Source: Xinhua News Agency
This past summer, many struggling Chinese youths have been active. They are on the front line of the fight against the epidemic to protect life, rescue the masses in the flood, challenge the limits in the Olympic arena, chase dreams in the vast universe, and shine in their respective posts... From them, people see the vigorous atmosphere of China in the new era: full of vitality, perseverance, courage to take responsibility, openness and inclusiveness, self-confidence and self-improvement.
"Please rest assured that the strong country has me!" At the meeting to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the youth oath issued from Tiananmen Square resounded throughout the land of Shenzhou and stirred in the hearts of hundreds of millions of young people. This is the tide of the times when the "post-wave" rushes, and this is the youth responsibility of creating the future.
Time is not old, youth is just right. Through the storms of the century, the century-old party is flourishing, the youth of the new era are at the right time, and the glory and dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation are rising in the east of the world.
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"A hundred years ago, a group of new young people held high the torch of Marxist thought and painstakingly explored the future of national rejuvenation in stormy China." In the important speech of "July 1st", General Secretary Xi Jinping's profound exposition spread a historical picture of young people walking with the times and shouldering responsibilities for the nation, inspiring people to explore the "youth code" contained in the century-old party history.
"We don't say, who says? If we don't do it, who does it? "In the old China, where the country was humiliated, the people were in trouble, and the civilization was dusted, the cry of youth awakened the nation that had been sleeping for a long time. A group of advanced young people founded the Communist Party of China, opening the curtain of history of the great changes of the past century.
On the journey of struggle, generations of Chinese youth gathered under the banner of the party and composed a loud song of youth with hard work and struggle.-
It was the feat of "young people should have their responsibilities and replace the old with a new day" in the revolutionary years, the oath of "sacrificing youth for life and laying down lifelong sacrifice for children and grandchildren" during the period of socialist construction, the call to "unite and revitalize China" at the beginning of reform and opening up, the promise of "if you trust each other in life and death, I will go all out" in the anti-epidemic struggle, and the confession of border defense fighters "clear love, only for China"...
Every miracle condenses the power of youth struggle; every arrival shines with the dreams in the hearts of young people. Whether in the past, at present or in the future, Chinese youth have always been the vanguard force for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Lenin once pointed out: We are the party of the future, and the future belongs to the youth. We are the party of innovators, and the youth are always more willing to follow the innovators. The century-long course of the Communist Party of China is a history of representing the broad masses of young people, winning the broad masses of young people, and relying on the vast number of young people, and the ranks of the party have always been active young people who embrace lofty ideals and are full of the spirit of struggle.
"Young people, the soul of the nation." Winning youth can win the future, relying on youth to create the future.
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In the cold winter of 1986, Xi Jinping, who worked in Xiamen, lent his military coat to college student friends who went home for the Spring Festival during the winter vacation; in January 2007, Xi Jinping, then secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, smiled and comforted and encouraged students who made mistakes in experimentation during a survey at Zhejiang University; in April 2013, when General Secretary Xi Jinping held a discussion with the national model labor representatives, he looked at the darker skin color of the "post-80s" youth who worked in the harsh climate areas for many years, and instructed the relevant departments to equip the girls with some labor protection supplies ......
The most detailed is the truth. Along the way, General Secretary Xi Jinping has always cared for and cared for young people, and placed high hopes on the vast number of young people. When the youth are prosperous, the country is prosperous, and when the youth are strong, the country is strong. "Youth work grasps the present, inherits the roots, faces the future, and concerns the future and destiny of the party and the country." Standing at the strategic height of ensuring that the cause of the party and the people is passed on from generation to generation and that there will be successors, and focusing on "cultivating new people of the times who will shoulder the great responsibility of national rejuvenation", General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to youth work, and hopes that the vast number of young people will set great aspirations, be wise and virtuous, become great talents, assume great responsibilities, and become socialist builders and successors.
"To be a confidant of young friends, a enthusiast of youth work, and a guide for young people." Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the general secretary has often gone among young people and has repeatedly talked with young people in speeches, forums, letters, and other exchanges, encouraged them, and provided ideological guidance for young people to grow into talents.
