On September 29, the "I am the Vanguard in Building a People's City" Putuo District youth celebration for the 75th anniversary of the founding of New China and the "Salute the National Flag" initiative launch ceremony was held at the No. 4 Middle School affiliated to East China Normal University. Attending the ceremony were Zhou Yan, deputy Party secretary of the district, Liu Dongchang, member of the Standing Committee and minister of Publicity, Wang Jue, deputy district director, Zhu Min, director of the Moral Education Department of the Municipal Education Commission, Zhou Yong, minister of the Youth Work Department of the Youth League Municipal Committee, Zhu Xiaolin, deputy minister of Publicity and director of the District Civilization Office, Hu Jun, secretary of the Party Committee for Education Work in the district, Lv Huan, secretary of the District Youth League Committee, Yang Liping, chairwoman of the District Women's Federation, and Wu Hong, deputy director of the Civilized Cultivation Office of the Municipal Civilization Office, among others.

The event began with the majestic national anthem. At the scene, the attending leaders jointly launched the Putuo District Youth "Salute the National Flag" activity and announced the "Children's Voices • Direct to Putuo" project.

In June of this year, Putuo District established the "Zhipu Bay" Children's Consultative Assembly, where children and adolescents enhanced their sense of social responsibility and mission through diverse consultative activities. In the future, Putuo will further expand channels for children's suggestions and work together to build the "Children's Voices • Direct to Putuo" feedback channel,creating a beautiful reality of child-friendly Putuo.

To help young people fasten the "first button" in life, the District Civilization Office actively deepens the practice of civilization in the new era, promoting the successful pairing of the East China Normal University New Era Lecture Group and the first batch of Shanghai "Great Ideological and Political Course" construction pilot areas (East China Normal University - Putuo District) for practical teaching bases. This has further strengthened the Putuo District Bilingual New Era Civilization Practice Volunteer Service Team and expanded its service scope. At the event, representatives from the practical teaching base presented the volunteer service team with a flag. In the future, the service team will join primary, middle, and high school students to carry out rich and diverse bilingual explanations, telling the story of the Party with heart and emotion, and conveying the voice of the Party.

Learn from pioneers in primary school and become pioneers when grown up. National advanced representatives and representatives of Shanghai's "Good Youth of the New Era" shared their role model stories on the path of growth with the theme "Striving to be a Good Role Model of the New Era." Putuo District youth practice their patriotic aspirations with practical actions and take responsibility with their youth for the modernization of China.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of New China. Students from the Changzheng Central Primary School embarked on a study tour titled "Walking on the New Long March Road." They listened to stories of the Long March, visited landmark attractions, and entered excellent enterprises. They narrated the connotation of the Long March spirit in the form of a scene play, calling on young people to take over the historical baton and be ready at all times to realize the great rejuvenation dream of the Chinese nation.

This summer, Putuo District carried out a series of "Quality Innovation in Putuo, Intelligence Creates Future" primary and secondary school students' "Labor+" practical experience activities. Students established correct values and outlooks on life through diversified labor practices. At the scene, students from the No.4 Middle School affiliated to the ECNU shared the results of their "Labor+Charity" volunteer service learning and called on all students to actively practice the concept of a people's city, learn responsibility in the social classroom, and convey the power of youth in volunteer charity.

"My motherland and I, can never be separated. No matter where I go, I leave a song of praise..." The event concluded with a grand chorus of "My Motherland and I," with everyone waving national flags and expressing good wishes through their singing.

On September 25, the 2024 China-India Principals' Dialogue, themed "The School Mission of Cultivating Innovative Talents," was held at Jinyuan Senior High School. As part of the "Neighborhood School International Exchange Capacity Enhancement Plan," this event was guided by the Center for Humanitarian Exchanges of the Ministry of Education and the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, hosted by the Putuo District Education Bureau, co-organized by the Putuo District Institute of Education and Jinyuan Senior High School, and co-sponsored by the International Cooperation and Exchange Office of East China Normal University.

Ding Lianpu, director of the Mechanism Work Division I of the Center for Humanitarian Exchanges, Fu Xianfeng, first secretary of the Education Group of the Chinese Embassy in India, Zhou Qinjian, director of the International Exchange Division of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, Zhou Yong, deputy director of the International Cooperation and Exchange Office of East China Normal University, Zhao Ping, deputy secretary of the Party Committee for Education Work and director of the Putuo Education Bureau, and Qu Zhijun and Bao Yuquan, deputy directors of the district Education Bureau, attended the meeting. Representatives of school principals from China and India participated in the meeting.

