On the morning of January 10, the 2025–2026 Annual Working Meeting of the SEM Alumni Fund was successfully held in Room 1205 of the Economics and Management (SEM) Building.
Wang Weicai, Member of the University Committee, former Vice President of the University, and an alumnus of the 1985 graduate class in Management; Gu Wei, Dean of the School of Economics and Management (SEM); Zhu Wenliang, Deputy Director of the University's Office of Alumni Affairs and the Education Foundation Office; Ni Yu and Liu Yan, Deputy Secretaries of the SEM Party Committee and Deputy Deans; as well as alumni representatives attended the meeting. The meeting was chaired by Wu Sen, Secretary of the SEM Party Committee.
On behalf of the School, Gu Wei extended a warm welcome to the alumni and gave a detailed account of the outstanding achievements the School has made in disciplinary development, scientific research, faculty recruitment and cultivation, talent training, international cooperation, and social services. He expressed heartfelt gratitude for the important contributions that alumni have made to the School's development, and expressed the hope that they would continue, as always, to care for and support the School's high-quality development.
Wu Sen reviewed the key work of the University and the School in 2025 and systematically introduced the series of featured alumni activities organized by the School, including milestone return-to-campus events, study tours for entrepreneurs, SEM alumni interviews, the alumni enterprise visit, the SEM Alumni Forum, the alumni growth mentor program, the SEM Entrepreneurship Practice Camp, and rural revitalization. He also placed particular emphasis on the management and use of the alumni fund.
Zhu Wenliang noted that the remarkable progress of the University's alumni work is inseparable from the wholehearted support of the alumni at large. He expressed his sincere gratitude to the alumni and introduced the key work of 2025, including alumni activities, fundraising achievements, and service innovation. He stated that the development of the alma mater is always rooted in the deep affection of its alumni, and that the University will continue to build bridges of communication and improve its service system, warmly inviting alumni to return to the alma mater often and offer their advice so as to jointly advance the high-quality development of its "one university, two campuses."
Wang Weicai stated that alumni are an important force in the development of the University and the School. He suggested channeling alumni resources toward disciplinary development, talent recruitment and cultivation, and teaching reform; deepening university–enterprise collaboration and overseas engagement; transforming alumni experience into momentum for education; and helping to broaden the global vision of talent training in economics and management. He emphasized that affection is the bond linking alumni with their alma mater, that interaction is the foundation of acquaintance, and that communication is the bridge to mutual understanding; only through sustained interaction and mutual empowerment can alumni and their alma mater achieve integration, symbiosis, and common development.
During the exchange and discussion, the alumni engaged in in-depth discussions on topics such as the School's development achievements in recent years, alumni activities, and the operation and management of the fund, and offered proactive suggestions on the School's next steps in development. The attending alumni expressed deep gratitude for the cultivation and guidance of their alma mater and teachers, took great pride in the School's steadily improving momentum of development, and stated that no matter where they may be in the future, they will always stay united with their alma mater and work together to create the future.
