Hundreds of years ago, Liang Qichao had issued the cry that "youth is strong but the country is strong". At the time of the "epidemic" of the national war, the young Chinese generation echoed in their own ways, engraving their own time stamp.

  "Youth shines through hardening, and life is sublimated by struggle. In the face of the sudden new pneumonia epidemic, young people of all nationalities in the country actively responded to the party ’s call, and actively participated in the epidemic prevention and control of the people ’s war, the overall war, and the war of resistance. The previous and true dedication shows the spirit of the contemporary Chinese youth and has won high praise from the party and the people. I am proud of you! "On the arrival of the May 4th Youth Day in 2020, the General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, the State President, the Central Committee Military Commission Chairman Xi Jinping praised the Chinese youth in the new era. Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping has made friends with the young people through various methods such as inspections, seminars, and letters. He has spoken intimately, paid attention to the growth of young people, and gave encouragement and hope to the young people.

  In a beautiful May, Fanghua confided, and the spring was full of enthusiasm. People's Network took you from the youth story of the young friend's intimate person Xi Jinping to appreciate the profound revelation.

Li Hongzhi, pursue the ideal and faith

In 1972, Xi Jinping cut into the line to return to Beijing to visit relatives. Image source: Xinhua News Agency

  On April 30, 2019, Xi Jinping said at the 100th Anniversary of the May 4th Movement: "Youth has great lofty ideals and firm convictions. It is an invincible driving force for the advancement of a country and a nation. With lofty ambitions, youth can inspire endeavor potential, Youth will not drift like a rudderless boat. "Whenever he talks with young people, Xi Jinping always asks young people to" set their ambitions "," consolidate their ideals and beliefs "and" take on the role of rejuvenation ". Looking back on Xi Jinping's youth, it was precisely the lofty ideals established in Liangjiahe Village that guided his future life direction. The belief of "doing things for the people" was born, rooted and continuously sublimated in the entrepreneurial struggle, he stepped towards the goal Step by step.

In 1973, Xi Jinping and the educated youth Lei Pingsheng (first left), Tao Haisu (second right), and Lei Rongsheng (first right) of Beijing Educated Youth in Yanchuan County took a group photo in front of the "three rooms" in the county. Image source: Xinhua News Agency

  At the beginning of 1969, 15-year-old Xi Jinping came to Liangjiahe Village, Wen'anyi Commune, Yanchuan County, Shaanxi Province, and settled in the village until he left in October 1975. "When I came to the Yellow Earth at the age of 15, I was confused and hesitant; when I left the Yellow Earth at the age of 22, I already had a firm life goal and full of confidence. As a public servant of the people, the Northern Shaanxi Plateau is my root because I cultivated here My unchanging belief: to do practical things for the people! "Xi Jinping recalled fondly in the article" I am the Son of the Yellow Earth "published in 2002. On the eve of the Chinese New Year in 2015, when Xi Jinping returned to Liangjiahe to visit his fellow villagers, he said emotionally: "Life, my first step is to come to our Liangjiahe and choose my path here. I said that if I have the conditions and opportunities in the future, I will be in politics and do some good work for the people. "In a speech at the dinner of the Mayor of the Financial City of London in 2015, Xi Jinping once again mentioned his beliefs when he was young," The younger one, in the barren yellow soil of northern Shaanxi, kept thinking about the question of 'survival or destruction'. Finally, I set up my own faith for the motherland and the people. "

  "Doing practical things for the people" is simple and powerful. From Liangjiahe to Zhengding, from Fujian to Zhejiang, from Shanghai to the central government, Xi Jinping took on an increasingly heavy burden, but more people lived a good life The ideal of "resting in my heart" has never changed.

Button well and establish correct values

  "It's like wearing buttons on clothes. If the first button is wrong, the remaining buttons will be wrong. The buttons of life will be buttoned from the beginning." On May 4, 2014, Xi Jinping and Peking University At the symposium of teachers and students, the first button was used to metaphorize the values ​​of youth, guide young people to establish the correct value standards, and consciously practice the core values ​​of socialism. "To establish a correct world outlook, outlook on life, and values, master this The key, let ’s take a look at the social phenomena and life course. All right and wrong, right and wrong, primary and secondary, all true and false, good and evil, beautiful and ugly, will naturally be observant and clear, so we can make correct judgments and choices.

  "Literary Relations of General Secretary Xi Jinping" mentioned that when Xi Jinping was five or six years old, his mother told him stories of loyalty to the country and tattooing of his mother-in-law. "I said, stabbing the words, it hurts! My mother said, it hurts, but I remember it in my heart. The words" Jing Zhong Bao Guo "have been remembered from that time until now, and it has been my lifelong pursuit. Goal. "It can be said that from children to youth, parents' words and examples have a profound influence on the development of Xi Jinping's values. While recalling how to pass through the "labor pass" of Xi Jinping, Xi Jinping talked about what the aunt and uncle who had done revolution told him, "At that time we were all going to fellow villagers, and now you young people are still afraid to go, this "No," "At that time, we all looked for opportunities to drill into the masses. Who do you rely on now from the masses? Of course it depends on the masses." Xi Jinping listened to their words and worked hard to become one with the masses after going back. "A year later, I worked with the masses, living habits, and passed the labor pass."

