Date: September 3, 2019 
Source: News Center

Take a Photo With the Flag, hosted by the China Media Group's News and New Media Center, was held at JNU on Sept. 2 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and to enable students to express their love of China and participate in patriotic action to preserve the flag. At 7 a.m., with the five-star red flag of the PRC rising on the library quadrangle, over 1,800 teachers and students attended the ceremony to take a photo with the flag and send good wishes to China. At the end, students lined up in the shapes of the national flag and 70. CCTV Morning News and Live News reported on the event.
 

（Flag-raising ceremony）
 

（The 70th anniversary）

This activity attracted the enthusiastic participation of JNU teachers and students. Hand-held flags and flag stickers were distributed on site. Many students also received JNU commemorative postcards specifically produced for the activities, with slogans like Take a photo with the national flag.I love you, China, I am a flag-bearer and Me and my country.
 

(JNU students with a hand-held flag)
At the ceremony, I saw the national flag guards marching in neat steps and the bright flag rising, said JNU student Gong Xinrui. I was so proud at that moment!” 
 

(JNU student Gong Xinrui)

This activity has enhanced our love and belief in our country, said another JNU student, Han Yijing. If we compare our motherland and our patriotism to a star, I think it must be the North Star. As long as it stays in place, none of us will get lost.”
 

(JNU student Han Yijing)
The significance of the activity is that I know how to preserve our national flag by learning its history and development, said a JNU student from Hong Kong. In the future I hope I can say ‘I am Chinese’ in my own voice and words to people all over the world.”

 
(Students from Hong Kong and Macao)

During the past few years of studying on the mainland, we students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan have felt the kind concern from our motherland and benefited from many policies that were very helpful for our future development, a JNU student from Macao said.
 

(JNU student from Hong Kong)

Su Guohui, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and dean of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Institute of Central Nervous System Regeneration, said: Since lots of students from Hong Kong may not be familiar with China's history, we should communicate with them about China's culture, development and opportunities provided by the establishment of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Then they would realize that now our country is so strong. I hope they can make more contributions in the future.”
 

(Su Guohui)
JNU also celebrated the 70th anniversary by designating sites on campus with the theme of patriotism where students could take perfect WeChat Moments snaps. By posting Weibo topics and collecting photos online, students expressed their deep love for China and passed on JNU's patriotic enthusiasm to others.
 

( Group Photo )