motto of Zhejiang University: Seeking Truth and Innovating

The motto of Zhejiang University-"Seeking Truth and Innovating" can be traced back to Qiushi Academy, the predecessor of Zhejiang University. Qiushi Academy has advocated "practical learning, keeping what is right and getting rid of what is wrong" since its establishment. The school spirit of "seeking truth from facts" has gradually formed among teachers and students, which has continued to Zhejiang University in the future.

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Since the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, successive leaders of Zhejiang University, on the basis of inheriting and carrying forward the spirit of seeking truth from facts, have particularly emphasized the pioneering and innovative spirit under the new historical conditions. Since then, Zhejiang University has gradually formed an excellent school spirit of "seeking truth from facts, being rigorous and down-to-earth, striving for progress, pioneering and innovating".

on may 5, 1988, the school affairs meeting presided over by president Lu Yongxiang decided to take "seeking truth from facts and innovating" as the motto of Zhejiang university in the new period. This is the correct decision made by Zhejiang University in order to adapt to the rapid development of modern science and technology and social needs, and it is a development of the spirit of seeking truth from facts.