Introduction to the Main Articles of Xi Jinping's Book on The Party's Youth Work

The book on The Party's Youth Work by Xi Jinping, edited by the Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, contains 60 major articles on the Party's youth work written from May 2013 to May 2022. The main articles are as follows.

“Speech at a Ceremony Marking the Centenary of the Communist Youth League of China" was delivered on May 10, 2022. The speech comprehensively reviews the youth course of the Communist Youth League's unswervingly listening to and following the Party over the past 100 years. It fully affirms the important contribution made by the Communist Youth League under the leadership of the Party by uniting with and leading generations of Youth League members to realize the Chinese Dream of National Rejuvenation. It profoundly clarifies the historical experience of the Communist Youth League and youth work, and puts forward clear requirements for the work of the Communist Youth League in the new era which are highly political, theoretical, strategic and guiding. The speech states that youth breeds infinite hope and creates a better tomorrow. Over the 100 years, the Communist Youth League of China has always been sharing the ideal of the Party and struggling along with it. The Youth League has united with and led its members and other young people to highlight their loyalty in their contribution to the cause of the Party and the people, contributed their youth to the journey of national rejuvenation, and achieved glory in the course of history. In the new journey, how to better unite with, organize and mobilize young people to achieve the Second Centenary Goal and the Chinese Dream of National Rejuvenation is a major task that China's youth movement and youth work must accomplish in the new era. The Communist Youth League should firmly grasp the fundamental task of training socialist builders and successors, unite with and lead the majority of youth members to grow into good youth in the new era who have ideals, dare to take responsibility, can bear hardships and are willing to work hard; to use their energy and creativity of youth to create the surging tide for national rejuvenation; and use the wisdom and sweat of youth to create a better China. The Youth League must continue to train people for the Party and always serve as a political school to lead the theoretical progress of China's youth; consciously assume responsibility and always act as the pioneering force for organizing China's youth in a permanent struggle; stay identified with young people consistently and always serve as the bridge between the Party and youth; and courageously carry out self-reform and always serve as an advanced organization which follows the Party on the frontline of the times.

"Speech to Outstanding Young People from All Walks Of Life" was delivered on May 4, 2013. According to the speech, history and current events tell us that if our young people have ideals and the resolve to act on them, our country will have a future, our nation will have hope and we will have an inexhaustible supply of strength to achieve our development goals. The Chinese Dream is a dream about history, the present, and the future; is the dream of the country and the nation but also of every Chinese person; and is a dream of our generation, but even more so, a dream of the younger generations. The rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will eventually become a reality through the successive struggles of the youth. Looking to the future, we can see that our young generation has a promising future and they will accomplish much. It is a law of history that the waves of the Yangtze River from behind drive on those ahead, and it is the responsibility of young people to surpass their elders. Today’s young people need to boldly assume the heavy responsibilities that the times impose on them, aim high, be practical and realistic, and put their youthful dreams into action in the course of realizing the Chinese Dream of National Rejuvenation.

“Children Should Have Their Aspirations and Dreams" is an excerpt from the speech delivered on May 29, 2013, when celebrating the International Children's Day with Chinese children. According to the speech, the realization of our dreams depends on our generation and the next generation. Children should have their aspirations and dreams. They should love to learn and work and love their motherland. They should have a good and all-around moral, intellectual, physical, and aesthetical grounding and grow up to be useful for the development of their motherland. Children growing up better is our greatest wish. The Party and the government should always care about all Chinese children, and strive to create better conditions for their learning and growth. Teachers and parents should assume the responsibility of educating and guiding children to grow and become successful. Pioneer organizations should better serve children. The whole of society should care about the growth of children and support the work related to children.

“Unite with and Lead the Youth to Win More Glory in the Journey toward the Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation" is a speech delivered on June 20, 2013, in a conversation with the new leaders of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China. According to the speech, representing, winning and relying on the youth is an important guarantee for our Party to keep moving from victory to victory. At present, the Party and the Chinese people are working hard to achieve the goals defined at the Party's 18th National Congress, and are marching toward the realization of the Chinese Dream of National Rejuvenation. This is overall work of the Party and the country, but also the theme of the times of the Chinese youths movement. The work of the league should be closely focused on this overall work and this theme. To grasp the fundamental issues, we must take training the builders and successors of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics as the fundamental task, take consolidating and expanding the youth’s support for the Party's governance as a political responsibility, and taking gearing our work toward the central task of economic development and acting in the overall interests of the country as the main thread of our work. The work of the League is to grasp the needs of young people and improve the attractiveness and cohesion. The key is to adhere to ideals and convictions; to expand the effective coverage of the work of the League, the key is to extend the work to the young people where they need it most. The speech emphasizes that success in ensuring the cause of the Communist Youth League continues to break new ground hinges on its officials. The officials of the League must firmly believe in the ideals, be concerned about the young people, improve the ability to work, and develop an excellent style.