"Only by struggling with the people can youth be beautiful; only by advancing with the people can youth be exalted; only by dreaming with the people can youth have no regrets" reveals the correct outlook on life; "the buttons of life must be fastened from the very beginning" "Strive to make oneself a noble person" highlights the value of self-cultivation; "diligent in studying and sensitive to knowledge" "Reading more books with words and reading more books without words" points out the methodology for enhancing skills; "correctly treating temporary gains and losses, treating advantages without respect, and being frustrated without short-sightedness" Contains the dialectic of how to behave in the world...
"The general secretary understands the youth, understands the youth, knows what we think and expect, and brings us the strength to forge ahead." The feelings of a young man express the common voice of hundreds of millions of young people. Concerned about the physical and mental health of young people, General Secretary Xi Jinping reminded "young people not to stay up late"; to reduce the pressure on contemporary youth, the general secretary proposed to "pull a hand and help when it is important for young people to grow up"; aware of the difficulties faced by young people on the road to growth, the general secretary asked to solve the worries and worries of young people in graduation job hunting, innovation and entrepreneurship, social integration, marriage and dating, elderly support, children's education and other aspects...
From the formulation of the first youth development plan in the history of New China, to the continuous introduction of a series of policies to benefit young people in the fields of education, employment and entrepreneurship, to the solid measures to cultivate young talents and cultivate young cadres... Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the cordial care of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, all localities and departments have built an increasingly broad stage for young people to pursue their dreams, and given more and more powerful support and support to the strivers.
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During the anti-epidemic period in 2020, a sentence once touched China: "You protected us when SARS was in 2003, and today it is our turn to protect you." In this life-and-death struggle, countless "post-90s" and "post-00s" marched retrogradely, charged into battle, and shouldered mountain-like responsibilities with young arms, showing the youthful and exciting style and showing the hope of the Chinese nation. The vast number of young people have proved with their actions that the Chinese youth in the new era are good and worthy of great responsibility!
Marx once said: The spirit of an era is the spirit of youth representatives, and the character of an era is the character of youth representatives. The times summon young people, shape young people, achieve young people, young people perceive the times, integrate into the times, and promote the times, which is the internal logic of the relationship between the times and young people, and it is also the driving force for a nation's endless life.
"What will you be like in 2035?" Online, such questions are often hotly debated. The river of time is rushing forward, and each generation of young people has their own opportunities and opportunities, and they must plan their lives and create history under the conditions of their own times. The years to basically realize socialist modernization by 2035 and build our country into a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious, and beautiful socialist modern power by the middle of this century are not only a critical period for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, but also a "golden age" for young people to grow into talents and achieve their careers.
One hundred years ago, the youth ushered in a new era; a hundred years later, the new era beckoned the youth to forge ahead. How to increase knowledge, temper character, serve the people with real talent and practical learning, and contribute to the country with innovation and creation? How to bite the hard bones, crack the "card neck" problem, and inject new impetus into high-quality development? How to achieve the effective connection between consolidating and expanding the achievements in poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, so that the fields of hope can bloom with dreams? How to create extraordinary achievements in ordinary posts and ignite the light of youth with struggle?
Comrade Li Dazhao once shouted: "The country cannot go a day without youth, and young people cannot go a day without awakening." "The greater the dream, the more arduous the task, and the more we need young people to face difficulties and be strivers, pioneers and devotees who walk in the forefront of the times." The appearance of young people is the appearance of China"; if the young generation has ideals, skills, and responsibilities, the country will have a future and the nation will have hope.
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In Los Angeles in 1932, the 23-year-old Liu Changchun represented China for the first time in the Olympic Games, but due to poor results due to fatigue and other reasons, he finally returned with regrets.
In Tokyo in 2021, 431 Chinese Olympic athletes with an average age of 25.4 years old won 38 gold medals, 32 silver medals and 18 bronze medals, ranking second in the Olympic gold medal table and medal table.
The track of the Olympic Games reflects the turning point of a nation's destiny, more vividly shows the spirit of Chinese youth in the new era, and tells the world that "this session" of Chinese youth has great potential and will certainly make great achievements.
On August 8, the closing ceremony of the 32nd Summer Olympic Games was held in Tokyo, Japan. This is where members of the Chinese sports delegation enter the stadium. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cao Can
In the new era, China has not only won more and more sports gold medals, but also won more and more development "gold medals". Standing at the historical intersection of the "two hundred years", the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is showing an unprecedented bright future. Booming development trends, ever-changing social progress, steaming innovation and creativity, people-centered development ideas... What the new era has given to young people is not only a strong physique and a solid life, but also the ambition and pride of "being able to hit three thousand miles when water strikes", the broad world of "I am born to be useful", and the development opportunity of "eclectic talent".
