On March 9, 2019, the China Oceanic Development Foundation held the unveiling ceremony of the Ocean Library at Luxian No. 2 Middle School, Lu County, Luzhou City, Sichuan Province. More than 500 people, including the chairman of the China Oceanic Development Foundation Sun Zhihui, the Deputy Chairman Lu Bin, the Assistant Chairman and Secretary-General Pan Xinchun, the Deputy Secretary-General Xiang Youquan, the Secretary of the Party Committee of the National Deep Sea Base Management Center Liu Baohua, the Deputy Secretary of the County Party Committee and County Magistrate Xiao Gang, the Member of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee and the Minister of Propaganda Department Chen Jia, the Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the County People's Congress Cai Hui, the Deputy County Magistrate Xian Zeping, the Vice Chairman of the CPPCC Yin Chaoyong, the Director of the County Education and Sports Bureau Zhao Delun, the Secretary of the Party Committee and the principal of the Luxian Second Middle School Zhang Lianqi and representatives of teachers and students of the school, attended the event.

The scene of the unveiling ceremony

The President Sun Zhihui and the county Magistrate Xiao Gang jointly unveiled the marine library of Luxian Second Middle School. The Detupy President Lv Bin spoke at the unveiling ceremony. The Secretary-General Pan Xinchun donated RMB 200,000 worth of marine books on behalf of the China Oceanic Development Foundation to Luxian Second Middle School. 

The President Sun Zhihui and the county Magistrate Xiao Gang jointly unveiled the marine library of Luxian Second Middle School.

The Deputy President Lv Bin attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech

The Secretary-General Pan Xinchun donated books to Luxian Second Middle School

Vice Chairman Lv Bin pointed out in his speech that the construction of the "Marine Library" in inland areas is of great significance to improve China's current uneven development of marine consciousness and comprehensively enhance the soft power of China's marine development. The Foundation hopes that by donating the “Marine Library”, it will cooperate with the Luxian Second Middle School to comprehensively promote the education of marine basic knowledge and achieve the goal of “introducing marine knowledge into teaching materials, classrooms, and campuses”, at the same time, open a new window for Bashu children to understand the ocean. The Foundation hopes that students can extend their arms through this window, embrace the sea, actively arm themselves with marine knowledge, and strive to become builders and promoters of marine powers after they grow up. The Vice Chairman Lu Bin pointed out in his speech that the construction of the "Marine Library" in inland areas is of great significance to improve China's current uneven development of marine consciousness and comprehensively enhance the soft power of China's marine development.

Xiao Gang, the deputy secretary of the county committee and the county magistrate said that despite being inland, the children of Luxian county look up to the sky and yearn for the ocean! The ocean is the cradle of human life, but at present for most inland students the ocean is just the blue area on the map. No matter from the perspective of national strategic development, or from the perspective of future scientific and technological and cultural development, inland students urgently need to promote marine awareness and popularize marine knowledge through marine education. The China Oceanic Development Foundation donated the “Marine Library” to the Second High School of Luxian County to solve this problem. Thanks to the China Oceanic Development Foundation for its care for the education of Luxian County.

The county magistrate Xiao Gang addressed the unveiling ceremony

After the unveiling ceremony, a marine expert invited by the Foundation, Liu Baohua, the Secretary of the Party Committee of the National Deep Sea Base Management Center, gave a lecture on "Exploration of Deep Sea Resources" to teachers and students of Luxian No. 2 Middle School. The Lecture and was warmly welcomed by the teachers and students present. Everyone said they have benefited a lot, and hope to learn more about the ocean through the Foundation's "Marine Library" series of activities in the future.

The Secretary Liu Baohua gave lectures to teachers and students

Foundation leaders visited the Ocean Library

A corner of the Ocean Library

Luxian No. 2 Middle School was founded in 1941, and it is a first-grade demonstration high school in Sichuan Province, affecting more than 100 counties in 4 provinces, including Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Chongqing.