October 4^th ,2021, marked the 200 days countdown of the 70th anniversary of USTB. Through online and offline activities, USTB has released the 2^nd official anniversary announcement, the official English website, the special website for the anniversary, and the USTB applet. At the same time, the university has activated the anniversary countdown sign and released the promotional video for the 200-day countdown in all media, striving to seize the favorable opportunity to tell the story of USTB and of USTB alumni to the whole society. As of October 8^th, the number of views on the 200-day countdown to the 70th anniversary has exceeded 10 million, and the promotional video of thje 200-day countdown has been played more than 600,000 times on various media platforms, attracting keen attention and strong support from all teachers, students, staffs, alumni and people from all walks of life at home and abroad. Marking a new stage in the preparation of the 70th anniversary of the University and further uniting people's hearts, gathering wisdom and strength.

Since the issuance of the Work Plan for the 70th Anniversary of the University of Science and Technology Beijing, led by the Office of the Anniversary Events，Office of the Party Committee，Office of the President, with the cooperation of Publicity Section of Communist Youth League Committee, Office of Information Technology (IT), Office of the Alumni Association and other departments, a 7-minute special video was produced to show the achievements of USTB, the overall design of the celebration, and the blessings of students, faculty and alumni. A simple but elegant countdown sign was designed and installed. At the same time, the 200-day countdown was prominently previewed on the official website of USTB, the website of the Alumni Association and campus OA.

At 19:52 on the evening of October 4^th, the countdown sign for the 70th anniversary of USTB hanging at the main entrance of the library was officially unveiled and lit up. The university released the 200-day countdown on its official website, special website for the anniverasry, official live streaming platform , WeChat, Weibo, Bilibili , People's Daily, Guangming Daily, Beijing Daily and other media platform at the same time. The video and the microblogging topic “200 days countdown to the 70th anniversary of USTB” were launched at the same time, and teachers, students and alumni from all over the world gathered in the internet, which got enthusiastic discussions and great school glorifying.

The successful holding of the 200-day countdown event has created a positive atmosphere for friendship and common development between USTB and students, faculty, alumni, and people from all walks of life.

Mr.ZHANG Longqiang, an alumnus from the class of 94 of the Department of Ferrous Metallurgy and the Chancellor and President of China Metallurgical Industry Planning and Research Institute, said that on October 4, he saw the promotional video for the 200-day countdown to the 70th anniversary of USTB, which was very exciting. As the “Cradle of Iron and Steel Engineers”, the university's anniversary is not only an important event for all the alumni and teachers of USTB, but also an important event for the iron and steel industry. As an industry organization with a large number of alumni, China Metallurgical Industry Planning and Research Institute will play its unique advantages and fully support the work of the university.

Mr.ZHOU Jungang, an alumnus from the class of 90 of the School of Civil and Resources Engineering, general secretary of the Shanghai Alumni Association, currently an artificial intelligence expert of the Natural Science Expert Pool of the Science  and  Technology  Commission  of  Shanghai  Municipality, and digital transformation expert, said, “My Alma Mater is counting down 200 days to its 70th anniversary, and my feeling is one word, ‘cool’. People know the its history too little, the school was and is, in the construction of the country, the mainstay, the national weapon! Cool! People know its heroes too little. There are students in different eras, the first torchbearer of the former Baosteel steel furnace, industry academicians and experts, the existing commander-in-chief of the moon landing, the commander-in-chief of the Mars exploration! Cool! People know its extraordinary too little, former Miss World winner, existing Olympic champion newcomer! Cool! The school public itself too littel,and it is a group portraits, I see you, and us, the revival of the USTB, rely on us together! Cool!

Prof. CHEN Xue, an alumnus from the class of 07 of the Department of Management Science and Engineering，currently works in GuiZhou University of Finance and Economics, said that 70 years, if for an ordinary individual in ancient times, it is already “Three score and ten”, but for an educational subject spreading human wisdom, USTB is still a “a young spark”. Fortunately, she have been associated with the school for 14 years. And from a student in USTB to a teacher, she knows that it is not easy to educate people, and it is even harder to shape people. On behalf of Guizhou Alumni Association, she would like to thank the Alma Mater for giving alumni in Guizhou, who are thousands of miles away, this rare 5-second ceremony, which not only allows them to relive the youthful days when they had “pity” for the Alma Mater, but also to firmly establish our “small blessings” for the future prosperous development of the Alma Mater. They did not participate in USTB’s birth in 1952, but they will be with the school in the birthday in 2022!

In online the messages, they said: As one of the USTBers, I am proud to catch such a grand celebration just after enrolling in school, and I will keep striving to be a struggling USTBer, and strive to become a steel talent for the construction of our country! We wish the school better and better development. 70 years of perseverance and endeavor, it uses its all to nurture generations of students, and ginkgo trees have sheltered generations of struggling steel people, USTB, our Alma Mater, happy 70th birthday in advance!