compliance Governance Keeps the Bottom Line, and Youth Responsibility Takes the Lead", introducing the business model of the Internal Control and Compliance Department and emphasizing the importance of compliance governance. Youth representatives at the meeting exchanged and discussed aspects such as "carbon peak and carbon neutrality" and green finance, and representatives of ICBC's youth employees provided detailed answers from the perspectives of national strategic needs and industry development examples. The systematic, professional, and cutting-edge development of ICBC's green finance system allowed the students to deeply experience the rapid development of green finance driven and led by state-owned banks in recent years.

Song Yimiao, Deng Kaixin, and Xu Xixi shared their topics, and young representatives discussed and exchanged ideas

In her concluding remarks, Yang Tao pointed out that the wonderful sharing of the youth representatives fully demonstrated the courageous commitment and enterprising spirit of young people. She looked forward to broadening the dimensions of exchanges between the two parties in the future to promote the comprehensive development of young people. She emphasized that young people should seize the opportunities of the new era, consolidate their professional skills, deepen school-enterprise exchanges, and integrate theory and knowledge into practice. She encouraged the youth representatives to firmly grasp the core meanings and practical requirements of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, bear in mind the entrustment of General Secretary Xi, and proudly undertake the historical mission entrusted by the Party and the people.

Yang Tao's concluding remarks

This joint study and construction exchange activity is an important attempt to fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the CPC, deeply understand the general requirements for party building in the new era, and lead high-quality development with high-quality party building. In the future, under the leadership of the School Party Committee, students from Peking University will continue to deeply implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the CPC, unite and lead the majority of young people to grasp the profound connotation of high-quality development, stride forward to the new era and new journey with confidence, self-improvement, and an unafraid of hard work mentality, write new answers and new chapters with young people's courage to think and act, and dare to take responsibility, and bravely move forward towards the second centenary goal with an unswerving spirit, contributing youth strength to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!

Text: Liu Nengsheng, Li Jiarui
Photography: Li Pinjian