Nowadays, among the dazzling buzzwords that have emerged, the term Internet celebrity can definitely be regarded as the leading one. In this era when Internet celebrities can appear in various industries, Zheng Qiang is that internet celebrity among college principals.
Zheng Qiang was born in Chongqing, and his ancestral home is Wuyishan, Fujian. Growing up in Chongqing, he has the unique uprightness of Chongqing people. After graduating from Zhejiang University with an undergraduate degree, he was admitted to Chengdu University of Science and Technology for a master's degree. After studying for a PhD at the Polymer Institute of Sichuan University, he studied for a PhD in Japan for five years and returned. After returning to China, Zheng Qiang worked hard on academic research and majored in majors, and became a professor at the age of 28. He not only participated in dozens of national scientific research projects, but also obtained 38 national patents. The addition of multiple honors is just the icing on the cake for his popularity on the Internet, and his speeches have truly entered the public eye.
Zheng Qiang loves giving speeches, and has attracted a large number of fans online with his unique speaking style, insightful opinions on various issues, and his daring and outspoken style. In 2013, he gave a speech at the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee Auditorium for more than 3 hours, and received 128 applauses. In 2015, he gave a 4-hour speech at the Yunnan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and received more than 200 applause. His countless speeches, large and small, have been very important to all kinds of people. His unique insights into social phenomena and educational issues made him quickly popular on the Internet.
He is a person who has great feelings for his motherland, so his speeches will reflect his deep feelings. For example, a recent speech given by Zheng Qiang was inspiring. In his speech, he said, "Science has no borders, and scientists have a motherland." It was even more shocking and caused countless netizens to think deeply. After this speech, he became famous to a new level.
A big tree attracts attention. When he became famous all over the Internet, his upright speeches also brought him a lot of trouble. There was once a speech about flight attendants, which made him stand at the forefront of the limelight again. Zheng Qiang thinks that flight attendants only have the job of serving tea and water, so why do they need such a high threshold? Want a graduate major? Speaking of excitement, he stood up and left his seat, imitating the action of a stewardess hunching over and pushing a cart. His verbal behavior was strongly criticized by netizens, who believed that Zheng Qiang discriminated against the profession of flight attendants. They were directly protested by Sichuan Aviation Vocational College and asked him to be dismissed from get out of class.
He said he didn't care about any of this. He said, "This is a video from 6 years ago. They took it out of context and only intercepted more than 3 minutes of video material." And he was only sorry for the way he spoke and said swear words, but he did not think this view was wrong. . His forthright speech brought him a lot of trouble, but it was also one of the reasons why he became popular.
Zheng Qiang is known as the "first angry young man" because of his various fierce remarks. This image is particularly prominent in his national sentiments and education issues. In 2012, Zheng Qiang first came to Guizhou University as president. In the early days of taking office, he could not understand anything. The school gate is in a dilapidated state, which is unacceptable; the flowers and plants are messy, which is unacceptable; the students' study and living conditions are unacceptable; and what is even more unacceptable is the school's atmosphere. There are no assessment standards for teachers’ teaching, and the quality of teaching is not guaranteed.
In this situation where he could not understand anything, he first attacked the trees in the school. In the eyes of many teachers in Guizhou at that time, those trees were old trees on campus, and everyone had feelings for them. However, in order to improve the teaching environment, Zheng Qiang still fought against all opinions and carried out reforms. He cut down some old trees, paved the way to the school, renovated the gate, bought a school bus, and improved learning conditions. When Zheng Qiang was doing these things, there was opposition to everything. But he didn't back down at all. He dared to do whatever he dared to say, and he also won the title of "Bald Strong".
With his insistence on reform, Zhang Hao, President of Guizhou University Student Union, said that it is still very effective. The most obvious manifestation is that the learning atmosphere of the school has been stimulated. People reading books and self-study can be seen everywhere. All aspects of the school have improved. When Zheng Qiang was the president of Guizhou University, he was almost in harmony with the students. Students could write letters of opinions directly to the president. Among the students who liked him, he was affectionately called Brother Qiang and became the idol of many college students.
He promotes "general education" at Guizhou University. Freshmen are not divided into majors, and majors are only divided into sophomores. Offer elective courses, including Chinese studies. In 2012, the Guizhou University plan was launched to build a new campus of Guizhou University, and successfully obtained a start-up capital of 4 billion yuan. He fully puts his educational philosophy into practice in teaching and improves the teaching quality of Guizhou University.
He also specially opened a series of majors in line with Guizhou industries such as Guizhou tea culture and Moutai culture. He said that the College of Brewing and Food Engineering was specially opened for Kweichow Moutai.
Although Zheng Qiang’s reforms have been relatively successful and he has made a lot of contributions to Guizhou University, some teachers are still dissatisfied. Even because of the strong reform and tough behavior, many people secretly complained in private. " This school almost had the surname Zheng.”
Over the years, he has been at the forefront. People who like him think that he is maverick, frank, and critical of social phenomena and current ills. Whether in education, teaching or work life, he can always express his unique insights. Netizens say that his speeches are always thought-provoking. Of course, some people can't stand his behavior and think that his behavior is sensational, he likes to be in the limelight, he is keen on hype, and he doesn't look like a teacher at all.
One of his former colleagues at Guizhou University mentioned his evaluation: "He is a braggart and talks more than he does." "He dances like a sketch actor." Zheng Qiang While his remarks are highly praised by everyone, his style of doing things that dares to speak out and dare to speak out is also controversial, and many people can't stand him. Therefore, Zheng Qiang's evaluation is always mixed.
Before Zheng Qiang became the president of Guizhou University, he worked at Zhejiang University. Because Guizhou University was the counterpart of Zhejiang University, he was transferred to Guizhou University as the president. When leaving Zhejiang University, Zheng Qiang told the students in class that "the last thing I want is to see the research team fall behind, and I don't want to see the children shed tears." Then he rushed to Guizhou to take up the position of president of Guizhou University. He came to Guizhou University in 2012 and served for five years, transforming Guizhou University into a truly 211 university. Now he has returned to Zhejiang University as deputy secretary of the Party Committee. After going around in circles, I returned to the original place.
He once said, "I am very lonely. Why do some people still dissatisfy me after I have done so much for the school?" "If you don't applaud me, you can't punish me either." Once at a democratic election meeting in school, he came last in the vote count. Dressed in a suit and tie, he quietly lowered his head and took off his tie, showing that he didn't care and was lonely. In fact, we put aside some prejudices against him, we cannot deny the transformation he brought to Guizhou University, nor can we deny his contribution. Thanks to Professor Zheng for his contribution to education. The road is long and we hope that Professor Zheng Qiang can go further and further on this path of exploration.