The opening ceremony of the first promotion, International Joint Audit Institute, Nanjing Audit University, is held on Oct.17, 2020.
Benoît GUIDÉE, Consul général de France à Shanghai, WANG Chengbin, deputy director of Jiangsu Education Department, LIU Le, Adjointe à l’Attaché de coopération universitaire, Olivier PEREZ, Responsable Campus France Shanghai, Matthieu DUMONT, the China campus director of SKEMA Business School, LIU Wanghong, principal of Nanjing Audit University, LI Min, dean of International Joint Audit Institute, and all the relevant departments, leaders of other institutes, teacher representatives and instructor representatives of the International Joint Audit Institute, as well as all the new students, together witness this significant moment.
Vice president YU Anpin hosts the ceremony.
Principal LIU Wanghong delivers an address.
"The International Joint Audit Institute has opened a new page because of your come, and you are about to open a new page in your life here. The answer of life is written in time. I hope you will use your youthful passion to light up the ideal fire of life, consolidate the knowledge base for future work and life with diligence, and open the gate of scientific innovation with independent and free thoughts."
Benoît GUIDÉE, Consul général de France à Shanghai, delivers an address.
"Nanjing Audit University is the cradle of higher auditing education in China. The establishment of the International Joint Auditing Institute is an achievement of long-term cooperation between the two outstanding institutions with a common strategic vision. Dear students, coming here is a right choice you have made, and the skills you will obtain are exactly what China needs in the new stage of high-quality development."
WANG Chengbin, deputy director of Jiangsu Education Department, delivers an address.
"The establishment of this institute opens a new chapter in the implementation of the internationalisation strategy of NAU, and it is also a new landmark of Sino-French higher education cooperation and exchanges in our province. I hope the institute will ensure teaching quality and improve the level of school running; hope the two universities will cooperate in an all-round and in-depth manner to produce new academic and scientific achievements on the new platform; hope the institute will become a bridge and link for Sino-French friendship and cooperation."
Due to the COVID-19, Dean Alice Guilhon of SKEMA is unable to arrive at the ceremony personally, so she expresses her greetings from France via a video message.
"The successful creation of the International Joint Audit Institute is a strong achievement of our partnership and a commitment of a long-term friendship. You have a good start of your professional life. I hope you have your own strong contributions, and I do wish that you will take full advantages of our two universities’ excellence, make great use of the resources that are at your disposal, be a hard-worker and a world-practitioner."
Cao Ping, the representative of teachers, delivers a speech.
"You will also be happy to find yourself a swimmer in a sea of knowledge with faculty as coaches always ready to help. This university offers a lot of things to do and to learn, and each of them offers a different way to see the world, and each of them plays a part in the foundation for your future which enables you to be useful for the society, which enables you not only to act dependently and properly in time of difficulty but also to live a decent and rewarding life you expect."
Gu Haoyue, the representative of the new students, delivers a speech.
"Today, we enter the university with the dream of the future, the hope of our relatives, and the blessing of our friends. Here, we sow the seeds of hope and set sail for the future. The university is a brand-new environment, and we need the spirit of self-improvement more. Here, we will adapt to the new life as soon as possible, plan every day, as always, get answers to questions, we will be positive and continue to create a wonderful life."
Principal LIU Wanghong confers institute's flag to dean LI Min.
The distinguished guests wear badges of NAU for the new student representatives.
The ceremony ends after taking a group photo with the meaning of wonderful future.
