A Visit To Tu Runhua, Founder Of Jiangxi Institute Of Fashion

　　 In 2021, Jiangxi Institute of fashion ushered in the 30th anniversary of its founding. The birth of this school is full of vigor and professional attitude. It was decided by an old man

Tu Runhua, founder of Jiangxi Institute of fashion

　　 Riding the tide of the times and stepping into the field of Education

　　 In the spring breeze of reform and opening up, Tu Runhua, who was also the director of the women's clothing Research Office of Jiangxi Provincial Institute of clothing, resolutely went to the sea and started the clothing training.

　　 At the beginning of reform and opening up, a large number of talents were urgently needed in the economic and social development. To improve the quality of the people and to produce more and better talents became the primary task of education development. "Clothing was one of the pillar industries in China at that time, and it was also a typical labor-intensive industry. The country had a huge demand for talents in the textile and clothing industry, and many enterprises were unable to recruit people." Tu recalled that at that time, he entered the research institute with his excellent clothing making technology, and was well received by many provincial and municipal leaders, He decided to pass on his decades old craft to more people.

　　 This decision is also in line with the development policy of the national education at that time. In 1985, "the decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on the reform of the education system" put forward that "through the reform, we should better mobilize the enthusiasm of all aspects of society, give full play to the potential of all aspects, and make education develop better year by year." this is the clarion call of the state for the development of private education.

　　 In July 1991, under such a background, Jiangxi Institute of fashion was officially established.

　　 "At the beginning, the conditions of the college were quite difficult. There were only one or two hundred sewing machines rented in the cultural hall of Nanchang city." Tu Runhua said, but the students' enthusiasm for learning was high and a long line was formed as soon as the enrollment advertisement appeared. At that time, the private Jiangxi Institute of clothing was still a training institution for non academic education. Many students had working experience and came to study with problems. It was common for them to go to the teacher's dormitory after class and discuss technical issues with the teacher late into the night.

　　 With the continuous expansion of the University's reputation and enrollment scale, in order to better solve the problems of students' schooling, food and accommodation, the college began to build its own campus in Baojia garden in the second half of 1993, and expanded again in 1998. In recent years, the school has witnessed rapid development. In order to solve all kinds of problems of students nearby, Tu run Hua's family lived in the school. When they got up early in those years, teachers and students could often see a middle-aged man in plain clothes appear on the campus. When students encounter difficulties, they can knock on the principal's door at any time.

　　 In February 1998, the College changed its name to Jiangxi Clothing Institute. With a fixed campus, it had a foundation for development. The college began to actively apply for academic qualifications, which once again hit the pace of China's education development.

　　 "Jiangfu phenomenon" came out step by step in those years

　　 At the beginning of the 21st century, China's education discipline began to enter the "self serving period", a large number of private colleges and universities came into being, and made important contributions to the popularization of China's higher education.

　　 In 2003, Jiangxi Clothing Institute officially became a full-time ordinary university with the qualification of independently issuing national higher education diploma, and was renamed Jiangxi clothing vocational and technical college. Since then, the college has officially entered the ranks of higher education, and has trained more than 80000 excellent students to various posts in the clothing industry in the past 30 years, It has become an important force in the development of the industry, casting the "Jiangfu phenomenon".

　　 "Jiangfu phenomenon" is well-known in the industry. Jiangfu students are professional, practical and willing to work. They are not only the mainstay of enterprises, but also the technical director and design director. Moreover, a large number of successful students create hundreds of millions of output value.

　　 Speaking of "Jiangfu phenomenon", Tu Runhua is also sincerely proud: "Jiangfu phenomenon" is not named one day, but naturally. The reasons are: first, we started to cultivate talents 30 years ago, and the students took root early; second, our teaching is practical. After graduation, we really entered the clothing industry and gradually won public praise; thirdly, the students graduated from Jiangfu United and helped each other and slowly learned The cooperation between students and students forms the industrial chain. "Therefore," Jiangfu phenomenon "is not a miracle, but Tu Runhua leads all teachers and students step by step.

　　 Making a blueprint of campus, making Jiangfu a success today

　　 At the beginning of 2000, in the wave of education development, Jiangxi garment vocational and technical college seized the opportunity to win the new campus site now located in the southern suburb of Nanchang city. Standing on a barren land of more than 1000 mu at that time, Tu Runhua already had a blueprint for the future campus. He was like a tailor, cutting and designing this "cloth".