Zhou, on behalf of the Municipal Education Commission, extended a warm welcome to the Indian principal delegation, reviewed the recent international exchange and cooperation in basic education in Shanghai, and the achievements of educational exchanges and cooperation between China and India. He expressed hope that through this dialogue, educational concepts of the two countries could be exchanged, the vision of principals could be broadened, more schools could establish cooperation, and development could be planned together.

Zhao thanked all parties for their support of the event. In the future, Putuo Education will continue to deepen educational cooperation with India on the basis of the 17-year friendly cooperation between Jinyuan Senior High School and Tagore International School in India, strengthen exchanges in the field of youth, and looks forward to in-depth discussions among Chinese and Indian principals to further promote innovation and development in the field of education between Putuo and India.

At the meeting, Jinyuan Senior High School renewed a cooperation agreement with Tagore International School in New Delhi, marking deeper cooperation between the two schools in more areas.

In the keynote report, Ding introduced the high-level humanitarian exchange mechanisms between the two countries and the work carried out by the Center for Humanitarian Exchanges in promoting Sino-foreign educational cooperation, especially in the construction of characteristic schools. He encouraged Chinese and Indian principals to deeply exchange and learn from each other around the theme of this conference, and to jointly promote educational innovation and development. He pointed out that both China and India are ancient civilizations and major educational countries with great potential for educational cooperation. The concept of humanitarian exchange should be integrated into education to enhance students' international vision and cross-cultural literacy.

Chinese and Indian principals exchanged speeches on the implementation path of "cultivating innovative talents." Ji Hongxu, Party secretary and principal of Jinyuan Senior High School, detailed the school's selective education path; Mallika Preman, principal of Tagore International School, emphasized the importance of cultivating creativity of the students；Fang Lei, Party secretary and principal of the Second Experimental School Affiliated to Shanghai Normal University, introduced the school's systematic practice in cultivating innovative talents; Rupa Chakravarty, principal of Sun City School in Gurugram, shared the school's educational methods for cultivating innovative talents based on multiple intelligences theory; Zheng Xiaoyan, Party secretary and principal of the Pingliang Road No. 3 Primary School, showcased successful cases of cultivating children's creativity; Monica Sagar, principal of Shiv Nadar School in Gurugram, introduced the "five pillars" that support the school's development, such as accepting universal core values and carrying out professional qualification training for staff. In the interactive exchange session, the attending principals shared the gains and challenges of their schools in cultivating innovative talents, providing profound insights and valuable experience for every educator present.

Both sides unanimously agreed to shoulder the significant mission of cultivating young innovative talents. Educators should deeply recognize the urgency and importance of this mission, make stimulating students' curiosity and thirst for knowledge the core of educational work, commit to breaking the shackles of traditional thinking, and cultivate students' innovative spirit and practical abilities.

Zhou pointed out in his concluding remarks that the collision of Chinese and Indian educational wisdom and cultural integration provides a broad space for educational cooperation between the two sides. East China Normal University will continue to promote international educational exchanges and improve the quality of basic education development. He looks forward to deepening educational cooperation between China and India, creating an open and innovative environment for young people, and cultivating talents with an international vision.

At present, the world is undergoing unprecedented changes in a century, and educational development faces greater challenges, requiring educators to continuously broaden their horizons, explore models, and update concepts. This event focused on cultivating innovative talents, discussed the direction of educational development under the background of the new era, promoted cross-cultural and interdisciplinary exchanges between Chinese and Indian education, fully demonstrated Chinese educational experience and Shanghai educational practice, and highlighted the effectiveness of high-quality development of Putuo education. In the future, more educators from around the world are expected to gather in Putuo to exchange wisdom and jointly explore the future development of education.

The Indian primary and secondary school principal delegation, invited by the Center for Humanitarian Exchanges of the Ministry of Education, visited primary and secondary schools in Beijing, Chongqing, and Shanghai during their 9-day visit to China. On the morning of September 25, the delegation visited Jinyuan Senior High School and its affiliated school, experienced art courses such as soft pottery, chorus, and dance, watched student performances of Indian dance and yoga, and conducted in-depth classroom observation and evaluation activities. The Indian principals had an up-close experience of the style of Shanghai education and gained a deeper understanding of its diverse development.