"This is our time!" Thanks to the great progress of China's aerospace development, the young scientific research team has interpreted a unique "Chinese-style romance" in space; in the practice of taking root in the rural revitalization strategy, groups of "new farmers" have thrived and cultivated unimaginable fruits of their grandparents and fathers with knowledge and technology; industrial workers have worked hard to build a big country and heavy weapons, and entrepreneurs have exerted their imagination and talents to the fullest...
"You have to run a little faster, and it's not good to be behind!" After the founding of New China, Liu Changchun, who devoted himself to the cause of physical education, encouraged students in this way. Today, the young generation that "was born under the red flag and grew up in the spring wind" is a generation that advances together with the new era, born in a prosperous world, and even more should live up to the prosperity and run out of the "acceleration" of the struggle to realize the dream.
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"If you don't stand up, nothing can be done in the world." Young people have high aspirations, a country has a surging motive force, and a nation has vigorous hope.
What is "big ambition"? The young Zhou Enlai told us that it was the lofty ambition of "reading for the rise of China"; Qian Xuesen, who resolutely returned to China, told us that it was the effort to be stronger than "foreigners can do it, why can't Chinese do it?"; Huang Wenxiu, who is in love with the cause of poverty alleviation, told us that it was a firm choice to "throw oneself into the place where the masses of the people need it most"; "Those who get the big can be small at the same time", integrate the small self into the big self, pave the way for national rejuvenation and build bridges for the national rejuvenation with the youth and the struggle of the self, and add bricks and tiles to the construction of the motherland. Only young people can better realize the value of life, sublimate the realm of life, and do a vigorous career.
This is a work photo (file photo) of Huang Wenxiu before his death. Xinhua News Agency
"China is working very hard, and we have to fight for gas." Young people in the new era should be more excited and energetic. There is no "lying to win" in life, and dreams are expensive in persistence. In the face of difficulties and obstacles, we should not be outsiders who "lie flat" and let people laugh at us, and strive to be a tidemaker who opens the way and break the situation; in the face of heavy tasks, we should not be sneering bystanders and be willing to be conscientious doers; in the face of problems and contradictions, we should not be "keyboard warriors" who complain about the world, and do a good job as a builder who is conscientious and do our best.
Good sons and daughters are determined in all directions, and those who have aspirations struggle without regret. Releasing passion in the struggle, chasing ideals, and interpreting responsibility in doing every little thing, completing every task, and performing every duty is the most beautiful appearance of youth.
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Walking into the Nanchang August 1st Uprising Memorial Hall, the 32 young faces on the wall of the list of participants in the uprising often cause people to stop and think: Why would this group of young people with an average age of only 25 years old give up their lives to do revolution? "Heroes do not hesitate to sacrifice, heroes do not avoid difficulties, this is the backbone and blood of revolutionaries." One of the docent's answers resonated strongly.
Looking back at the hundred years, the history of the spotted green reflects the iron bones of Zhengzheng. Revolutionary martyrs "would rather stand and die than live on their knees"; the red army officers "have hardened their clothes and bones in wind and rain, and the wild vegetables are full of hunger and determination"; the builders of new China "have the conditions to go up, and if there are no conditions to create conditions, they must also go up"; the reformers strive to "kill a bloody road"; all of them show the backbone of Chinese, and all of them stir up the youth force of indomitable and courageous advance.
Man has no bones and is not secure. Young people are in the "jointing and gestation period" of life, which needs to be carefully guided and cultivated, and also needs to withstand the test of wind and rain, and the tempering of severe cold and frost. The wings of youth are strong because of grinding; the road of life is broad because of struggle.
On the way forward, there are flat rivers and high mountains, there are slow currents and dangerous beaches, there are beautiful days and wind and rain. To be a young person in the new era who is energetic and promising, we should strengthen the backbone of not fearing hardships and dangers and overcoming difficulties, stimulate the youthful wisdom of opening up roads in every mountain and building bridges in the face of water, forge ahead in the midst of thorns and thorns, and bravely move forward in the chopping waves. There is no happiness that falls from the sky, and there is no casual success. Only by standing up the backbone of the spirit and igniting the fighting spirit can we discover that "bitter places and dangerous places are precisely good places for building meritorious achievements."; only by maintaining a fighting posture and stimulating the strength of pioneering can we realize that "as long as the thinking does not slip downhill, there are always more ways than difficulties."
