On the afternoon of September 14, 1163 new students from all over the world gathered in the Beiyu Litang to greet the grand opening ceremony of the 2018 undergraduate freshmen in Beijing Language and Culture University.

Secretary Ni Haidong gave the first lecture entitled "Being a Youth with Responsibility in a New Era" to all the freshmen in 2018. He hoped that the students would strengthen their ideals and beliefs and improve their moral cultivation. Clear goal, study well and study hard; Cultivating rational thinking and cultivating peaceful mentality; Take social responsibility and cultivate gentleman's personality. Secretary Ni encouraged the students to study hard, repay their parents and alma mater with outstanding achievements and serve the motherland and society with wonderful life.

On behalf of BLCU, President Liu Li extended warm congratulations and welcomed to the 2018 class of new students, and made a speech entitled "Growing up within Cognition", encouraging all 2018 undergraduate students to grasp the expectations of the age, to comprehend the spirit of the BLCU, to appreciate the spirit of their profession, and to observe their own characteristics and become BLCUers to bravely shoulder the responsibilities of the times.