Later on, SEM Dean QIAN Yingyi spoke at the ceremony, extending welcome to new freshmen. He said that this year, SEM has enrolled 208 new undergraduate students, which is the highest number since the founding of SEM. Most of these students ranked top 10 in their home provinces. Accordingly, Tsinghua SEM has become one of the most favored schools among all universities in China. One major reason for this phenomenon is that, according to Dean QIAN Yingyi, the School had implemented undergraduate education reform in the past several years. He reviewed SEM’s reform since 2002, and shared with the audience some positive results. In 2009, the School was acknowledged by Tsinghua University as one of the pilot schools to carry out undergraduate education reform. Dean QIAN Yingyi then introduced the new undergraduate curriculum, which combines general knowledge with individual development as a brand new concept in China’s undergraduate education.