“The Opportunity to Make Innovations and Realize Dreams" is an excerpt from a speech made at the centenary celebration event of the Western Returned Scholars Association on October 21, 2013. According to the speech, Students studying overseas should integrate their love of the country, their aspiration to make it strong and their efforts to serve it. They should merge their dreams into the extraordinary efforts of the people to realize the Chinese Dream and inscribe their names in the annals of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. We hope that all the overseas students will adhere to the spirit of patriotism, be determined to study hard, strive for innovation and creativity, and actively promote foreign exchanges. The Western Returned Scholars Association (Overseas-Educated Scholars Association of China) should strive to become a talent pool studying for China, a think tank for offering advice and suggestions, and a force for people-to-people diplomacy, and become a bridge between the Party and the overseas students, an assistant to the Party and the government in their work related to overseas students, and a home for overseas students, so as to unite these students closely around the Party.

“Realizing the Chinese Dream Depends on the Youth and Can Also Make Them Successful" is an excerpt from the writings written from December 2013 to February 2022. According to the article, the new era is an era of dream chasers and an era for young people to make their dreams come true. The young generation should have ambitious ideals, love the great motherland and assume the responsibility of the times. They should work hard, improve their ability and refine moral cultivation so as to become people of noble morality and useful to society. They should actively participate in the great cause of building a modern socialist country in all respects, and realize the value of life in the great struggle of hundreds of millions of people for the Chinese Dream in order to live up the times and history.

“Contributing Youth, Wisdom and Power to Building a Human Community with a Shared Future” is an excerpt from the writings written from April 2014 to May 2020. According to the article, amity between peoples holds the key to relations between countries, and amity between youth of various countries holds the key to amity between peoples. The young generation should look at the world with equality, respect and love, look at different civilizations in the world with appreciation, tolerance and mutual learning, promote mutual understanding and comprehension among peoples, make the planet we live on even better with youthful vigor and youthful struggle, and join hands to contribute to promoting people-to-people contact and the building of a human community with a shared future.

“Youth Should Consciously Practice Core Socialist Values" is a speech made at a symposium for teachers and students at Peking University on May 4, 2014. For a nation or a country, the most lasting and deep-seated power is the core values commonly recognized by the whole of society. Reaching consensus on values reflecting the common understanding of the Chinese people ensure that all the people forge ahead with one heart and one mind is of great importance to the future of the country and the happiness and wellbeing of the people. Young people are in the period of formation and establishment of values, and it is very important to form values in this period. Young people should study diligently to acquire true knowledge. They should cultivate morality, strengthen moral cultivation, and focus on moral practice. They should be discerning between truth and falsehood and good at making choices. They should also loyal, honest and hardworking.

‘’Actively Cultivating and Practicing Core Socialist Values from a Young Age" is a speech made when presiding over a symposium at the Minzu Primary School in Haidian District, Beijing on May 30, 2014. According to the speech, for any idea to be established in the whole of society and work in the long run, it should start from children. For children to cultivate and practice the core socialist values, we must take their age and characteristics into consideration and ensure that they remember the requirements, worship role models, start from an early age, and accept help. They should memorize the basic content of the core socialist values and make them a way of thinking and acting and constantly deepen the understanding of them in light of learning, life and other practices. They should learn from heroes, advanced people, and beautiful things to develop good morality therein. They should start from themselves, from what is around them, from small things, and cultivate their morality little by little to develop good ideas and morals. They should readily accept others’ opinions and criticisms, and grow up healthily in the atmosphere of correcting their mistakes and improving themselves.

“Vocational Education Is an Important Way for the Young People to Become Successful" is an instruction made on May 30, 2014 on accelerating the development of vocational education. According to the instruction, vocational education is an important part of the national education system and human resources development, and shoulders the important responsibility of cultivating diverse talents, passing on technical skills, and promoting employment and entrepreneurship. We should establish a correct view of talent, and strive to train hundreds of millions of high-quality workers and technically skilled personnel. We should ensure that vocational schools serve development and promote employment, and strive to build a vocational education system with Chinese characteristics. We should increase support for vocational education in rural areas, areas with concentrations of ethnic minorities, poor areas, and strive to give everyone the opportunity to excel in life.

