From May 15 to 17, 2024, Zhang Ling, the 100-year-old alumna, returned to her alma mater, Anhui Medical University, to carry out the “100-year-old alumni face-to-face” exchange activity with teachers and students. Wang Qi, Secretary of the Party Committee of Anhui Medical University, attended this exchange activity, delivering a speech and presenting Zhang Ling with a commemorative album of the university. President of Anhui Medical University Weng Jianping and Vice President Yu Yongqiang met with Zhang Ling and together had a cordial conversation, while Vice President Xiao Shenglong, also Vice President of the Alumni Association, attended the exchange activity and accompanied the alumna to visit the campus.
Wang Qi extended a warm welcome to the 100-year-old alumna Zhang Ling and the other alumni for returning Anhui Medical University. He expressed that Zhang Ling is devoted to her alma mater and returned to our university at the age of 100, reflecting her deep affection for the university. As experiencers of the school’s relocation from Shanghai to Huaiyuan, Anhui Province, the old seniors returned to the university this time, and used a face-to-face form to tell the story of Anhui Medical University and the spirit of internal migration, so that teachers and students can feel the rich history culture and alumni resources of Anhui Medical University, which brings great encouragement and touching to the teachers and students.
Weng Jianping met with Zhang Ling and had a cordial conversation, introduced the development achievements and future blueprint of our university, and also reviewed the history of Anhui Medical University and the story of alumni. After listening to the story of Zhang Ling about the history of the internal relocation, Weng Jianping said that the return visit of the 100-year-old alumna and vivid recollection of the university history is the most precious gift for Anhui Medical University and the best proof of its long history.
Zhang Ling expressed her gratitude for the warm reception and shared the joy of returning to the university. In the face-to-face exchange activity, she fondly recalled her campus life in the university and introduced the experience of moving period of the university. She said that she was very pleased and excited about the great changes and development achievements of the university today, and hoped that the new generation of Anhui Medical University would make persistent and unremitting efforts, strive to realize their own values, and jointly build their alma mater, Anhui Medical University, into a better place.