The 3^rd Chinese Youth Volunteer Service Project Competition as well as 2016 Volunteer Service Exchange was held in Ningbo from December 1-3. In the meantime, the 2^nd China Youth Social Non-profit Entrepreneurship Competition also went under way in the same locality. The judges praised the six projects from XMU as highly focused, highly professional and highly valuable to the society because these voluntary service programs are fully integrated with the disciplinary strengths of the XMU colleges, and they follow a distinct society-wise and "Internet plus" pattern of thinking. For instance, the “Little Green” college non-profit bicycle project, by championing the ideal to live a green life, go eco-friendly and enjoy sharing, provided XMU students on the campus with free access to “little green” bicycles that had been converted from the used and deserted ones, and this unique “little green” culture soon multiplied nationwide and successfully led almost 30 colleges to follow suit. The fine arts tutoring program themed as “Higher education for those with hearing loss” has successfully helped those hearing-impaired high school students get into college with a 100% admission rate, hitting an all-time high for the special education schools in Xiamen after seven years’ strenuous efforts, which has changed the life trajectory of the disabled children and their family. The “Enter Nearest Neighborhood" community service program introduced the notion of social work in an effort to bring about a transition from the mode of  “help from others” to the mode of “self-help”, enabling the old and young living in the same community to mutually help each other. The Xiagang neighborhood committee is intended to apply this mode to the whole administrative district in the days to come. In addition, the projects submitted by the Medical School and the School of Mathematical Sciences of XMU, which have adopted the notion of “Internet plus”, broke the bounds of space and time and blazed a new trail for the colleges in China to provide voluntary services both online and offline to the offspring of rural migrant workers.

(School League Committee)

（校团委）

Edited by: Wang Xu