“Cultivating a Large Group of Young Scientists and Technicians" is an excerpt from the writings written in the period from June 2014 to May 2022. According to the article, having a large number of innovative young talents is where the country's innovative vitality lies and where the hope of scientific and technological development lies. We should put the focus of of the policy of cultivating national strategic talents on the training of young scientists and engineers to create a large contingent of young scientists and engineers. Party committees and governments at all levels should make full use of outstanding young talents with discernment, sincerity in loving them, courage in using them, generosity in accepting them, and good methods for attracting them, pave the way for them to become talented people, and ensure they become witful, dedicated, and responsible socialist builders and successors.

“Passing the Party’s Legacy and the Revolutionary Flame on from Generation to Generation" is an excerpt from the writings written in the period from October 2014 to June 2021. According to the article, education on revolutionary traditions should start with children, focusing on both knowledge inculcation and emotional cultivation, so that the Party’s legacy become the way of thinking and acting in order to guide the young people to establish a correct world view, outlook on life and system of values. We should grasp the youth’s learning and education by focusing on telling the stories of the Party, the revolution, and the heroes. We should ensure the young people develop deep feelings for the Party, the country, and socialism, so that the Party’s legacy and the revolutionary flame are passed on from generation to generation and the nature of the socialist country will never change.

“Good Children of the Motherland Today Will Be Good Builders of the Motherland Tomorrow" is an excerpt from the speech delivered when meeting with delegates of the Seventh National Congress of the Chinese Young Pioneers on June 1, 2015. According to the article, cultivating good children is a strategic task and a long-term concern. Childhood is the most valuable period in a person's life, and during this period they should pay attention to the establishment of the right goals in life, develop good ideas, good character, and good habits. Children should study hard and make progress every day. They should watch their behavior and strive to be a models of learning and practicing the core socialist values. They should learn to aspire to be the successors of the cause of the motherland and the people. They should also learn to create and strive to be models who study diligently, conscientiously work, and courageously create.

“Ensuring the Social Organizations and the Party’s Interactions with Them Maintain and Enhance Their Political Consciousness, Become More Advanced, and Better Represent the People" is an excerpt from the speech delivered at a Conference of the CPC Central Committee on the Party’s Interactions with Social Organizations on July 6, 2015. According to the article, the Party's interactions with social organizations is the mass work carried out by the Party through the social organizations, which is important work done by the Party in organizing and mobilizing the people to accomplish its central tasks. This is a major innovation of our Party, but also its major advantage. It is necessary to strengthen and improve the Party’s interactions with social organizations, give full play to the role of the working class as the main force, the role of young people as the vital force, the role of womenfolk as “half the sky”, and the role of talented individuals as the key human resource, thus fully arousing the enthusiasm of our 1.3 billion people. We must work better with social groups for the purpose of consolidating the class foundation and popular support for the Party’s governance, and make sure that the Party always shares weal and woe with the people. We must give our help to social groups which will become more dynamic so that they can play an important role in modernizing China’s system and capacity for governance.

“Congratulatory Letter to the Plenary Session of 12th National Committee of the All-China Youth Federation and the 26th Congress of the All-China Students’ Federation was written on July 24, 2015. According to the letter, the cause of the All-China Youth Federation and the All-China Students’ Federation is an important part of the Party's cause interaction with social organizations, and their organizations must constantly maintain and enhance their political consciousness, become more advanced, and better represent the people. They should constantly promote their own reform, earnestly perform their functions, and better organize and mobilize the youth to follow the Party firmly.

“Seeing Children from Poor Families Feel the Warmth of the Party and the Government" is an excerpt from the speech delivered at the Central Conference on Poverty Alleviation and Development on November 27, 2015. According to the article, the best way to help the poor is to raise their educational level. Education is the fundamental way to prevent poverty being passed down from generation to generation. Education in poor areas is of long-term significance and must therefore be made a success with great effort. Poverty alleviation policies should be more humane and refined from design to implementation, so that children from poor families can feel the warmth of the Party and the government.

