On March 8^th, all members of QMES Party Branch assembled in Meeting Room 413, East Teaching Building A, Chang'an Campus, making the first collective political study of this semester. The learning focused on the Guiding Principles of 19th National Congress of CPC and Party Constitution. The learning meeting was hosted by Party Branch Secretary Kong Jie.

First of all, all Party members read through the Guiding Principles of the 19th National Congress of CPC and Party Constitution. Then, Secretary Kong Jie conveyed the main content ofImplementation Plan for 2017 Annual Political Study and Democratic Appraisal of Party Branches of School of Materials Science and Engineering. As required by the Party Committee of School of Materials Science and Engineering, Secretary Kong Jie led all Party members to study the Guiding Principles and Party Constitution by adhering closely to the major connotation of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era brought up by Xi Jinping.

All Party membersshowed that they would work hard, make more contributions on boosting NPU's prosperity, and keep Party's rules and principles in mind. As conclusion, all Party members summarized recent study results of themselves.

After learning, all Party members got a further recognition on the Socialismwith Chinese Characteristics for a New Era brought up by Xi Jinping. Under the indication of New Era's guiding principles, all Party members will strive to make more achievements on promoting "Double First Class" construction of NPU by focusing on opening up, innovation student cultivation and interdisciplines.

(Reporter/Du Jiannan;Photographer/Li Yuanting;Reviewer/Kong Jie)