National Education Thematic Lecture was Held at Hong Kong Baptist University
Paying Tribute to the National Monument 2026: "Their Stories, Let Me Tell You" National Education Thematic Lecture was held on the afternoon of October 21 (Wednesday) at the Tsang Chan Sik Yue Auditorium of Hong Kong Baptist University. Using the stories of heroes and role models in the National Monument as a vehicle, the event carried out lively and profound national education for Hong Kong youth, guiding young students to understand China, love China, and serve China, and allowing the seeds of patriotism and love for Hong Kong to take root and sprout in the hearts of young people.
The guiding unit of this event was the Jiangsu Overseas Friendship Association, and the organizers were the Hong Kong Jiangsu Friendship Association, the Jiangsu-Hong Kong Cultural Advancement Association, and Hong Kong Baptist University. More than one hundred teachers and students from The Chinese Foundation Secondary School, Buddhist Yip Kei Nam Memorial College, and De La Salle Secondary School, N.T. were invited to attend this 2026 national education thematic lecture. The atmosphere at the event was solemn and enthusiastic. The lecture content centered on the deeds of heroes and role models that emerged in the course of national development—from the bloody battles of the revolutionary years, to the arduous entrepreneurship of the construction period, and then to the courageous striving of the reform and opening up and the new era. One shining name after another and one deeply moving story after another vividly interpreted the great spirit of the Chinese nation's indomitability and unremitting self-improvement, and demonstrated the radiant sense of national responsibility on the monument of the Republic.
The organizers stated that the National Monument is the coordinate of national memory and the spiritual homeland jointly guarded by the sons and daughters of the Chinese nation. "Their Stories, Let Me Tell You" is not only a lecture, but also a patriotism education class that touches the soul. It is hoped that students can take root in Chinese culture, deepen their feelings for the country and the nation, draw nourishment from fine traditional Chinese culture and the achievements of national development, and strengthen the ambition, backbone, and confidence to be Chinese; embrace the country and the world, integrate personal ideals into the overall development of the country, and consciously integrate patriotic sentiment, the resolve to strengthen the country, and actions to serve the country into the struggle to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Hong Kong is connected by blood to the motherland. Hong Kong youth are the inheritors of the cause of "One Country, Two Systems" and also the participants in and contributors to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Teachers and students attending the event said that through this lecture they more deeply appreciated that today's national prosperity and strength have not come easily, and they more firmly strengthened their belief in understanding the country, loving the country, and serving the country. Some students said they would take national heroes and role models as examples, cherish their youth, study diligently, temper their character, and strive to grow into new young people of the era who can shoulder the great task of national rejuvenation, letting their youth shine in building Hong Kong, serving the country, and contributing to society.
The organizers pointed out that in the future they will continue to promote national education in a deeper and more substantive manner, tell China's story and Hong Kong's story well in more diverse and vivid forms, let the light of the National Monument illuminate the path of growth for Hong Kong youth, let the torch of patriotism and love for Hong Kong be passed down from generation to generation, and gather tremendous youthful strength for Hong Kong's long-term prosperity and stability, for comprehensively building a modern socialist country, and for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
