On October 24, 2019, the opening ceremony of 2019 Shanghai Ocean University Sports Meeting was held in the stadium, announced by Wu Jiamin, Secretary of SHOU CPC Committee, and presided by Wu Jiannong, Deputy Secretary of SHOU CPC Committee. Cheng Yudong, SHOU President, gave a speech. Also present at the ceremony were He Ya, Secretary of SHOU Committee for Discipline Inspection; Li Jiale, SHOU Vice President; Guo Aiping, Chief Accountant of SHOU; Zheng Weidong, Member of the Standing Committee of SHOU CPC Committee; and more than 4,000 teachers, students, athletes, and functional officials from various departments.
Accompanied by the passionate Athletes Marche, a total of 18 square formations (including National Flag Guard Formation, School Flag Guard Formation, Red Flag Formation, Flower Formation, representative formations of various colleges, Administrative Organ Formation, First Directly Affiliated Department Formation, Second Directly Affiliated Department Formation, AVIC Property Management Formation, Shengle Property Management Formation, and so forth) marched in orderly pace and shouted loud slogans while receiving review by leaders on the rostrum.
The sports meeting is a grand event for displaying the athletic style and fighting spirit of the teachers and students of SHOU. In the two-day event, teachers and students competed with each other in running, long jump, shot put, relay race, and many other track and field events.