Constantly enhance the ambition to be a Chinese

During his inspection at Tsinghua University, President Xi Jinping sent a message to the vast number of young people to "love the country and the people, inspire faith, gain inspiration and draw strength from the study of party history, constantly strengthen the 'four self-confidences', continuously enhance the ambition, backbone and confidence of being a Chinese, and establish a firm ideal of permanent struggle for the motherland and the people and sincere dedication." President Xi's teachings are long-centered and rich in connotation, pointing out the direction for the healthy growth and meritorious achievements of contemporary young people.

Ambition is ambition, expressed in lofty ideals and firm beliefs, as well as vows and determinations made for it. Ambitions are big and small, both the ambition of the bird and the ambition of the bird. All the bird bird could see was a piece of sky overhead, but the bird could see the whole sky. Compared with the two, the ambition of the great bird reflects the big pattern and the big ideal. Since the day of its founding, the Communist Party of China has regarded seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation as its original intention and mission, so it has lofty ambitions and firm wills, and no matter what kind of difficulties it encounters, it can be invincible and forge ahead, composing a song of "aspirations" that shocks the world and weeps ghosts.

The more difficult and backward the conditions, the more it can show the power of ambition. Faced with the question of "whether Chinese can do missiles," Qian Xuesen answered categorically: "Foreigners can do it, but can't Chinese do it?" Faced with the difficulty of developing a carrier-based fighter, Luo Yang said passionately: "What foreigners can do, we Chinese can do the same, and we can do better!" "It is this ambition to dare to surpass that has enabled us to witness the miracle of China's self-reliance and independent innovation time and again." As revolutionary soldiers in the new era, we must establish the grand ambition of "repeatedly holding high the birds and seeing the square circles of heaven and earth," constantly improve our ability to prepare for war, always be ready to fight for the motherland and the people, and resolutely safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests.

Bone qi is the wind bone, that is, the hardness of personality. The ancients said that "the rich and noble cannot be lascivious, the poor cannot be moved, and the mighty cannot be bent", which is the backbone of being a person. In the Case of the Chinese Communists, this noble sentiment is particularly evident. Xia Minghan wrote a poem before taking the righteousness: "It doesn't matter if you behead, as long as the doctrine is true"; when Liu Hulan faced the enemy's knife, dayi said awe-inspiringly: "If you want to kill, you are not a communist"; In order to throw the hat of the oil-poor country to the Pacific, the iron man Wang Jinxi made a vow that "I would rather live for twenty years less and desperately want to win the big oil field." Man must not be proud, but he must not be proud. When people have backbone, they have the courage not to fear strong enemies and risks, and they have the determination to look down on fame and fortune and refuse temptation, and always achieve "wind and rain do not move like mountains."

"The integrity of the revolution is like life, and the soldiers should respect themselves; the mighty cannot be bent, and the iron bones are proud of the sky; they stand up at a critical moment and stand up to the heavens as real heroes..." This "Song of Revolutionary Integrity" makes the best footnote to the bones. In a peaceful environment, the backbone of military personnel is mainly manifested in the following political consciousness of listening to the party and following the party; the spiritual pursuit of light fame and fortune and heavy integrity; and the spirit of struggle that is not afraid of difficulties and dares to tackle tough problems. To strengthen the backbone of revolutionary soldiers in the new era, we must always maintain the vigor, such a revolutionary enthusiasm, and such a spirit of desperation during the revolutionary war period, not believing in evil and not being afraid of evil, not being tempted in the face of money, power, and beauty, not being soft-bones in the face of risks, difficulties, and setbacks, always maintaining the correct political direction, and always maintaining an iron will.

Confidence is a huge force that arises from the heart, which is manifested as self-improvement of mentality and self-confidence in the future future. The Chinese Communists have never lacked the courage to fight and win. During the Long March, in the face of the heavy enemy forces that surrounded and chased and blocked the enemy and the extremely rare harsh environment, the officers and men of the Red Army stubbornly struggled and forged ahead with the revolutionary optimism spirit of "Oomeng's majestic mud pills" and "thousands of rivers and mountains just waiting for idleness", and finally won the great victory of the Long March. What is contained in it is the confidence of the revolution to win and the confidence of unremitting self-improvement. With the support of this confidence and confidence, our party has gone all the way, led the Chinese people to overthrow the three mountains, realized national independence and people's liberation, and completed the development path that the developed countries in the West have only taken for hundreds of years in a few decades, so that the Chinese nation has ushered in a great leap from standing up and getting rich to becoming strong.

President Xi Jinping boldly declared: "In today's world, if we want to say which political party, which country, and which nation can be confident, then the Communist Party of China, the People's Republic of China, and the Chinese nation have the most reason to be confident." "For a country and a nation, confidence is the bright background of the quality of will, the spiritual core of thick accumulation, and an important embodiment of the soft power of a country and an army." Self-confidence in the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, theoretical self-confidence, institutional self-confidence, and cultural self-confidence are the greatest confidence of the Chinese nation and all the Chinese people, and are the spiritual driving force for us to break through the barriers and win the pass and move forward courageously. As long as we continue to be full of confidence, more firmly follow the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, beat the drum to urge conscription, and forge ahead, we will certainly be able to create a new miracle on earth.

Source: People's Liberation Army Daily - China Military Network