Introduction to Harbin University for the Elderly Background of Harbin University for the Elderly

1. Harbin University for the Elderly was established on April 1, 1984. It is one of the earliest senior universities established in my country. The school is located on the banks of the beautiful Songhua River, a tourist attraction in Harbin. The school is jointly run by the Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government and the Harbin Municipal People's Government. In the past 20 years since the school was founded, under the leadership of the provincial and municipal governments and the China Association of Universities for the Elderly, and with the support and support of the fraternal provincial and municipal universities for the elderly, and in line with the school policy of “maintaining health and happiness, being enterprising and promising”, the school has A very popular development. In the 7,240-square-meter 12-story teaching building, there are 36 classrooms including computer rooms, speech rooms, electronic piano rooms, dance rooms, multi-functional halls, and fitness studios. The school has more than 30 professional disciplines, including calligraphy, traditional Chinese painting, vocal music, dance, literature, health care, massage, Tai Chi, Tai Chi sword, and cooking, and more than 200 classes; there are also 12 branch schools. In order to meet the requirements of laid-off workers, the school jointly opened the Changqing Vocational Skills Training School with the Provincial Department of Labor. The school currently has more than 9,000 students, and more than 30,000 have graduated; many of them are late bloomers and have become calligraphers, traditional Chinese painters, poets, masseurs, etc.

2. The school opposite Beihuan Mall at No. 291, Daxin Street, Daoxin Street, Daowai District, Harbin has a team of full-time and part-time teachers who are active in exploration, selfless dedication, and excellent in teaching. A teaching model suitable for the characteristics of the elderly has been formed. In terms of theoretical research on geriatric education, gratifying results have been achieved. More than 200 geriatric education research papers have been published at national, provincial, and municipal geriatric education societies; more than 100 people have won national, provincial, and municipal outstanding paper awards. At present, the school has developed into an elderly education service center in Heilongjiang Province and Harbin City. Elderly Education Research Center, Elderly Prosperity Research Center and National Elderly Education Service Center. At the same time, the school has also become a classroom for the elderly to update their knowledge, a place for culture and entertainment, and a paradise for longevity. It is deeply loved by retired elderly people and has been praised and affirmed by provincial and municipal leaders. The school has won the "National Innovation Award for Prosperity for the Elderly" and has been awarded the provincial and municipal advanced units for aging work, education for the elderly, caring for the next generation, and respecting the elderly for many times. It has been awarded the title of "Civilized Unit" by the municipal party committee and the municipal government, thus attracting attention at home and abroad. The department engaged in geriatric education has paid attention to it; it has visited the geriatric universities in other provinces and cities many times, and has had friendly exchanges with friends from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, Denmark, Sweden, South Korea, Russia and other countries. In the new era of advancing with the times and pioneering and enterprising, the school, guided by the important thought of "Three Represents", will do a good job in elderly education in the new century and achieve a new leap from "doing it early" to "doing it well" ; Continuously improve the quality of teaching, explore new ways of running schools in multiple disciplines, and summarize school running experience; strive to build the school into a standardized, exemplary, and national first-class comprehensive university for the elderly.