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The 10th General Election of the MBA Union of School of Business, GDUFS, Successfully Held

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The 10th General Election of the MBA Union of School of Business, GDUFS, was held in Room 103 of No. 9 Teaching Building on the afternoon of December 23, 2018. Vice Dean of School of Business Yuan Denghua, Deputy Party Secretary Shen Changxia, Supervisor of Academic Affairs Li Aiting, Supervisor of Students Affairs Zhang Chunyan, Supervisor of International Affairs Yu Qianqian attended the meeting. MBA students from grade 2018 and the presidium of the 9th session of the MBA Union were also present to vote and witness the birth of the new MBA Union. This election was chaired by Zhang Chunyan, Supervisor of Students Affairs.

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Supervisor of Students Affairs, Zhang Chunyan hosting the general election

At the beginning of the election, Deputy Party Secretary Shen Changxia delivered an opening speech. On behalf of the Party Committee of School of Business, she expressed heartfelt gratitude to the work that the presidium of the 9th session of the MBA Union have done. She also showed support for the election work, and expressed expectation to the new members of the 10th session of the MBA Union, hoping that they may inherit the fine traditions of the last session of the MBA Union, build a better platform, and expand the brand influence of the MBA Center, GDUFS.

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Deputy Party Secretary Shen Changxia delivering the opening speech

Then came the 5-minute campaign speech delivered by each candidate. 12 candidates delivered their campaign speeches in turn, introducing their election grounds, advantages and work prospects. Their excellent speeches, elaborating on how to conduct their administrative programs, how to optimize the work of the Union, and what kind of innovation and renovation can they bring to the MBA Center, won bursts of applause.

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12 candidates delivering campaign speeches

The candidates delivered their speeches in an hour. Then the voting and vote-counting were progressed in the spirit of fairness, justice and openness. In this general election, method of competitive election and ballot was adopted. The votes were collected and counted by the staff under the supervision of the guests present and the members of the 9th session of the MBA Union. At the same time, Chen Wen, Secretary General of the 9th session of the Union, gave a work report on behalf of the 9th MBA Union, presenting the activities hosted by the Union, and the achievements they have made. For instance, they successfully held activities like the Mountaineering Festival, which has been gradually carried out in an improved manner, and an excellent MBA Freshmen Marketing Competition. They also won honors in competitions like the 4th China (Southern) MBA Basketball League Matches, and the 10th BRICS Students Meeting in the name of MBA Center, GDUFS. Besides, they participated in influential activities like “Smile Home Care” Charity Activity, and the 25th South China MBA Alliance Summit, Macao, etc. The 9th MBA Union won bursts of applause from the audience with their sincerity and dedication.

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Secretary General of the 9th session of the Union, Chen Jingwen debriefing her work

Ms. Li Aiting, after monitoring the process of election and vote-counting, announced that the result was legal and valid. Then, Ms. Zhang Chunyan announced the name list of the top 7 candidates elected as the members of  the presidium of the 10th session of the MBA Union: Zheng Lilu from Class 2018B,  Wang Lili from Class 2018B, Cai Weiliang from Class 2018DZheng Xiuer from Class 2018BPeng Xiaoxian from Class 2018B, He Xiaojuan from Class 2018C, and Zhan Xiaoyan from Class 2018B.

In the end, Vice Dean Yuan Denghua delivered a closing speech. He highly appreciated the efforts made by the 9th session of the MBA Union in the past year, and expressed sincere praise and gratitude to their achievements. As for the new session of the Union, he proposed two key words, i.e. “solidarity” and “learning”. He hopes that they can continue to carry out the traditional merits of their predecessors, and work in a more close and efficient way. It’s their mission to lead more students of GDUFS from platforms of school-level to national-level. He also hopes that by actively participating in or organizing various activities and competitions, MBA Center can enhance its horizontal links with MBA programs of colleges and universities across the country, especially those in southern China, so as to jointly promote the development of China’s MBA education.

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Vice Dean Yuan Denghua delivering a closing speech

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Group photo of the members of the 10th session of the MBA Union and teachers of MBA Center

The 10th General Election of the MBA Union of School of Business, GDUFS was a great success. Members of the new session of the MBA Center are expected to make joint efforts in innovating new situation and start a new journey. By upholding the mission of “integrate resources, to cultivate talents and to enhance the brand of the MBA program in GDUFS”, they should create a platform shared by MBA students, improve their service level and resource integration capability, so that more MBA students can benefit from their service, and the brand influence of our MBA Center could be expanded both inside and outside GDUFS.