On September 10, Putuo District held a celebration for the 40th Teachers' Day. District Party Secretary Jiang Dongdong, District Political Consultative Conference Chairman Hang Chunfang, Deputy Party Secretary Zhou Yan, and Deputy District Director Wang Jue attended the event. Prior to the event, Jiang and his delegation visited outstanding teachers from the district's education system and extended holiday greetings.

The district education bureau's Party and government leadership team, bureau officials, grassroots unit leaders, and outstanding teacher representatives participated in the event. Various educational units across the district watched the event simultaneously through an online live broadcast platform.

Jiang, on behalf of the district's four major leadership groups, extended holiday greetings to all teachers and education workers in the district and warmly congratulated the individuals who were honored. He fully affirmed the achievements made by the district's education system in recent years and hoped that all teachers in the district would adhere to their original intentions, educate students with care, and engage in scholarly research. He encouraged them to be ambitious, talented, and virtuous educators, taking on the heavy responsibility of high-quality education development in Putuo with a more vigorous and proactive attitude. He stated that the district's education system should find the entry point for educational reform and innovation, continue to expand the supply of quality services, and optimize the layout of educational resources. The district Party committee and government will implement pro-teacher policies with greater intensity, provide warm services for teachers, promote strong teacher initiatives, and create a respectful atmosphere for teachers, aiming to achieve a "high score" in the education sector to welcome the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Hu Jun, on behalf of the district's education work party committee and the education bureau, delivered a speech. In recent years, Putuo has taken the lead in the city in successfully creating a national quality balanced development area for compulsory education and a national popularization and benefit area for preschool education, bravely venturing into the "deep water area" of comprehensive educational reform. Focusing on the foundational project of teacher team construction, Putuo has built a high-level and high-quality leading team, cultivating 82 senior teachers, 26 Shanghai Municipal Level Principals and Secretaries, and 45 Shanghai Municipal Level Distinguished Teachers. She encouraged the "reliable" educators to take the inheritance and promotion of the educator's spirit as their driving force, aspiring to become great teachers for the nation and the strong country, and to jointly write a new beautiful chapter of high-quality education development in Putuo.

During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Putuo deeply implemented the "763" Talent Climbing Plan of the Putuo District Education System, forming a "strong magnetic field" for the gathering of high-level talents, with a group of outstanding teachers stepping onto municipal and even national platforms. At the event, Zhao Ping, deputy secretary of the District Education Work Party Committee and director of the Education Bureau, read out the "2024 Putuo District Education System Advanced Individual Commendation List."

The event commended advanced individuals from the 2024 National Education System, National Outstanding Teachers, 2024 Shanghai Municipal Level Principals, 2023 Senior Teachers in Primary and Secondary Schools, 2024 Shanghai Municipal Level Excellent Educators, and Shanghai May 1st Labor Medal winners, among other advanced teacher models. These commendations aim to inspire educators to promote and practice the spirit of educators, strive to be good teachers and "great teachers," and take on the mission and responsibility of building a strong educational nation.

With graying hair witnessing the long years and youthful dedication to their mission, five retired teachers who have been in the Putuo education field for forty years shared their teaching experiences and educational philosophies. All five teachers are senior teachers and Shanghai Municipal Level Distinguished Teachers, who have been dedicated to their work and have many outstanding students. At the event, their apprentices presented flowers to the retired teachers, expressing gratitude and blessings.

The tradition of teaching is passed down, and education is nurtured with craftsmanship. This year, a new group of teachers joined the Putuo education family, taking up the baton of the educational cause. At the event, veteran teachers led new teacher representatives in taking the oath of office.

To fully display the proactive and confident spirit of Putuo teachers, the event specially planned the "Singing • Reliable Teachers — Education Consortium Chorus Exhibition." Ten chorus groups from the entire system sang with clear and pleasant voices, expressing the touching feelings of "great teachers of the country," and paying tribute to the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The event concluded with the song from the District Education System Party and Government Cadre Leading Goose Chorus, with more than 50 secretaries and principals from grassroots schools in the district singing "I Love You, China" and "Reliable Teachers," inspiring "reliable" educators to take on their responsibilities and missions.

