In the West Main Building on the morning of January 11, the Departmentof Electrical Engineering held a symposium for theWinter Olympics volunteers. Zheng Zedong, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Zhang Ling, leader of the Students’ Group of theParty Committee, and all Winter Olympics volunteersfrom the Department attended the meeting. The symposium was chaired by Liu Zhizhen, Secretary of the Youth League Committee of the Department.

Zheng Zedong delivered a speech on behalf of thePartyCommittee of theDepartment, expressing theDepartment’s concern for all the volunteersfrom the Department of ElectricalEngineering, andhis gratitude tothe students for overcoming difficulties and actively participating in the volunteer service work of the Winter Olympics. Zheng Zedong said that the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is a major event forChina, andthestudents are lucky and honored to be able to participate in the volunteer activities of the Winter Olympics. He hoped that the students will fully understand the sublime nature of the task, overcome difficulties, and contribute to thesuccess of theWinter Olympics. He also reminded thestudents to take personal protection against the pandemic,and be responsible for both their own health and for the volunteer activities. He encouraged the students to adjust their mental state during the closed-loop management period, communicate with relatives and friendsfrequently,overcome difficulties and persist in their studies. TheDepartment will also do its best to ensure the study and living conditions of volunteers.

Zhang Ling put forward three expectations forthevolunteer work: first, to deeply participate in volunteer service work,fully experience the Olympic spirit on the spot, andsum up experience to improve personal ability; second, to strictly abide by thestandard forOlympic Games Volunteers, do well in personalprotection, support each other, and show the spiritof Tsinghua University; third,feed back any question encounteredin the volunteerperiod. The Department hopethe students will successfully complete the glorious task of volunteering for the Winter Olympics.

He Lanke, head of the VolunteerTeam of the Department of Electrical Engineering, reported the overall situation on behalf of the Winter Olympics volunteer team of the Department of Electrical Engineering. There are 34 volunteersfrom the Department of Electrical Engineering toparticipate in the four tasks of pacesetter, venue service, external liaison, and city service. The volunteershave previously took part in the training course seriously, and someof themwillsuccessivelyenter closed-loop management or centralized health observation.The volunteers also shared their experiences and feelings about participating in the Winter Olympics activities, and raised some problemswhichthat may be encountered during the volunteering period, and the teachers respondedone by one.

After the symposium, Zheng Zedong and Zhang Ling distributed exclusivematerial packs to the volunteers on behalf of the department.Each packincludes aNew Year gift box,a pandemic prevention kit, ayoga mat andhand cream, etc toensure the physical and mental health of volunteers in their volunteer work.

Some students from the Youth League Committee and the Student Union of the Department of Electrical Engineering participated in the symposium.