“Creating a Clean and Upright Cyberspace for Young Internet Users” is an excerpt from two speeches made on April 19, 2016, and April 20, 2018, respectively. According to the article, cyberspace is a common virtual home for millions upon millions of people. A clean and sound online environment is in the best interests of the people. The vast majority of internet users are young people who are vulnerable to different ideas. With a sense of duty to society and the people, we must lawfully step up our governance of cyberspace, develop better online content, strengthen positive publicity, and work to foster a positive, healthy, upright online culture. We need to use our core socialist values as well as the fine achievements of human civilization to nurture people’s hearts and nourish society, ensuring that positive energy and mainstream values prevail. By doing so, we will be able to create a clean and upright cyberspace for Internet users, especially young ones.

“Continuously Writing the Chapter of the Times of Dedicated Youth” is an excerpt from the speech delivered at the symposium for intellectuals, model workers and youth on April 26, 2016. According to the article, in the endeavor to complete a moderately prosperous society in all respects, the young people are the driving and effective force. The realization of the Chinese Dream of National Rejuvenation hinges on continuous hard work of generations of young people with aspirations. The young people should consciously practice the core socialist values, and constantly develop a noble character; consciously strengthen learning, and constantly improve their ability; consciously dedicate their youth to make more contributions to the completion of a moderately prosperous society in all respects; and stay fearless, learn if they don't know, practice interference we don't know, and try to create conditions if they don't have them, so that their youth will glow brilliantly in their dedication to the country and to the people.

“The Healthy Growth of Our Children Bears in the Future of Our Country and Nation" is an excerpt from a speech at the National Health Conference on August 19, 2016. According to the speech, China has more than 300 million children. Their healthy growth of our children bears in the future of our country and nation and is also the greatest desire and expectation of each family. We should direct attention to the health of children, improving healthcare in kindergartens, primary schools and secondary schools. We should start with children with a focus on primary and secondary schools to establish a sound health education system, popularize health science knowledge, and increase health education efforts at all levels and in all types of schools. Effective measures should be taken to strengthen youth vaccination and build a key barrier to prevent and control infectious diseases. We should increase efforts in the basic research of mental health, promote popular understanding of mental health and mental illness, and regulate psychotherapy, psychological counseling and other mental health services.

“Basic Education Should Carry Out Based on the Characteristics and Laws of Youth Growth" is an excerpt from the speech a speech made during his visit to Bayi School in Beijing on September 9, 2016. According to the article, basic education is designed to improve people’s morality and education, and it should take a clear-cut stand in strengthening education in political philosophy, character, and the core socialist values to guide students to self-respect, self-confidence and self-improvement. Basic education is the foundation for improving the quality of the nation and should be made a success based on the characteristics and laws of youth growth. We should establish a strong view of talent, promote well-rounded education, and encourage schools and teachers to highlight their own strengths. Basic education is the cause of the whole of society, requiring close cooperation between schools, families and the rest of society. Primary and secondary school students are the main body of young people and the country's future and hope. They should aspire to success, study diligently, improve their overall quality, and cultivate their morality. They should stay ambitious, study diligently, try to excel, improve their physical fitness and health, refine their will, and stay tough.

“Families Should Help Their Children Button the First Button in Their Lifetime" is an excerpt from the speech delivered at the meeting with representatives to the First National Conference of Model Families on December 12, 2016. According to the article, Family is the first school, and parents are their children’s first teachers. Though there are many aspects to family education, the most important is character-building. Parents should instruct their children through word and deed, giving them both knowledge and virtue and practicing what they teach. They should help their children button the first button in their lifetime and take the first step on the ladder of life.

“The Young People Should Study Hard and Improve Training to Grow Up and Succeed" is an excerpt from the speech delivered at the symposium at China University of Political Science and Law on May 3, 2017. According to the article, the ideals and convictions, mental state and comprehensive quality of the young generation are an important reflection of the development vitality of a country and an important factor of its core competitiveness. The youth of today should establish the ideals and beliefs imbued with the same spirit as the theme of the times, and be brave enough to take up the historical responsibility given by the times; absorb knowledge like a sponge, and strive to be both knowledgeable and specialized and even more so; closely integrate learning with thinking, observation with thinking, practice with thinking, learn to analyze problems with the correct position and viewpoint, and develop the habit of using historical, dialectical, systematic, and innovative thinking. They should strengthen the refinement of will and character, so that both the good and bad times become the wealth of life, and strive to cultivate a high moral conduct and pure emotions and use good character to make achievements in their life and career.