As the 40th Teachers' Day approaches, all reliable educators pay tribute to educators and offer gifts to the motherland with their songs. In the future, the vast number of "reliable teachers" will be guided by the spirit of Putuo education in the new era, focusing on the "education of people," striving to cultivate new era talents who can undertake the great mission of national rejuvenation, and continuing to write a new magnificent chapter in the realization of the great cause of the Chinese nation's rejuvenation!

On July 8, the opening ceremony of the Shanghai International Sister Cities Youth Summer Camp was held at Jinyuan Senior High School in Shanghai. Vice Mayor of Shanghai, Xie Dong, attended the event and presented the camp flag to the representatives of the campers. Other attendees included Wang Ping, secretary-general of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government; Zhou Yaming, director of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, and Ye Linlin, deputy director; Liu Guangyong, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Foreign Affairs Office; Zhou Yan, deputy secretary of the CPC Putuo District Committee, and Wang Jue, deputy district director; Jiang Haishan, president of the Shanghai Education International Exchange Association; Sha Jun, director of the Office of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission; Zhou Qinjian, director of the International Exchange Division of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission; Qian Xiaoli, deputy minister of the Putuo District Committee's Publicity Department, director of the Cyberspace Administration, and director of the District Information Office; Hu Jun, secretary of the Party Committee for Education Work in Putuo District; and Zhao Ping, deputy secretary of the Party Committee for Education Work and director of the Education Bureau in Putuo District.

At the opening ceremony, city and district leaders, along with guests, pressed the start button together to embark on an exciting journey for the summer camp.

Since 2009, the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission has hosted the "Shanghai International Sister Cities Youth Summer Camp" activity, providing an important platform for youth from Shanghai's international sister cities to communicate and forge friendships. The opening ceremony invited officials and representatives from consulates and offices of Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka, Slovakia, Australia, Ireland, Switzerland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Thailand, Mexico, France, Japan, Finland, and other countries in Shanghai, as well as representatives from relevant district education bureaus, high school principals, teachers, and student volunteers. They joined 18 foreign student teams from 17 of Shanghai's international sister cities to start the annual exchange event for youth from sister cities.

Before the opening ceremony, the campers and student volunteers participated in an intangible heritage market event meticulously prepared by 10 schools from Putuo District. Chinese and foreign teenagers engaged with inheritors of intangible cultural heritage projects such as lanterns, bamboo weaving, paper-cutting, kites, and Zhu's rope art, experiencing the charm of Chinese intangible cultural heritage. On-site, the lively Chinese drum performance "Qin Wang Dian Bing" and dragon and lion dances by Putuo students attracted foreign campers to stop and interact with the performing students.

At the opening ceremony, Putuo students presented a performance that integrated Han and Tang Dynasty dances with traditional Peking Opera art, titled "Han Dance and Beijing Rhythm." French campers performed the classic song "Champs-Élysées," perfectly interpreting the unique charm of Eastern and Western cultures, each beautiful in its own way, and sharing beauty together.

Finally, all campers sang "We Are the World," conveying a common wish and expressing good wishes. It is believed that this summer camp will allow teenagers from all over the world to gain friendship, knowledge, and growth, and work together to create a better future for humanity.

The 2024 Sister Cities Youth Summer Camp has arranged a variety of activities with rich content, including traditional culture course experiences, visits to Shanghai's landmark buildings, visits and studies at cultural venues, a one-day experience of Shanghai life, and several projects on urban design and creation. During the event, teenagers from various countries will experience traditional culture courses such as martial arts, porcelain carving, New Year paintings, tie-dyeing, lanterns, and Hanfu, to understand Chinese culture and feel its connotations; visit urban landmarks such as the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the Pujiang tour, Yuyuan Garden, and Putuo Half Marathon Suzhou Creek Park to understand and learn about the culture of the Shanghai school, and feel the development and urban charm of Shanghai; go into volunteer families to "be a Shanghai person for a day," to deeply experience the life atmosphere of Shanghai citizens; visit universities, the Shanghai Museum, the Shanghai Astronomy Museum, participate in youth forums, and carry out fun activities and practical exercises at the Oriental Land... Teenagers from various countries will enhance friendship and understanding and share a common aspiration for a good life during this process.

