On the afternoon of September 18, the School of Economics held the opening ceremony and the first class of 2024 freshmen in the Science Hall。Members of the leadership team of the college, deans of each department, principals of each master's program, graduate supervisors, Class 2024 freshman class teachers, counselors, organizers and Class 2024 freshmen participated。

会上，President Liang Xueping first of all, on behalf of all the teachers and students of the school, extended a warm welcome and sincere congratulations to the new students，It also introduces the faculty strength, scientific research strength, personnel training and so on，He put forward three hopes for the freshmen: First, aim high，Down to earth;Second, make progress in understanding reason，Carry forward the past and open up the future;Third, keep the country in mind，Be very responsible。Li Yantong, an undergraduate from Class 2415 of Economics, spoke as a representative of the freshmen, indicating that he is full of expectations for college life and will work hard with all freshmen to pursue and realize their dreams in the future。Wang Sinuo, the 2023 graduate student of political economy, combined with the school motto of "sincere learning, great perseverance, bright virtue, and helping the world", encouraged the freshmen to set sail with dreams as OARS with personal experience。Subsequently, Sang Lijie, secretary of the Party Committee of the College, taught "the first lesson of the semester" and shared four key words with the students: integration, learning, gratitude, and life。I hope that the students can find their inner fire and ideal here, find their love and good at, live up to The Times, live up to their youth, and strive to become a socialist builder and successor with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical beauty and labor。

After the meeting, a short video detailing the professional situation of each department head of the college was played, and the specific situation of the six undergraduate majors of the college was accurately introduced to the freshmen。(Reviewer: Sing Lijie)