“A nation will prosper only when its young people thrive" is an excerpt from the political report at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on October 18, 2017. According to the article, a country will be full of hope and have a great tomorrow only when its younger generations have ideals, ability, and a strong sense of responsibility. The Chinese Dream of National Rejuvenation will be realized ultimately through the endeavors of young people, generation by generation. All of us in the Party should care about young people and set the stage for them to excel. To all our young people, you should have firm ideals and convictions, aim high, and have your feet firmly on the ground. You should ride the waves of your day; and in the course of realizing the Chinese Dream, fulfill your youthful dreams, and write a vivid chapter in your tireless endeavors to serve the interests of the people.

“Youth in the New Era Should Love Their Country, Strive for Excellence, Seek Truth and Work Hard" is an excerpt from the speech delivered at a meeting with teachers and students at Peking University on May 2, 2018. According to the article, the new era we are in is both the best era for the development of the Chinese nation since modern times and the most crucial era for the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The young people have both a broad space for development, but also carry a great mission of the times. For them, this is both the greatest opportunity and test in life. They should be patriotic, loyal to the motherland, and loyal to the people. They should strive for excellence, have aspirations and work to achieve them; they should seek truth, learn true knowledge, and acquire true skills. They should also match their words with deeds and deliver outcomes.

“The Party Is the Direction of the Youth League" is a speech delivered on July 2, 2018, in a conversation with the new leaders of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China. According to the speech, to promote the overall development of the Party and the country after the 18th National Party Congress, the Party Central Committee attached great importance to and promoted work related to youth, convened the first Conference of the CPC Central Committee on the Party’s Interactions with Social Organizations in the history of the Party, introduced the first youth development plan in the history of the People’s Republic of China, and deployed the reform of the Communist Youth League, promoting the historic achievements of work related to youth. The requirements of the Party Central Committee on work related to youth have clarified the strategic position of this work, the theme of the times of China's youth movement, the responsibilities and missions of worth related to work, the correct path for the healthy growth of the young generation, the path and methods of work related to youth, the objectives and tasks of the reform and development of the Communist Youth League, and the need to strengthen the Party's leadership of work related to youth. These important requirements are the fundamental guidelines for the Party's work related to youth in the new era, and must be implemented in the long term. We should grasp the duties and missions of the Communist Youth League in the new era, strengthen the political leadership of young people, extensively mobilize young people to make achievements in the new era, better contact and serve young people, promote the reform of the Communist Youth League, and effectively implement the requirements of its strict governance.

“Fostering a New Generation Capable of Shouldering the Mission of National Rejuvenation” is an excerpt from the speech delivered at the National Conference on Public Communication on August 21, 2018. According to the speech, the new generation of people of the times who takes up the great task of national rejuvenation must be those who meet the requirements of the new era in terms of moral standards, political awareness, cultural literacy and state of souls. To foster a new generation, the top priority is to build a firm intellectual foundation with firm ideals and convictions. We should strengthen education on ideals and convictions among all people, especially the youth, deepen education on socialism and communism, deepen education on socialism with Chinese characteristics and the Chinese Dream, and promote the national spirit with patriotism as the core and the spirit of the times with reform and innovation as the core, so that the light of ideals and convictions will always shine in the hearts of the Chinese people. We should ensure the core socialist values become a way of thinking and acting, seize the key period when young people’s values develop and mature, and strengthen education among values among them from the time when are in kindergartens in order to guide them to button the first button in their life.

“Nurturing People Who Have a Good Moral, Intellectual, Physical, Aesthetical and Labor Grounding to Work for Socialism" is an excerpt from the speech delivered at the National Education Conference on September 10, 2018. According to the article, the question of what kind of people to train is the primary issue of education. Our education must take the cultivation of socialist builders and successors as a fundamental task, and cultivate generations of useful talents who support the leadership of the CPC and our socialist system and are determined to strive for socialism with Chinese characteristics for life. We should work hard to ensure that people develop firm ideals and convictions, love their country, strengthen their moral cultivation, increase their knowledge, cultivate the spirit of struggle, and enhance their comprehensive quality. We should strive to build an education system for ensuring people have a good moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetical and labor grounding and form a higher level of talent training system. We should focus on improving teaching materials.

“Ideological and Political Courses Are the Key Courses to Promote Education on Values and Moral Integrity" is an excerpt from the speech delivered at the symposium for teachers of ideological and political theory courses in schools on March 18, 2019. According to the article, the key to improving ideological and political courses is to fully implement the Party’s policies on education. We must be clear about fundamental issues like the purposes, standards and approaches of education. Our Party is committed to developing future generations of capable people – those who support the leadership of the CPC and our socialist system and are determined to devote themselves to the cause of Chinese socialism. Teachers are the key to developing these courses, and we should give full rein to their enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity. Teachers of ideological and political courses should help their students sow the seeds of the true, the good and the beautiful, and guide them how to tie their shoelaces properly before embarking on their journey of life. To push reform and innovation in ideological and political courses, we should give them more theoretical substance and make them more inspirational, appealing and targeted. Party committees at all levels should make it a priority to develop courses on political philosophy, focus on the pressing problems hindering the effort, and take effective measures underlined by good planning, team building and support systems.