On September 15, the 20th Shanghai Eduexpo in 2023 opened at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre. With the theme of “Working Together to Create a First-Class Urban Education and Building the Dream of Developing China into a Powerful Country in Education”, this three-day Eduexpo will fully demonstrate the vitality and outstanding achievements that Shanghai has made in education development. Putuo District Education Bureau, Putuo District Xunyang Road Primary School, and No.2 Experimental School Affiliated To Shanghai Normal University participated in the exhibition.

With its booth located in the regional education exhibition area, Putuo Education exhibits its practices and achievements on six fronts, including “building foundation, forging inner strength, and inspiring our students”, “good education for young children and building a brand”, “high-quality and balanced development with characteristic education”, “diversified development of high-quality”, “building ranks of tiered faculty”, and “suitable education for effective results”. The booth comprehensively showcases the achievements of Putuo Education in recent years under the guidance of the core concept of “providing suitable education for every student to help them develop into a well-conducted person and have a brilliant life”, by adhering to fostering virtue through education and promoting the five educations (i.e., moral education, intellectual education, physical education, aesthetic education, and labor education) simultaneously. Putuo Education has witnessed the continuous improvement of school running conditions, the continuous emergence of advanced teacher models, and the continuous optimization of the educational development environment.

On the opening day of the Eduexpo, teachers from the Putuo District Youth Education Activity Center led students to experience the “Homemade Microscope” science and technology innovation course. In the simulation experiment, students are given a chance to understand the magnification principle of the microscope with tools such as mobile phones and focal-length glass beads. This is a good way to master scientific knowledge through hands-on practice.

This year marks the fifth anniversary of the upgrading of the Yangtze River Delta Regional Integrated Development into a national strategy. Against the drop, this year's Eduexpo has specially set up a theme exhibition area of “Good Schools at the Doorstep of the Yangtze River Delta”, to intensively display the school-running concepts and characteristics of 10 schools from Shanghai Municipality, Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province, and Anhui Province. Xunyang Road Primary School in Putuo District participated in the exhibition as a representative, which shared its achievements in constructing a “disciplinary and comprehensive” curriculum system, implementing a national curriculum, and building a good school at the doorstep of ordinary people, with a theme of “Twenty-five Years of Creative Implementation of the National Curriculum on the Xunyang Road”, and from the three dimensions of “sunshine garden”, “Xunyang Road” and “Radiation Sharing”. At the scene, the school also displayed its original IP hand-held fan, on which the cute “Xunxun” and “Meimei” patterns are designed by the school’s students, vividly demonstrating the remarkable results of the school's aesthetic education work.

The booth of No.2 Experimental School Affiliated To Shanghai Normal University is located in the “Good Schools at the Doorstep of Shanghai” exhibition area, which is used to intensively display the new look of high-quality development of primary and secondary schools in the compulsory education stage. As a seed experimental school for the Three-Year Action Plan for Shanghai Compulsory Education Project-Based Learning (2020-2022), the school has demonstrated its school-running philosophy, school-running goals, basic situation, and the latest graduate image design through the three major sections of “School Overall Introduction”, “Project-Based Learning Introduction” and “Interactive Experience”, reflecting the school’s experience and practices accumulated in curriculum reform and other aspects over the years. “This is a series of research processes and results of our participation in the exit guidance design of Changfeng Park.” At the exhibition hall, students from the school introduced the results of project-based learning to visitors through graphic and text displays, on-site explanations, and other methods.

During the Eduexpo, teams of teachers and students from Putuo District’s Xunyang Road Primary School, No.2 Experimental School Affiliated To Shanghai Normal University, Putuo District Youth Education Activity Center, and Shanghai Caoyang Vocational School will also carry out on-site display activities such as “Homemade Shell Incense Expanding Stones”, “Zoologist Experience”, “DIY Mobile Phone Holder”, and “Chinese and Western Pastry Making”, in which visitors will be invited to experience the charm of the integration of modern technology and traditional culture.

On the morning of September 7, the Putuo District education system held a themed event to celebrate the 39th Teachers’ Day. Before the event, Jiang Dongdong, Secretary of the CPC District Committee, Xiao Wengao, Deputy Secretary of the CPC District Committee and District Mayor, Tan Shangwei, Director of the Standing Committee of the District People's Congress, Hang Chunfang, Chairman of the District CPPCC, Zhou Yan, Deputy Secretary of the CPC District Committee, Wang Jue, Deputy District Mayor, and some other officials visited the outstanding teacher representatives of the district education system, sent them blessings, and took group photos with them. Attendees also included the Party and government leaders of the district education bureau, bureau cadres, Party and government leaders of various grassroots units, and teacher representatives. Educational units across the District also simultaneously watched the event through online live-streaming platforms.

