On Nov.15, 2014 SCUT Student Sports Meeting was held on the sports ground on its Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center Campus. DU Xiaoming, Chairperson of University Affairs Committee, Vice Presidents ZHANG Zhen-gang, QIU Xueqing, and ZHU Min were present at the opening ceremony.

After QIU Xueqing delivered opening speech, ZHANG Zhen-gang announced the commendation of outstanding groups that worked well in Sport for All at SCUT from 2013 to 2014. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Business Administration, School of Light Industry and Food Science, School of Electric Power, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, and Graduate School were bestowed the honorable title. Eight schools including School of Light Industry and Food Science, School of Environment and Energy and School of Electric Power were announced by ZHU Min as winners of SCUT First Team Event of Students’ Physical Health. And later, DU Xiaoming declared the sports meeting officially open.

About 1,000 athletes competed in 14 events, such as long-distance race, short-distance race, lead ball and javelin. In the end, the Graduate School, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and School of Electronic Power ranked the first three in Serie A; School of Light Industry and Food Sciences, School of Environment and Energy, and School of Automation Science and Engineering ranked the first three in Serie B; School of Business Administration, School of Physical Education, and School of Public Administration ranked the first three in Serie C.

It is reported that SCUT First Team Event of Students’ Physical Health, a competition set to encourage students to do more physical exercises, was held two days before the sports meeting. According to the latest standard by Ministry of Education, college students whose score of physical fitness test is below 50 will graduate without diploma.

Edited by HU Nanping and WU Yuyu

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