On the morning of Oct. 2, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology (JXUST) held its 2026 National Day Alumni Homecoming at Sanjiang Campus. Alumni representatives gathered to relive their youth and discuss the university’s development.
Liu Zuwen, Party Secretary of JXUST; Xu Zhifeng, Executive Vice President and President of the Alumni Association; and Dong Bingyan, Standing Committee Member of the Party Committee, Vice President and Executive Vice President of the Alumni Association, attended. Dong presided over the meeting. Also present were heads of the Party Committee and President’s Office, the Domestic Cooperation Promotion Center, the faculties of Rare Earth and Manufacturing, Intelligent Mineral Development, Metallurgy and Chemical Engineering, Future Cities and Social Sciences, as well as relevant schools and faculty representatives.
Liu delivered a welcome address on behalf of the university. He extended a warm welcome and sincere greetings to alumni and their accompanying families and friends who had traveled from far and wide. He described the university’s high-quality development in recent years: a richer institutional heritage, markedly stronger overall strength, improved discipline-building and talent cultivation, breakthroughs in attracting top-tier talent, and new achievements in serving national strategies. Alumni, he said, are the university’s most valuable asset. JXUST attaches great importance to alumni work and actively supports alumni development. In 2026, it established a dedicated Alumni Development Fund and further improved its alumni service system. Alumni have lived by the motto “Aim High, Responsibility First” and carried forward the JXUST traits of honesty, a solid foundation and down-to-earth work. They have made their mark in their fields while giving back through university-industry cooperation, donations and advice—a testament to the university’s educational outcomes and alumni’s deep affection for their alma mater. Liu warmly encouraged alumni to return often, pledging better services and joint efforts toward the goal of building a world-class university in rare earths and critical minerals.
Chen Ming, a faculty representative, deputy head of the Faculty of Intelligent Mineral Development and dean of the School of Mining Engineering, spoke. He welcomed the alumni and introduced recent developments in his faculty and school, as well as their alumni work. He said they would strengthen alumni services, deepen mutual empowerment and seek new achievements in green mining, smart mines and resource security.
Alumni representatives then shared their reflections. Wu Tao, Class of 1996 in nonferrous metallurgy, reviewed his 30-year journey since graduation, thanked his alma mater for nurturing him, and introduced his company’s strategic focus on critical metals, expressing hope for deeper industry-academia-research cooperation with JXUST. Guo Youjin, Class of 1996 in metal forming, described how the knowledge and character he gained at JXUST had guided him to build a career with steady feet, embodying the university’s “three solid” qualities. Cao Wei, Class of 2006 in civil engineering, fondly recalled his student years in Ganzhou, described the lasting influence of the motto “Aim High, Responsibility First,” and shared reflections from 20 years in national construction.
A nostalgic campus meal recreated the everyday flavors of student life. As old classmates gathered again, the aromas stirred countless memories of youth. They renewed old friendships and spoke of time apart, their pure friendship enduring.
Before the meeting, a warm-up sing-along was held. Student representatives sang “My Deskmate” and other classic nostalgic campus songs. The melodies offered a warm welcome to returning alumni and quickly carried their thoughts back to their student years.
JXUST has designated May 2 and Oct. 2 as annual alumni homecoming days. It organizes milestone reunions in particular, coordinates a university-level homecoming meeting and offers customized services. Returning alumni can retrace their old study routes, feel the campus’s every tree and blade of grass, pick up scattered fragments of youth, and capture autumn reunions with their alma mater. They can also meet former teachers and school leaders and offer ideas for the university’s development.
