Honored Principal Wang Zhanbao and board members, distinguished parents and friends, most importantly, graduates of the Class of 2026, good morning!

Today, we gather here for the 2026 graduation ceremony of Hankai Cambridge. I am here on behalf of all faculty members and students in this school, to deliver warm congratulations to every graduate of the Class of 2026! Next, I'd like to share three real stories about people around us.

First and foremost, only you can rewrite your destiny when faced with stress and difficulties.

I bet many of you guys are curious about a couple of facts: Do top talents also get addicted to mobile games? Do they feel anxious or confused when study hits a bottleneck? Honestly speaking, absolutely, they do.

During the A2 revision phase, one of our outstanding students, she once got ob¹sessed with game. She tossed and turned all night before CAIE exams, and even dared not check admission emails from her dream universities. She even thought about giving up. To pull herself out of the slump, she came up with a simple yet effective method. She listed every achievement she made throughout high school, and then she made custom achievement cards and set them as her computer wallpaper.

This positive self-motivation helped her walk out of negative moods and break through study barriers step by step.

Dear students, you are about to step out of the campus and embrace your boundless future. College life overseas will surely be wonderful, yet challenges and frustrations are bound to come soon. Whenever you run into difficulties or feel troubled, please keep this story in your mind. The above story told us that the real difference between average learners and top talents is never intelligence or natural gift. It lies in the ability to bounce back and get yourself back on track.

Now let’s move on to the second story. With AI advancing rapidly, who will get left behind by the times?

Short videos, online games and casual entersuper easy to get addicted to.tainment are everywhere, super easy to get addicted to. This instant fun draws quite a few students away. Some lose focus, while others mess up their schedules, and end up being controlled by their phones.

Still, plenty of classmates manage themselves really well, like Ke Yifan, Wu Wenjie, Tan Tuo, among others. They use phones and enjoy entertainment just like everyone else, yet they always know what matters most and stick to self-discipline. They understand fleeting joy from entertainment can only fill empty moments. Working out tough problems and gaining new knowledge brings far more lasting and true happiness.

Graduates of the class of 2026, be the master of your phone, not its servant. Grow into young people who can never be replaced by AI.

My third story is about Prestigious Universities are just Platforms，and Diligence Builds Your Future.

Take our 2022 alumnus Johnny for example. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Sydney. With incredible self-discipline and constant hard work, he graduated ranking first in the major of Finance and Accounting. Later, he competed with graduates from University of Tsinghua or Peking. He out¹shone many excellent peers and won admission into a pres¹tigious master program at Harvard University.

There is one more detail that deserves special mention. Many overseas undergraduates fail to get ˈinternˌships and quit easily. But Johnny found eight internships by himself, even at global giants. He started with no luck, but submitted more than 100 resumes. Will you stay determined as he did?

His story also shows Australia’s top universities match the UK’s G5 and Hong Kong’s top three in world-class teachers, resources and teaching quality. Yet graduates from the same course at one school will be different in ability. Your real skills relies not on your prestigious university, but on your own hard work at the university. Life is not a short sprint where one moment decides everything. It is a long marathon where steady efforts pay off eventually. No temporary gains or losses can shape your whole life. Keep your passion and confidence, and good things will come in due time.

Dear Students, graduation is not an end, but a brand new beginning. May every graduate of the Class of 2026 have all the best and a brilliant future! May all parents and teachers enjoy good health and lasting happiness!

Thank you!