On the afternoon of March 4, 2023, the Southwest Jiaotong University EMBA Alumni Association Ge You Club Health Run and 2022 EMBA Elite Running Team Launch Event was held as scheduled in the 0215 lecture hall of Building 0 on the Jiuli campus. Guo Qiang, Executive Dean of the School of Economics and Management, Yan Libin, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, and Li Liang, Vice Dean, Wu Jun, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Foreign Languages, Liu Kun, Director of the Domestic Cooperation and Education and Training Management Office of the school, Huang Dengshi and Guan Zhenzhong, teacher representatives of the school, He Peng and Zhu Bo, Executive Deputy Director and Deputy Director of the Professional Degree Education Center, Zhang Xiaoyun, Deputy Director of the Domestic Cooperation and Alumni Affairs Center, Huang Jinling and Song Jie, class advisors of the 2022 EMBA program, and Yuan Xiaorong from the Professional Degree Education Center, as well as representatives from the Southwest Jiaotong University EMBA Alumni Association Ge You Club and the 2022 EMBA students, attended the event.

First of all, Executive Dean Guo Qiang delivered a speech on behalf of the school. He welcomed the arrival of the "old Ge" of the EMBA Alumni Association Ge You Club, encouraged the 2022 EMBA students to participate in the Elite Running Team and the Desert Challenge, called on everyone to actively participate in sports, strengthen communication and interaction with each other, and emphasized the importance of safety and making healthy and scientific sports a conscious habit.

EMBA alumni and sponsor representative Zhou Junxiao, EMBA Alumni Association Ge You Club representative Zhang Tingjun, and Ge You representative Wang Wenzuo spoke successively, thanking the school for its strong support to the Alumni Association Ge You Club, and hoping to achieve better results in future Ge challenges under the care and guidance of the school.

Subsequently, the 2022 EMBA Elite Running Team flag presentation ceremony was held. Executive Dean Guo Qiang presented the flag and awarded the 18th Desert Challenge leader appointment letter to Gong Rong and Wang Yingbo, the new members of the 2022 EMBA program on behalf of the EMBA Alumni Association Ge You Club.

EMBA representative Wang Yingbo from the class of 2022 delivered a speech, expressing his intention to use the establishment of the EMBA elite running group as a new opportunity to take up the "relay baton" of the Go Sai event, continuously strengthen the new force of the elite running group in future activities, and encourage classmates to participate in the Go Sai event.

After the launch event, led by professional coaches for warm-up activities, teachers, students and alumni dressed in EMBA Go Sai sportswear set off from Building 0 and stepped onto the familiar campus grounds. The massive team moved like a long dragon, forming a beautiful scenic line as they passed by the Yifu Building, sports field, Mirror Lake, along Tangchen Road, and finally returned to Building 0 to complete the 2-kilometer healthy run. This short run represents the inheritance of the EMBA Alumni Association and Go Sai Club, taking a firm step forward towards a better tomorrow.