On the afternoon of December 29, 2021, the "My Class my Home" Top 10 Class Selection of Beijing Colleges and Universities was held. A total of 236 classes from 49 colleges and universities in Beijing participated in the competition, and 25 classes were shortlisted. The 2020 Master's Class of Olympic Communication of School of Journalism and Communication of Renmin University of China participated in the selection as the No.1 class of the 2020-2021 Top 10 Class of Renmin University of China, and was awarded the top ten class of "My Class my Home" of Beijing universities.

(List of Top ten Classes in Beijing Universities)

On the Mission: all for the Winter Olympics

In 2006, SJC set up an Olympic Communication class for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Fourteen years later, in order to meet the demand for talents in journalism and communication for Beijing Winter Olympics, SJC set up the Olympic Communication Class again. All twenty students of the 2020 Master's Class of Olympic Communication will work for the Beijing Winter Olympic.

Since July 2021, students from the Olympic Communication Class have taken the lead in the Winter Olympics voluntary work, and have been involved in the preparations for the Games. At present, 8 of the 20 students in the class are assigned to work in the Press and Publicity Department of the Olympic Committee, and 12 are in the media Operation Department. In terms of regions, 14 students will work in Beijing and 6 students will work in Zhangjiakou. Twenty students will work in different positions and places, devoting themselves to the media reporting services of the Winter Olympics, and will become the backbone of the news publicity work of the Winter Olympics. They study silently, summing up experience and rules in tedious daily work. They will witness important historical moments and prepare for the arrival of the Winter Olympics.

The 14 students in Beijing are currently working in the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee Shougang Office, Beijing Winter Olympics Village, and the main Media Center (MMC). Some of them communicate with the IOC and foreign journalists in multiple languages. Some people participated in editing Winter Olympics documentaries, drafting publicity releases. The others work for preparation, organization, coordination, publicity, and other major activities such as the Speech Tour of Winter Olympics in Universities, the release of the Winter Olympics slogan.

The other 6 students were assigned to work in Genting Ski Park, Zhangjiakou Mountain News Center and Zhangjiakou Mountain Broadcasting Center by the Press and Publicity Department and Media Operation Department of BOCOG. 6 students ushered in the first snow of 2021 on the first day of the ninth lunar month. They wrapped themselves in thick down jackets early in the morning and walked around the venue of more than 10,000 square meters every day, visiting hundreds of routes to find the most wonderful shooting spots during the competitions. 

Beyond the Winter Olympics: Colorful practice and practical learning

In order to accumulate experience in sports reporting and get familiar with the production of media content before the official start of the job, the students of The 2020 Master's Class of Olympic Communication joined Bytedance Tokyo Olympic Games special internship before the opening of the Tokyo Olympic Games and cooperated with mainstream media such as People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency and China Media Group. They produced work with more than one million likes from Douyin, launched a hot Weibo search with nearly 600 million views, and published an exclusive interview of Olympic champions in the People's Daily. These students put their talents to good use in the reporting of the Tokyo Olympic Games, accumulated experience, and made sufficient preparations for serving the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.

Students of Olympic Communication class have worked hard in all aspects, from epidemic prevention and control, donating books and other volunteer services, to campus lectures, club activities, and basketball tournaments, and then to undergraduate recruitment. Also, in non-fiction writing studio "Story Hardcore" and Internet companies like Kuaishou and Tencent and media platforms like Jiemian.com, Beijing TV, we can see that they participated in work with all their heart and soul devoted.

In the study, the average credit score of the whole class reached 3.8, and they earned honorary titles and scholarships. Students will combine academics with the characteristics of the Winter Olympics, raise awareness of the issues surrounding the Winter Olympics, and actively carry out research and learning. Many students have participated in major academic conferences locally and internationally and published many research papers in well-known academic journals. More students are proficient in English, French, Italian, and other languages. They have passed TEM-8 and scored high in TOEFL and IELTS, laying a solid foundation for "telling Chinese stories well".

Banfeng construction: thought firm unity and friendship

In terms of ideological construction, the Olympic Communication class tried hard to improve the ideological and political knowledge of the new era students. Under the guidance of CPC and the Youth League Committee of SJC, the class carried out various activities such as "NPC and CPPCC keyword news broadcast", knowledge competition of the Winter Olympics, red theme song meeting, model story sharing, and so on. On July 1, 2021, three members of the class, as young members of the National People's Congress (NPC), participated in the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held in Tian 'anmen Square.

20 students help each other in their daily life. The class is willing to share and exchange gifts. At every festival, the whole class will receive intimate gifts from their classmates. There will be flowers, handwritten letters, personalized bookmarks, succulents, and hometown specialties for each student even on normal days.

In the dormitory, the students of The Olympic Communication class decorated their living space with their wise minds and dexterous hands, making their own small world unique and full of life atmosphere. The whole Olympic class is condensed by the energy of a "small family".

Although it is not easy to study away from home, the happy dormitory life and colorful class activities have brought each student closer. It has become a habit to celebrate the birthday of each classmate together.

It is in the process of understanding each other and getting along with like-minded people that the students of The Olympic Communication Class harvest the warm friendship between each other and condenses into a big family of solidarity and friendship.

The 20 students of the 2020 Master's Class of Olympic Communication became friends with each other because of the Winter Olympics. With deep patriotism and a strong ambition to serve the country, they took the initiative to shoulder the major mission and dedicated their youth to the Winter Olympics. With their actions, they proved themselves worthy of the title of "national model and pillar of society". They are worthy of the title of "Top Ten Class "!

Source: 2020 Master's Class of Olympic Communication

Editor: Wen Yingying, Su Juan,Zhang Congyuan，Wang Daosheng

Tutor: Sun Quan

Translator: Song Xinran