"My grandparents didn't lose to the war, and my parents didn't lose to poverty, so how can we not build china today?" Tempering the iron will of "fighting through thousands of hardships and blows to regain strength", forging the spirit of struggle of "the more difficult and dangerous the more forward", forging the tenacious character of "stepping on the bumpy road into a road", the young people in the new era will surely create new miracles that will impress the world.
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"After experiencing the ups and downs of the fight against the epidemic, we young people can better understand what the 'four self-confidences' are." Over the past year and more, China's anti-epidemic struggle and solid results, like a vivid and profound "great ideological and political lesson", have enabled young people to understand our party's concept and pursuit of "people first, life first", understand the institutional advantages of "concentrating on doing big things, difficult things, and urgent things", and understand the great anti-epidemic spirit forged in the struggle to the death... As one scholar put it, "Young Chinese people have a greater sense of security and confidence in their country, and thus more enthusiasm and love." ”
Volunteers from Dalian Ocean University push a fully loaded tricycle uphill to deliver supplies to student dormitories (photo taken on January 6, 2021). Xinhua News Agency (Photo courtesy of Dalian Ocean University)
"At this moment, I know you better than ever." Because you know, you believe; because you believe, you are firm.
To be a young person in the new era who is energetic and promising, we should cultivate self-confidence and self-improvement and create the confidence to create the future. Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, in the united struggle of more than 1.4 billion Chinese people, unswervingly taking the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics, we have a more perfect institutional guarantee, a more solid material foundation, and a more active spiritual force, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process. This is the source of our confidence and the basis of our struggle.
The strength of youth is also rooted in a strong heart. It is the courage to forge ahead, since it has chosen a distant place, it only cares about the wind and rain; it is a rock-solid determination, identifying the general trend of history, grasping the trend of the times, and always full of confidence in victory in the future; it is the perseverance of perseverance, sticking to the dream in the difficult situation, never giving up in the difficulties, and climbing to a higher place in the struggle. With sunshine in the heart, the pace of struggle will be sonorous and powerful; there is faith in the heart, and the ship of youth will surely ride the wind and waves and sail to the other side of the dream.
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In the autumn of September, the students ushered in the beginning of the school season, and the strivers stood at a new starting point.
At this moment, thousands of "young you" or with dreams to step into the campus gate, or into the green barracks with vigor, or control agricultural machinery to gallop in the harvest fields, or busy on the assembly line, or in the office building for a better life to work hard... Youth up, country up. Every struggling youth figure on the new journey is the most beautiful scenery in the new era.
Lin Dan, secretary of the Party Committee of Junmen Community in Dongjie Street, Gulou District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, visited the "Sunshine Blossom" Children's Care Center in Junmen Community to visit children who were hosting here after school (photo taken on June 23). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lin Shanchuan
"Teenagers are full of courage and self-motivation." No struggle and no youth, at the "Cloud Classroom" at the beginning of the school, "Asian Flyer" Su Bingtian encouraged the students to "not set limits for themselves" and strive to pursue their dreams; no dedication and no youth, "July 1st Medal" winner Lin Dan blessed young people to "achieve a career in grassroots work"; no growth is not youth, "Principal Mother" Zhang Guimei instructed the children "must study hard, improve every day, don't forget our oath"...
On August 24, Zhang Guimei, principal of Huaping Girls' Senior High School in Lijiang, Yunnan Province, watched new students learn recess exercises. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Wenyao
On May 4, 1939, Comrade Mao Zedong accepted the youth's flag, which read "The Torch of New China" on it. The fire of youth is unquenchable, illuminating the long journey of national rejuvenation. Toward the second centenary goal, time is turning a new page, and young people are invited to write; history is putting forward new topics and asking young people to answer.
The future belongs to young people, and hope is placed on young people. Starting again, the dreams of youth are calling--
General Secretary Xi Jinping issued a marching order on the new journey to the vast number of young people: "Chinese youth in the new era should take it as their duty to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, enhance their ambition, backbone and confidence to be Chinese, and live up to the times, Shaohua, and the ardent expectations of the party and the people!" ”