　　 In everyone's eyes, Tu Runhua is a bold, atmospheric and pioneering person. When he proposed to build a 300 meter wide main teaching building in the prime location of the campus, the architectural design professionals were also shocked and said that he had never taken over such a plan. However, today, the main teaching building has been rising for nearly 20 years, and it is still magnificent and beautiful from the present aesthetic perspective.

　　 Looking back on the construction process of the new campus in those years, Tu Runhua talked with a lot of words. The new campus site is similar to a rectangle, and the Bishop's building is like a hall, which divides the college into the front yard and the back yard. In Tu Runhua's mind, there are pools in the front yard and various sports grounds, which are the places for students' activities. The backyard is the library and dormitory, which is the place for students to rest. In order to build the campus, a small building was built temporarily. All the leaders and staff of the school worked in the small building and directed the infrastructure construction. Only in this way did the vast and magnificent campus scenery come true.

　　 It can be said that double happiness is coming to Jiangxi garment vocational and technical college to obtain academic qualifications and move to a new school site. Jiangxi garment vocational and technical college, which takes characteristics and specialization as the school running concept, has been widely recognized and began to arrange the upgrading of junior college in 2009.

　　 In 2011, the college's entrance examination into the sprint stage, and brought out a section of the story that people like to talk about. When the expert group went to the school for investigation, the experts and the school leaders sat around, and the atmosphere became serious and tense for a time. Resisting the pressure, Tu Runhua began an impassioned speech, stressing the school's tenet for many years, and describing his attitude of regarding the college as his life. His personal experience and his educational philosophy deeply moved the experts and made the experts applaud. Finally, the college was approved to set up as a college of undergraduate higher education with strong advantages, and officially renamed as Jiangxi Institute of clothing, which started a new journey.

　　 System first, ensure the bright journey of Jiangfu

　　 Today, the university has nearly 15000 full-time undergraduate and junior college students, and has won the honors of "national top 10 professional characteristic schools", "China's top 10 employment quality demonstration schools" and Jiangxi Province's advanced employment unit. This relies on not only the practical and professional school running process, but also the College system reform in line with the times.

　　 As early as in the period of Jiangxi clothing vocational and technical college, Tu Runhua resolutely established the council system, that is, the president responsibility system under the leadership of the Council. The college hired educational experts to manage the daily affairs of the school with high salary, but he himself retired behind the scenes. "In the final analysis, I am a clothing Technician, education and management needs professional people to do," said Tu.

　　 Since then, Tu Runhua and his family members have voluntarily withdrawn from the management and formed a leading group with the president as the core. The ownership and management rights are separated, and the decision-making power and the executive power are separated. The change of management mode has brought gratifying changes to the college. The idea of giving priority to education, represented by Tu run Huawei, has been deeply infused into the ideological depth of every faculty member, creating a more vigorous academic atmosphere.

　　 The management mode of a school often determines the development prospect of the school. The successful transformation of Jiangxi Institute of fashion also marks a new page on the road of development.

　　 The establishment of another important system is the choice between "scale expansion development" and "differentiation development".

　　 In the past 30 years, Jiangxi Institute of fashion has not been faced with temptation. "In some years, people often come to me to talk about enrollment expansion and listing, and they have been rejected by me one by one." in Tu Runhua's view, education needs to maintain its purity, and the light of capital can't move him, an entrepreneur who lives a simple life and is committed to running a school. His pursuit is not to follow the trend of running schools, not blindly expanding, focusing on the characteristics of clothing education, and strive to build the school into a talent highland needed by the clothing industry and related industries.

　　 Time has proved once again that the right choice was made. The era of scale expansion and development of private education has passed. The second entrepreneurship must be changed from "bigger" to "stronger", so as to remain invincible. Many years ago, the college decided to reduce the original goal of running a school with 30000 students to 15000, and promote the characteristic school running of "college + market", the characteristic teaching of "technology + art", the characteristic education of "designer + entrepreneur", and the characteristic development of "tradition + International". Only in this way can we have the Jiangxi Institute of fashion, which stands in Jiangxi and radiates the whole country.

　　 Looking back on his career, "I haven't recorded anything in my whole life, and all the things are in my heart. I'm also dedicated to doing this thing well." Tu Runhua said. When the reporter saw Tu Runhua, he was dressed in plain clothes and confessed that he had no hobbies. He would not play cards, fish or raise flowers. Over the past 30 years, Jiangxi Institute of fashion has always been a non-profit private university, and every income has been invested in the follow-up construction.

　　 This is Tu Runhua. Because he is obsessed with education and has no other thoughts, he has great insight into the times. He can step on the rhythm of the times at every step and choose the right direction of the times at every fork in the road. He is a respectable entrepreneur and educator with great love.