Jiang Dongdong, on behalf of the CPC District Committee, District People's Congress, District Government, and District CPPCC, expressed warm congratulations to the advanced individuals who were commended, and extended holiday greetings to teachers and educators across the District. He said that in recent years, Putuo District has firmly prioritized the development of education and promoted multiple breakthroughs in comprehensive reforms in the education field. Thanks to these efforts, the District has seen significant, high-quality, and balanced improvements in education level, witnessed a stream of educational highlights, and achieved comprehensively proven and gratifying educational reform and development results. He also emphasized that at present, the basic, leading, and overall status and role of education have better stood out. Mr. Jiang called on the teachers in the District to resolutely implement the fundamental task of “fostering character and civic virtue”, persist in educating students with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and guide students to establish firm ideals and beliefs and listen to and follow the Party. Efforts also need to be made to comprehensively promote high-quality education development and accelerate the modernization of the education governance system and governance capabilities in Putuo, thus further shining the District’s education brand. Measures should also be taken to build a strong rank of “reliable teachers”, carefully organize and carry out thematic education, and guide teachers to better perform their sacred duties. We also need to create a better teaching environment and security system, and vigorously promote the social trend of respecting teachers and valuing education, to make teachers highly respected.

Hu Jun delivered a speech on behalf of the CPC Putuo District Education Work Committee and the Putuo Education Bureau. She extended greetings to teachers and educators across the District and summarized and reviewed the education results achieved in Putuo this year in terms of high-quality and balanced development, education quality improvement, and teacher team building. She encouraged all “reliable” educators to cultivate their moral character, devote themselves to their studies, blaze new trails in a pioneering spirit, strive to become “exemplary teachers” who shape students' character, conduct, and taste, and act as dream builders of the Chinese nation's “Dream Team”, to make new and greater contributions to Putuo's economic and social development and help build the District into a dynamic district of innovative development and a good quality district with a happy life.

Zhao Ping, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Putuo District Education Work Committee and Director of the Putuo Education Bureau, read out the “Commendation List of Advanced Individuals in the Putuo District Education System’s Celebration of the 39th Teachers' Day.” At the event site, a group of advanced model teachers including the 2023 Shanghai Education Meritorious Persons were commended.

Teachers and students from Shanghai Jinyuan Senior High School and Xunyang Road Primary School presented the scene storytelling themed “Choosing Education to Light up Life” and “Letting Education to Create More Beautiful and Diversified World”. They vividly interpreted the stories of two outstanding educators, Zhu Naimei and Ji Hongxu. The former is the Party Branch Secretary and Principal of Xunyang Road Primary School, who won the title of 2023 Shanghai Education Meritorious Person. The latter is the party branch secretary and principal of Shanghai Jinyuan Senior High School, who won the 2023 Shanghai Education Meritorious Person Nomination Award.

Teachers are encouraged to teach students based on their aptitude, improve their own teaching abilities while enabling students to make progress, abide by professional ethics, and behave appropriately. The 8th “Good Teachers in My Mind (Top Ten)” activity of the Putuo District education system paid tribute to the “reliable” dream builders through the scene recitation of “Reliable Teachers to Build Dreams for the Future”.

The Faculty Dance Troupe of the District education system performed a wonderful modern dance named “Dream” to show the deeds of “reliable” educators who are devoted to education and strive to realize the dream of building China into a powerful country in education.

The Faculty Drama Troupe of the District education system performed an original musical named “Gelsang Flowers in Bloom”, which tells the touching stories of the system's cadres and teachers in their three-year voluntary teaching work in Tibet.

An honorable retirement ceremony for veteran teachers was held at the event. Hu Jun and Zhao Ping presented flowers to representatives of veteran teachers who retired honorably this year.

Zhang Shaobo, a national outstanding teacher, a model of teaching and educating in Shanghai, and a teacher from Shanghai Jinyuan Senior High School, led the new teacher representatives to take the oath.

