On May 9th, the opening ceremony of the 2025 Jiangxi Provincial Sports Competition Series for Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Schools was grandly held at the Zhanggong District Civic Fitness Center in Ganzhou City.
Wang Lixia, a member of the Education Work Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee and Deputy Director of the Provincial Department of Education, attended and announced the opening of the event. Lian Tianlang, Vice Mayor of Ganzhou Municipal Government and Secretary of the Zhanggong District Party Committee, delivered a welcome speech. Leaders such as Li Wei, President of the Provincial Student Sports Association, and Sun Chuanzhong, Secretary of the Municipal Education Work Committee and Director of the Municipal Education Bureau, also attended the event.
As the core creative team for the opening ceremony, Teacher Chen Li from the School of Physical Education and Art of our university served as the director, and Teacher Liu Wei served as the assistant director, leading a professional team to be fully responsible for the overall planning and artistic guidance of the opening ceremony. Under the meticulous arrangement of the two teachers, both the warm-up programs and the themed cultural and sports performanceSpark of Dreams Ignites, Chasing Light and Dreams Forwardwere created by our university's team. After the warm-up performance ignited the on-site atmosphere, the performance sequentially presented three themed chapters:Spark in May, Little Lights Become a Torch,A Strong Country Has Me, Stories of Light Chasers, andBuilding Dreams for Youth, Boundless Light. Through innovative artistic techniques that integrated the spirit of sports, the performance organized more than 1,000 actors from 35 units across the province, and its diverse stage presentation won unanimous praise from on-site leaders, teachers, and students.
It is particularly worth mentioning that the cheerleading team of our university, with its exceptional professional quality, has been invited to participate in the opening ceremony performance for two consecutive years, and its wonderful performance has become one of the highlights of the entire event.
It is reported that this sports competition series will run throughout the year, covering more than ten competition events such as football, basketball, and line dancing. It aims to promote the formation of a new campus sports pattern of "everyone participates, everyone grows" through a normalized mechanism of "activities every week, competitions every month." Relevant persons in charge of the Provincial Department of Education particularly noted that the high-standard presentation of the opening ceremony has set a benchmark for subsequent competition events and is of great significance for promoting the innovative development of school sports work across the province.
The fact that our university's professional team has taken charge of directing this provincial-level major event not only demonstrates the university's leading position in the field of sports and art but also makes a positive contribution to deepening university-local cooperation and serving local cultural construction. Many attending leaders spoke highly of the professional standards and artistic appeal demonstrated by the opening ceremony.
