The spring breeze of March carries the seeds of Lei Feng’s spirit, blossoming into youthful dedication along Hangzhou’s rail transit lines. Recently, sophomore students from our institute’s Strategic Communication program traveled to Hangzhou West Railway Station to participate in volunteer service activities, exemplifying the responsibility of a new generation against the backdrop of China’s high-speed rail modernity.
At the station’s Time-Space Exhibition Hall, aged railway blueprints and gleaming Fuxing bullet train models resonated in harmony, narrating China’s journey from a follower to a global leader in high-speed rail. As the diorama lit up, the Cloud Gate design of the smart station emerged like a sprouting sapling—revealing not just a transport hub but an innovation corridor linking Zhejiang University’s Zijingang Campus and the Future Sci-Tech City. Touching the urban-rail integration model, students felt the pulse of their alma mater’s role in this sci-tech belt. The immersive tour decoded the station’s “urban DNA” and ignited their passion for community service.
The event featured hands-on training from Hangzhou Asian Games volunteer mentors, covering etiquette and emergency response. Through systematic skill-building, students swiftly honed their service capabilities.
Dressed in red vests and badges, the media students transformed into “station guides,” fanning out across key areas. At security checks and crowded zones, they became human “navigation maps”; alongside security staff, they served as adaptable “cogs in the machine.” Notably, two students assisted a lone foreign visitor struggling with signage, bridging the language gap via translation apps to guide them seamlessly to their destination.
As sunset gilded the station, reflections flowed on the journey back—
Wang Manning: “The red vest weighed with duty. Helping travelers gifted me not just smiles but growth—reaffirming my resolve to serve and warm others.”
Jiang Zhuoqun: “Directing crowds taught me that Lei Feng’s spirit lives in mundane details, where every action shapes someone’s journey.”
Zou Linchi: “Aiding a foreign guest revealed volunteering as barrier-breaking warmth. This experience deepened my grasp of ‘devotion, camaraderie, mutual aid, and progress.’”
Merging professional practice with ideological education, this initiative let media students decode responsibility through service and harvest growth via giving. The spring-bound train whistles departure, yet the new-era stories of Lei Feng forever roll onward, tracks unwritten.