Yan Zhen/Shanghai Daily news

Thousands of Fudan University graduates from around the country and abroad gathered at the school's Handan campus over the weekend to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first modern university founded by Chinese people.
The graduates were among more than 7,000 people, including current students and faculty members, to take in the celebrations at the school's current campus. They gathered for an anniversary ceremony in front of the newly built Guanghua Tower on Saturday night.
At newly completed Chia-Tai Stadium, about 5,000 Fudan students dressed in blue, red and orange T-shirts - the three colors on the school's logo - kicked off another ceremony at 9:30am on Saturday by passing a Fudan banner from hand to hand around the arena.
Renowned Fudan scholars, scientists and other notable graduates, such as He Huixian, vice president of the China Olympic Committee, were invited to Saturday's event, along the granddaughter of Fudan's founder Ma Xiangbo.
Chinese President Hu Jintao and the United Nations' Secretary-general Kofi Annan sent congratulatory letters to the century-old university.
Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress attended the celebration and said that a century of brilliant history has turned Fudan into a world-renowned university and led to many achievements.
"Since a university's development is closely connected with that of a whole nation, it's of great significance for universities such as Fudan to build themselves into world-class schools that can provide innovative and powerful scientific support to the country," Wu said.
Speaking on behalf of the city, Party Secretary Chen Liangyu said that Fudan has become a name Shanghai can boast about to the outside world.
"The city government will give full support to Fudan to make it a vigorous magnet for high-level professionals from around the world," Chen said in his speech.
Returning graduates were treated to campus tours, including stops at the new Guanghua Tower, campus history museum, and teaching and dorm buildings they used to study and live in.
Zhang Shousheng, a Fudan graduate who is now a tenured professor at Stanford University in California, said that the tour reminded him of his time on campus 27 years ago.
"No matter where I go, I'll be proud of the big progress and achievements Fudan has made," said Zhang, who donated his grandfather's diploma to the school, the oldest diploma in its collection.
Meanwhile, Fudan alumni around the world also raised money to plant an alumni forest at the university's under-construction Jiangwan campus.
Located to the left of the main campus gate, the forest - which will cover 5,000 square meters - was inaugurated on Friday.