Universities and colleges prepare novel gifts for graduates

As the graduation season 2022 is underway, a number of Chinese colleges and universities have prepared unique gifts for their graduates to show their appreciation and best wishes.

Tianjin University: Personalized chopsticks

Tianjin University presents personalized chopsticks for each graduate student. The chopsticks are engraved with the name, student number, and major of the graduate.
Tianjin University said that it hopes each graduate develops into an upright person, work steadfastly, make achievements and have a bright future.

Xi'an Jiaotong University: Seal and U disk

Xi'an Jiaotong University has prepared a "Graduation Gift Pack" for each graduate, including a customized seal and a U disk that provides the exclusive growth file for each graduate. Engraved with the graduate’s name, the gift records their "perfect youth". The seal features the school’s Western Relocation Spirit and motto engraved on it and a U disk on the top. It is a souvenir for each student to commemorate their days on the beautiful campus.

China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing): Paper-carved Lantern

The Archives Center of China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) presents a gift of paper-carved lantern featuring the school history and culture to the 2022 Beijing outstanding graduates. The design of the lantern takes the scene of the east gate of the school as the close-up view, and includes the building silhouette, a time ruler, and the runway with the school’s hallmarks over 100 years of history. In addition, the design of more than 10 magpies flying cheerfully on the packaging box symbolizes relocations in the history of the school, and also represents the school’s best wishes for graduates to chase their dreams.

Beijing Forestry University: Time Gyro

With the theme of time, Beijing Forestry University has designed five blind gyro boxes as graduation gifts. The main pattern of the gyro is the cosmic galaxies, planetary tracks, time scales, and Roman dials. With a fulcrum and an axis, the gyro can spin, a symbol of how each graduate can spin like a gyro and create their own wonderful life.

Northwest A&F University: Self-planted Fruits

Northwest A&F University has picked 1,000 kilograms of watermelons, 1,500 kilograms of cherries, 500 kilograms of melons, and 500 kilograms of peaches that are developed by the university for graduates to experience the university’s scientific research fruits. This move aims to encourage graduates to have affection for agriculture and to make their contributions in the world dedicated to agriculture.

Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts: Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics mascot Bing Dwen Dwen

Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts has prepared Bing Dwen Dwen, the official mascot of the 2022 Winter Olympics based on a panda with a spacesuit-like shell, as a graduation gift for each graduate. At the graduation ceremony, the school used a drone to deliver Bing Dwen Dwen to students like it was "falling from the sky". Bing Dwen Dwen was designed by a team of the School of Visual Art and Design. Having a Bing Dwen Dwen on such a special day is the best blessing and the most precious gift from the school, said a graduate student.