This themed celebration activity came to an end with two chorus performances of “So Many People in the World” and “Reliable Teachers” presented by the Party And Government Cadre Choir of the District education system. “Reliable Teachers” is a song tailor-made for this year's Teacher's Day and Putuo teachers, which encourages “reliable” educators to bravely shoulder their responsibilities and missions, break new ground, and brave the wind and the waves.

During the Month of Teacher Ethics and Moral Construction, in addition to the themed celebration, the Putuo District education system also adopted a raft of measures such as concentrated learning and education on teacher ethics, a series of promotional activities themed “Good Teachers around Me”, and the introduction of a notification and warning system for teachers' moral misconducts. These measures aim to promote advanced figures and deeds, clarify disciplines, create a strong atmosphere within the entire education system, encourage all teachers to emulate those better than themselves, and uphold and put into practice the principle of “ethics come first in teaching and education”.

On the afternoon of May 31, the 2023 Putuo District’s “June 1 Children's Day” Themed Celebration Activity with the theme of “I will Tell You Happiness” was held at the Putuo Experimental School Affiliated to Shanghai International Studies University. Zhou Yan, Deputy Secretary of the CPC District Committee, Liu Dongchang, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC District Committee and Director of the District Propaganda Department, Ouyang Ping, Vice Chairman of the District CPPCC, and relevant officials of the Youth League Municipal Committee attended the event. Officials from the District Civilization Office, District Education Bureau, Youth League District Committee, District Women's Federation, representatives of the District’s young pioneers, and workers of the District’s young pioneers were brought together to this activity. Young pioneers and counselors from pioneer brigades and squadrons across the District also celebrated this Children's Day together via live-streaming.

On behalf of the CPC District Committee, Zhou Yan extended her holiday congratulations to the children across the District, expressed her high respect for the selfless dedication and hard work of the young pioneer counselors and workers, and delivered her heartfelt thanks to people from all walks of life who have long cared about and supported the work of the young pioneers. She fully affirmed the District's gratifying achievements in children's work, and encouraged educators in the District to make sustained efforts to write a new chapter based on the various honors and results achieved so far. She inspired all the young pioneers in the District to strive to be vanguards, strive for excellence, establish pioneer consciousness, and compare, learn, catch up, and surpass peers, to be good children in the new era who are caring, responsible, aspiring, hard-working, and down-to-earn. Ms. Zhou also called on the young pioneers organizations and team members across the District to keep pace with the times, keep reforming and breaking new ground, listen to the party's command, strengthen the role of party building in league building and team building, and constantly reform and adopt new approaches to the organizational construction, team building, position building, and mechanism building of the young pioneers, to create young pioneers organizations with clear politic stance, advanced thinking, unity and friendship, and liveliness and enthusiasm in the new era.

The Putuo children wearing red scarves are high-spirited and vigorous, showing their charm. This celebration was divided into three chapters, including “breeding the seeds of happiness”, “decoding a happy childhood”, and “opening a happy future”. Through the video “Young Pioneers at the Doorstep”, the micro-team class “Happy Gas Station”, the red scarf club style show, the dance “Flowers Blooming to the Sun”, the chorus “Shining Tomorrow”, young pioneers fully demonstrated their energetic status and vitality in the new era and their spirit of holding high the flag to follow the Party.

At the scene, leaders participating in the activity jointly released the “Putuo District 15-minute Young Pioneers Happiness Circle Map”. This map focuses on the achievements made by the District in the “integration of five educations (i.e., moral education, intellectual education, physical education, aesthetic education, and labor education)” and the construction of the 15-minute Young Pioneers Happiness Circle. The Happiness Circle integrates resources from more than 100 high-quality communities to facilitate children to carry out practical activities nearby, making the community an important place for off-campus young pioneer activities and enriching their after-school life. The educational philosophy of the happy school has been incorporated into the creation of the 15-minute Happiness Circle. Sun Naxin, principal of Wuning Road Primary School, a young pioneers happiness experimental school in Shanghai, shared her innovative experience in creating a happy campus. The counselors of the young pioneers demonstrated their enthusiasm and dedication to students' happiness through talent shows.

