BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping encouraged student representatives participating in the China International College Students’ Innovation Competition 2024 to promote the spirit of science and actively engage in technological innovation.
President Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in a reply letter to them.
In the letter, Xi praised the students for using the competition as a platform to apply their knowledge gained in classrooms and laboratories to solve practical problems, hone their abilities in innovative practice and foster friendship among Chinese and international youth through mutual learning.
Noting that young people are an important driving force behind innovation, Xi called on the students to contribute to promoting scientific and technological exchanges between China and other nations, as well as propelling scientific and technological progress. Xi also urged society as a whole to pay attention to the growth and development of young people, foster a conducive atmosphere for innovation and entrepreneurship and provide an expansive platform for young people to better exhibit their talents in the country’s endeavors to advance Chinese modernization. This year’s competition attracted over 20 million college students from 153 countries and regions. The final took place on Tuesday in Shanghai.
Co-organized by the Ministry of Education, relevant authorities and provincial-level governments, the competition aims to provide a platform for college students from home and abroad to engage in innovation, entrepreneurship, exchanges and cooperation.
Earlier, Xi Jinping has urged Fujian province to further deepen reform and promote high-quality development in all aspects, in a bid to play a pioneering role in the country’s modernization drive. He underlined the need for the coastal province in southeastern China to achieve greater progress in accelerating the construction of a modern economic system, make greater efforts to serve and integrate with China’s new development paradigm, take bigger strides in exploring new paths for integrated development across the Taiwan Strait, and seek greater breakthroughs in creating a high quality of life.
Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks during an inspection tour in Fujian on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The tour took him to Zhangzhou, where he visited a village, a memorial hall and a cultural park, learning about local efforts to advance rural vitalization across the board, carry forward revolutionary traditions and strengthen the protection of cultural heritage.
He told local farmers that China’s countryside will surely have brighter prospects, and farmers will live a more prosperous life on the new journey in the new era. –The Daily Mail-CGTN news exchange item
