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China Oceanic Development Foundation Donates Ocean Library to Jinggangshan Middle School

On October 19, 2017, the Ocean Library Book Donation Ceremony and the "National Marine Awareness Education Base" Awarding Ceremony were held at Jinggangshan Middle School. More than 200 people, including the President of the China Oceanic Development Foundation Sun Zhihui, the Deputy Chairman Lv Bin, the Secretary General Pan Xinchun, the Secretary-General Ke Chang of the Deputy Director of the Propaganda and Education Center of the State Oceanic Administration, the Mayor Wang Shaoxuan of Ji'an City, the member of Standing Committee of Ji'an Municipal Committee and the Minister of Propaganda Liu Lanfang, the Director of Ji'an Education Bureau Zhang Wan'an, the Director of Jinggangshan Administration Bureau and the Mayor of Jinggangshan City Jiao Xuejun, the Director of Jinggangshan Education Bureau Liu Fuming, the President of Jinggangshan Middle School Xie Jianguo, and teachers and students attended the event. Zhou Zhiping, the member of the Standing Committee of Jinggangshan Municipal Committee and the Minister of Propaganda, presided over the ceremony.

Sun Zhihui, President of China Oceanic Development Foundation, and Wang Shaoxuan, Mayor of Ji'an City, jointly unveiled the Jinggangshan Ocean Library. The Secretary General Pan Xinchun donated books worth 200,000 yuan to Jinggangshan Middle School on behalf of China Oceanic Development Foundation. Wang Zhong, the deputy director of the Propaganda and Education Center of the State Oceanic Administration, read the decision to grant the title of "National Marine Awareness Education Base" to Jinggangshan Middle School, and unveiled the base with the School Principals Xie Jianguo.

The Deputy President of the Foundation Lv Bin delivered a speech at the ceremony. He hoped that Jinggangshan Middle School would take this building of the "Marine Library" and the Licensing of "National Marine Awareness Education Base" as an opportunity to comprehensively promote marine basic knowledge education and to achieve the goal of marine knowledge “into teaching materials, into classrooms, and into campus”. Lv Bin raised several expectations for marine awareness education and marine knowledge popularization at Jinggangshan Middle School: (1) Promote the organic integration of marine knowledge education and school teaching. (2) Actively promote marine culture to enter the campus. (3) Give full play to the influence and role of "Marine Library". He hoped that the students of Jinggangshan Middle School could find their own interests in marine books, conduct in-depth research, and strive to be useful talents in building a marine power. At the same time, Lv Bin said that China Oceanic Development Foundation will continue to donate to the Ocean Library of Jinggangshan Middle School, so that teachers and students of Jinggangshan Middle School can see the latest and most professional ocean books in time.

The Mayor of Jinggangshan City Jiao Xuejun said at the ceremony that The China Oceanic Development Foundation donated the “Marine Library” and set up a “National Marine Awareness Education Base” this time, which has a positive role in promoting children ’s horizons, understanding marine knowledge, enhancing marine awareness, and promoting quality education. The education department of Jinggangshan City will give full play to the role of "Marine Library" and marine awareness education base, strengthen marine awareness education, popularize marine knowledge, and spread marine culture, and use this as an opportunity to guide students to develop good habits of reading and learning, comprehensively improve students' reading and knowledge, help students broaden their hobbies, cultivate a group of outstanding students with excellent academic performance, and actively transport talent for Construction of a marine power.

After the completion of the Ocean Library of Jinggangshan Middle School, it will be of special significance to promote the marine consciousness education of the school and even the marine consciousness education of Jinggangshan, and to get closer to the ocean, popularize marine knowledge, and enhance the public's marine awareness.