During the activity, the top ten “Good Youngsters of the New Era (Virtuous Youngsters)” among primary and secondary school students in Putuo District, Outstanding Representatives of “Young Eagle Cup” Red Scarf News Reporting Activity, “Young Pioneers Happiness Experimental School (Community)”, representatives of Red Scarf Medal “Three Stars”, “Xuelei” Scholarship representatives were commended. The leaders attending the activity visited the Putuo District Community Youth Working Committee’s style display and posters of good youngsters’ deeds in the new era, and presented holiday gifts to the student representatives from Shanghai New Putuo Primary School East Campus who won the runner-up in the 2023 Odyssey of the Mind Finals.

Finally, all the young pioneers, led by the leaders of the Youth League Municipal Committee, shouted out the solemn oath of “I will take my part in making our country stronger to live up to the Party’s expectations”, expressing their determination to become good youngsters with “four confidences”, i.e., confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

In 2021, with joint endeavors of the Consulate General of Hungary in Shanghai and the Putuo District Education Bureau, led by the Putuo District Youth Education Activity Center, Teqball, Hungary's emerging football sport, officially entered the Putuo campus. 10 primary and secondary schools including Caoyang No. 2 High School, Caoyang Middle School, and Shanghai Ganquan Foreign Language Middle School (hereinafter referred to as Ganquan Middle School), etc. in the district actively participated in the activity as project schools. Over the past two years, a series of Teqball coaches' training and Teqball summer camps have been carried on, having been warmly welcomed by teachers and students in the region. 

Through fierce competition among 2 groups, 5 rounds, and 21 matches, the School Affiliated to Shanghai Caoyang No. 2 High School, Jinshajiang Road Primary School, and Shanghai New Putuo Primary School East Campus respectively won the first, second, and third place in the group of primary schools; Caoyang No. 2 High School, Shanghai Tongchuan School, and Ganquan Middle School respectively won the first, second, and third place in the group of middle schools. Liu Yi, a teacher from Caoyang No. 2 High School, and Shen Lufan, a teacher from the School Affiliated to Shanghai Caoyang No. 2 High School, were honored with the title of "Best Coach". Jin Xiaozhen, a student of Caoyang No. 2 High School, and Cao Qian, a student of the School Affiliated to Shanghai Caoyang No. 2 High School, were honored as the "Best Athlete". 

Zhou Ziyi, a student of Shanghai Meilong Middle School, spoke as the athletes' representative, she said: "Due to my love for football since I was a child, I joined the school's Teqball team. I was captivated by this emerging sport from Hungary. Through this tournament, we not only improved our football skills but also harvested deep friendships. I hope everyone can stick to their favorite sport and never give up without fear of difficulties." 

The Cherry Blossom Festival, themed "Blossomed cherry again ushering in a new future for Ganquan Middle School", highlighted that the teachers and students of the school, after a long-awaited embracement with the Cherry Blossom Festival, cherished the hard-won development. The fruitful development of the school's characteristics was presented at the closing ceremony in the form of co-performance between teachers and students as well as Chinese and foreign friends.

The year 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of Japanese language education at the school, the 2023 20th anniversary of the Foreign Students Department, and the 2024 70th anniversary of the school. 20, 50, and 70, these ordinary and extraordinary numbers, witness the school's past and growth. President Yang Yun, said fondly in his speech: "Cherry Blossom Festival recorded the fruitful achievements of the school vigorously implementing Five Disciplines, witnessed it struggling to firmly catch up with the characteristics development road, and become a card to brighten the campus culture."

Hu Jun, Secretary of the Party Committee of Putuo Education Affairs, Luan Xuelian, Deputy Director of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission International Exchange Office, Bao Yuquan, Deputy Director General of Putuo District Education Bureau, and Pu Hong, General Party Branch Secretary of Ganquan Middle School, co-stated to unveil the 20th anniversary monument of the Department, which symbolically and officially launched the wonderful one-year activities and signified that the Foreign Students Department would take the 20th anniversary as a new starting point to cultivate more excellent students with Ganquan (Shanghai Ganquan Foreign Language Middle School) features.

The 22nd Cherry Blossom Festival has successfully ended, but the journey for all teachers and students at Ganquan Middle School to concentrate their efforts to innovate and forge ahead has just kicked off. In the coming days, teachers and students at Ganquan Middle School will continually rise to the challenges, and courageously work hard, overwhelmingly contributing to the school's educational and teaching reforms in the new era, and writing a magnificent chapter of the development road of school characteristics!