At 7:30 a.m., May 4, the half marathon of Chang'an University Town in 2019 began at Chang'an District Government. It is the first large-scale marathon events ponsored by Youth League. Moreover, the event owns the largest number of participating universities and students passing through the largest number of colleges.10,000 athletes gathered in Chang'an including 6,000college students from more than 140 famous universities at home and abroad. In addition to universities in Shaanxi, Peking University, Tongji University, Tianjin University, and universities along the Silk Road from Russia, Nigeria and other countries and regionswere also participate in this event.

This event is one of activities to commemorate the centenary of the May 4th Movement in Chang'an University Town. At the historic moment of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the centenary of the May 4th Movement, young people who are full of youthful dreams and vitality try to carry forward the spirit of the May 4th Movement, and pay tribute to the motherland and their youth through half-marathon.

More than 80 teachers and students from XPU participated in the marathon festival and made remarkable achievements as following: Wang Junjie 1:23:31, Sajiangnan 1:27:15, Zhu Wenzhe 1:28:02, Li Rongde 1:28:23, Yihao 1:28:05, Liu Lipeng 1:29:45. The indomitable spirit of students would influence and inspire more people to inherit the spirit of the May 4th Movement. Besides, the youth and positiveness of XPU’s students was presented in the marathon.

After the race, Mr. Ma Baoleifrom Sports Department of XPU first congratulated everyone on the successful completion of the raceand emphasized that it was essential for college students to learn knowledge, keep innovating and positive. He also encouraged everyone to persist in Marathon to become much stronger in will and body.