From May 16 to 17, 2024, the 62nd Track and Field Games of Jilin University was grandly held at the Central Campus. In this Games, the College of Basic Medical Sciences had a total of 133 athletes participating, including 40 faculty and staff members, 93 students, and 68 events entered. The number of participants, the number of events, and the overall team score all reached record highs in the college’s history.

        On May 17, with the spring breeze brushing against the face and the sun shining over the green field, the opening ceremony of the Games kicked off. Accompanied by passionate melodies, the delegation of the College of Basic Medical Sciences marched into the venue with high spirits. The members of the phalanx consisted of undergraduate students, postgraduate students and international students of the college. The mascots “Xiao Yi” and “Xiao Zhi”, making their debut, were co-designed by the college’s teachers and students, demonstrating the rich imagination of the faculty and students as well as their expectations and visions for the future development of medicine. As a pioneering team in China’s medical artificial intelligence field—led by the cultivation of top-tier talents in the Bethune Class of Biomedical Science and integrated with MBBS international students—the delegation carries the solid disciplinary foundation of basic medicine, gathers the strength of interdisciplinary integration and innovation, forges ahead in the wave of “New Medical Sciences”, and continuously climbs new heights on the path of serving national strategic needs and safeguarding people’s life and health. This Games marked the first time that the college saw the joint participation of undergraduate students, postgraduate students, international students, and faculty and staff. Students with different academic backgrounds and nationalities learned from each other, encouraged one another, shared the joy of sports competitions, and jointly pursued the spirit of excellence in sports, which not only deepened the communication and understanding between teachers and students, but also helped build a positive campus atmosphere.

       The outstanding performance of the College of Basic Medical Sciences of Jilin University in this Track and Field Games is not only a concentrated reflection of the college’s sports competitiveness, but also a comprehensive display of the spiritual outlook of its faculty and students, their team cooperation, and the college’s culture. It has become an important platform for promoting students’ physical and mental health, tempering their willpower, and enhancing their sense of collective honor and the college's cohesion. Taking this Games as an opportunity, the college will organize more diverse and colorful sports activities to inspire teachers and students to love sports, pursue a healthy and positive lifestyle, and foster a strong sense of affection for the school and the college. With sound physical fitness and the spirit of sports, the college will promote its own development and the advancement of its disciplines, thereby making greater contributions to accelerating Jilin University’s journey towards building a world-class university and driving the high-quality development of the university's undertakings.