“Speech at a Ceremony Marking the Centenary of the May 4th Movement” was delivered on April 30, 2019. According to the speech, the May 4th Movement was the turning point of China's old-democratic revolution toward the new-democratic revolution, and was a milestone in the historical process of the Chinese nation's pursuit of national independence and development and progress since modern times. The 100 years since the May 4th Movement are the 100 years of successive struggles and triumphs of Chinese youth, and the 100 years of Chinese youths creating a youthful China and a youthful nation with their youth. The theme and direction of the Chinese youths movement in the new era and the mission of the Chinese youths in the new era are to adhere to the leadership of the CPC, together with the people, to achieve the Two Centenary Goals and the Chinese Dream of National Rejuvenation. The article stresses that the youth of China in the new era should continue to carry forward the spirit of the May 4th Movement, take the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as their mission, and live up to the expectations of the Part and the people and the trust of the nation and to this great era of our country. Chinese youths should establish great ideals, love their country, shoulder their responsibilities, work hard, have remarkable abilities, and temper their moral character.

“The Young People Delivered Satisfactory Outcomes in the Fight against the Novel Coronavirus Epidemic” is an excerpt of the writings written during the period from March to September 2020. According to the article, in the fight against the novel coronavirus epidemic, the young generation became the main force on the frontline of the fight against the epidemic. Defying suffering, difficulties, and sacrifice, they shouldered a mountain of responsibility, showing the youthful vigor and the hope of the Chinese nation. With their action, the young people proved that the Chinese youths in the new era are great and can accomplish a lot.

“The Young People Should Aspire to Become More Proud, Confident, and Assured in Their Identity as Chinese People" is an excerpt from the speech made during his visit to Tsinghua University on April 19, 2021. According to the article, the young people should love the country and the people, and establish a firm ideal of permanent struggle and sincere dedication for the motherland and the people. They should temper their moral character, aim high and look far to pursue a loftier and more fulfilling life. They should be innovative and contribute their wisdom to the country and break new ground in serving society. They should study hard and deliver real outcomes. They should excel as they scale the height of knowledge, believe actions speak louder than words when shouldering the responsibilities of the times, and make great accomplishments in real work.

“Chinese Youths in The New Era Should Make It Their Mission to Contribute to National Rejuvenation” is an excerpt from the speech delivered at the ceremony marking the centenary the CPC on July 1, 2021. According to the article, the future belongs to the young people, and our hopes also rest with them. A century ago, a group of young progressives held aloft the torch of Marxism and searched assiduously in those dark years for ways to rejuvenate the Chinese nation. Since then, under the banner of the Communist Party of China, generation after generation of young Chinese have devoted their youth to the cause of the Party and the people, and remained in the vanguard of the drive to rejuvenate the nation. In the new era, our young people should make it their mission to contribute to national rejuvenation and aspire to become more proud, confident, and assured in their identity as Chinese people so that they can live up to the promise of their youth and the expectations of our times, our Party, and our people.

“Listening to the Party, Following the Party, and Striving to Grow into a New Generation Capable of Shouldering the Mission of National Rejuvenation" is an excerpt from the speech delivered at the symposium for teachers and students at Renmin University of China on April 25, 2022. According to the article, based on the new journey in the new era, the goal and direction of the Chinese youths boil down to one point, which is to unswervingly listen to the Party, follow the Party, and strive to grow into a new general capable of shouldering the mission of national rejuvenation. Young people should measure the motherland using their footsteps feet, discover the spirit of China with their eyes, listen to the voice of the people with their ears, and sense the pulse of the times with their hearts, so that they can integrate their intimate feelings for their motherland and people into the whole process of their study. They should firmly believe in, actively disseminate and practice in an exemplary way the core socialist values. They should always be prepared to move forward with perseverance and determination to achieve the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. They must remember the teachings of the Party, aspire to rejuvenate the nation, live up to their youth, the times and the people and strive to deliver the best outcomes in their contemporary race of youth.

(Source: People’s Daily, June 22, 2022, p. 2)