Building consensus and seeking common development, the second meeting of the 11th Congress of Staff and Workers and the 20th Congress of Trade Union Members of Tongji University was held.

On January 15th, the second meeting of the 11th Congress of Staff and Workers and the 20th Congress of Trade Union Members of Tongji University was held in a combination of offline and online. The Congress thoroughly studied and implemented the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, reviewed and summarized the development achievements of the school in the past year, promoted the in-depth implementation of the "14th Five-Year Plan" of the school, and planned and deployed the high-quality development of the school. Fang Shouen, secretary of the Party Committee, Chen Jie, president of the school, and other school leaders attended the meeting. The meeting was presided over by Wu Guangming, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and chairman of the trade union. 230 official representatives of the teachers’ congress (workers’ congress), 15 specially invited representatives and 54 non-voting representatives attended the meeting.

At 9 o’clock in the morning, the conference opened with the majestic national anthem.

The conference heard the Report on the Work of Tongji University in 2021 made by Chen Jie. Chen Jie reported the school’s work in 2021 and the main work in 2022. He expressed sincere thanks to the delegates who made suggestions for the development of the school in the past year and to the faculty and staff who worked hard for the development of the school in the past year. Chen Jie said that in the past year, under the guidance of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, the school implemented the strategic requirements of "three innovations and one high", fully implemented the fundamental task of cultivating people by virtue, led the construction of a world-class university with China characteristics with first-class party building, led the teachers and students of the whole school to be "the country’s greatest", and vigorously promoted Tongji culture in the new era of "Tongji World, Advocating Science, Innovation and Pursuing Excellence". We will continue to modernize the school governance system and governance capacity, coordinate the normalization of epidemic prevention and control and school reform and development, strive to make a good start in the school’s "14th Five-Year Plan" and push the construction of a world-class university with China characteristics to a new level. He pointed out that facing the new year, we should unite and lead the teachers and students of the whole school, carry forward the great spirit of party building, focus on the main tasks, do a good job in the second half of the article, continue to strengthen the party’s overall leadership and party building, promote high-quality development with integrity and innovation, accelerate the construction of a high-quality education and teaching system with Tongji characteristics, deepen the modernization of governance system and governance capacity, continuously accelerate the pace of building a world-class university with China characteristics, and meet the party’s top 20 with more outstanding achievements.

The conference heard the Financial Report of Tongji University in 2021 made by Lu Peiming, Executive Vice President, and the Proposal of Tongji University in 2021 and the Report on Key Work of Trade Unions made by Wu Guangming. At the preparatory meeting before the formal meeting, the school trade union made a report on the preparations for the conference.

Subsequently, 15 teachers’ congress delegations deliberated on the reports of the congress, held a heated discussion, and made suggestions for the development of various undertakings of the school. School leaders from Fang Shouen and Chen Jie attended the discussions of the delegations respectively. The Bureau listened to the discussions reported by delegations.

The conference voted to pass the Report on School Work of Tongji University in 2021, Report on Financial Situation of Tongji University in 2021, Report on Trade Union Work of Tongji University in 2021, Review Report on Financial Work and Funds of Trade Union of Tongji University in 2021, Report on Proposal of the 11th Staff Congress of Tongji University and Implementation Measures for Proposal of Staff Congress of Tongji University.

The General Assembly voted and passed the Resolution of the Second Session of the 11th Staff Congress and the 20th Trade Union Member Congress of Tongji University. The meeting demanded that the staff congress and the trade union member congress should effectively enhance the political, advanced and mass nature of trade union organizations, guide the majority of staff to actively participate in democratic decision-making, democratic management and democratic supervision of schools, effectively protect the staff’s right to know, participate, express and supervise, safeguard their legitimate rights and interests, and play an active role in the cause of school reform and development. 2022 is a crucial year for the school to seek new development and achieve new leap in the new stage. The whole school should profoundly grasp the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments", draw wisdom and strength from the party’s century-long struggle, fully implement the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee, unite and lead the teachers and students of the whole school, carry forward the great spirit of party building, take "learning and educating people" as the first value pursuit, comprehensively promote the high-quality development of all schools’ undertakings, and greet the party’s twentieth victory with more excellent results.

Fang Shouen spoke at the closing ceremony. He expressed heartfelt thanks to the delegates for their conscientious performance of their duties, suggestions and suggestions, and paid high tribute to all the faculty and staff who worked hard for the development of the school. He said that in the past year, the school took the opportunity of celebrating the centenary of the founding of the Party, consolidated the foundation of party building, deepened the "three-round education", constantly improved the mechanism of personnel training and discipline construction, actively promoted a new round of "double-first-class" construction, comprehensively completed the tasks of centralized inspection and rectification, and achieved a good start in the "14 th Five-Year Plan" of the school, with remarkable progress in all aspects. The achievement of these achievements embodies the wisdom and hard work of the faculty and staff, and it is also inseparable from the joint efforts of the representatives of the teachers’ congress and the workers’ congress. In the new year, I hope everyone will continue to play a good role in rallying people’s hearts, unifying thoughts, brainstorming and seeking common development. On behalf of the school party Committee, he made three points: First, we should continue to deepen the construction of teachers’ congresses and improve the scientific nature of democratic management in schools; Second, we should give full play to the representative role of the teachers’ congress and gather the wisdom and strength of the faculty and staff of the whole school; Third, it is necessary to effectively promote the collaborative participation of departments and enhance the initiative of teachers’ congresses to perform their duties. He pointed out that 2022 is the year when the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held, the year when a new round of "double first-class" construction was launched, and the year when the 14th Five-Year Plan was further advanced. We should better grasp and apply the historical experience of the Party’s century-long struggle, carry forward the great spirit of party building, increase historical self-confidence, deepen democratic management, promote the rule of law, concentrate on our efforts, and March forward courageously to meet the Party’s 20th victory with more excellent results.

"Tongji, Tongji, we are in the same boat. During the voyage, we in Qi Xin work together …" In a passionate and heroic Tongji University school song, the conference came to a successful conclusion.

                                                                                                                                     (Photo/Travel Video/Song Yuxing)