  On February 7, 1966, the front page of the People's Daily published the long-form newsletter "Exemplary of County Party Committee Secretary Jiao Yulu" by Xinhua News Agency reporters Mu Qing, Feng Jian, and Zhou Yuan. That year, Xi Jinping was 13 years old. Talking about this past, Xi Jinping once said: "I was on the first day of the junior year, and teacher Zhang read the newsletter in political class. We did not cry a few times at that time ..." From a junior high school student, to the county party secretary, and then to China The top leader, for more than 50 years, Xi Jinping always remembered this name in his heart: Jiao Yulu.

  On April 1, 2009, Xi Jinping said in a seminar with cadres and the masses during his investigation in Lankao County, Henan Province: "To learn and promote the spirit of Jiao Yulu, we must firmly establish the correct world outlook, outlook on life, and values ​​as Comrade Jiao Yulu, for the party Work hard with the people ’s cause, selfless dedication, take practical actions to promote scientific development, promote social harmony, and benefit the people. ”Jiao Yulu ’s spirit is like a beacon, a critical period of growth from a teenager to a young person, and the establishment of a world outlook and life values. Xi Jinping Juveniles who are not familiar with the world have grown into mature, stable, resourceful and courageous people.

Knowing things by learning, seeking truth and practicing hard skills

In 1983, Xi Jinping, who was then Secretary of the Zhengding County Party Committee in Hebei (centered in the front row), temporarily placed a table on the street to listen to the opinions of the people. Image source: Xinhua News Agency

  Youth is another golden period of learning. "The young people should maintain the enthusiasm of the newborn calves, not afraid of tigers, do not know how to study, will not practice, and strive to create conditions without conditions" "For the benefit of the people" "Young people, a person has only one youth in his life. Now, youth is used to struggle; in the future, youth is used to remember" ... Xi Jinping never forgot to tell the young people to seek out and seek truth Learn and practice hard skills, cherish Shaohua and live up to your youth.

  Xi Jinping often mentioned that "reading has become a way of life for me." In his youth, many stories of reading and studying under difficult conditions were extolled. In 2013, during the May 4th Youth Day theme group day event, Xi Jinping appeared and said: "Go up the mountain and let the sheep go. I hold the book and put the sheep pen on the hillside. I start reading. When I go to the field and start to rest for a while, I will Take out the multiple meanings of a word in the Xinhua dictionary and accumulate them bit by bit. "In 2014, Xi Jinping recalled his story of borrowing books for 30 miles at the literary work symposium:" At that time, I was in the rural area of ​​northern Shaanxi. I heard that an educated youth had the book "Faust", so he took 30 miles to borrow the book, and later he took another 30 miles to retrieve the book. "

  In the eyes of the villagers and educated youths, Xi Jinping "loved reading", "knows a lot of knowledge" and "is a literate person". Wang Xianping, who often went to the cave where Xi Jinping lived, recalled: "He came back to work every day and read books after dinner. At night, he lighted a kerosene lamp to read. The kerosene lamp was very rudimentary at that time. Fill the bottle with kerosene, insert a lead tube into the bottle, and then insert the wick to ignite the lighting. Jinping took the book and read the light with that light, because the kerosene smoke often smoked him because it was too close His face and nose are black. It is in such a difficult environment that Jin Ping sees most of the night every day, and sleeps when he is too sleepy. "In addition, he also concentrated on learning the skills of production and labor. . In 1974, he saw in the newspaper that the village of Sichuan was running biogas and realized that this could solve the problem of Liangjiahe ’s lack of coal and firewood, so he and other team representatives went to Sichuan to study biogas technology in person, and when he returned, he mobilized the villagers to organize the construction of biogas. team. Later, under the leadership of Xi Jinping, Liangjiahe Village owned the first biogas digester, which gradually solved the problems of villagers' lighting, cooking and heating. From the caves in Liangjiahe to the classrooms at Tsinghua University, from grassroots work to governance, Xi Jinping has always regarded reading and studying as a life attitude and a spiritual pursuit, constantly nourishing his great wisdom in governing the country.

Be brave in the tide and innovate and create in practice

On December 2, 1989, Xi Jinping, then Secretary of the Ningde Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China, led more than 1,000 cadres from the local government to the Nanji Water Conservancy site in Ningde County to participate in the work of clearing barriers and repairing canals. Image source: Xinhua News Agency

  "Youth is the most dynamic and creative group in society and should be at the forefront of innovation and creation." Xi Jinping encourages young people to be trendy in the times and innovate and create in practice. "Young people must have the courage to pioneer and be liberated Thinking, advancing with the times, daring to seek up and down, pioneering and enterprising, establish the ambition to surpass the predecessors on the basis of inheriting the predecessors, create a country of youth, a nation of youth with the self of youth, "Dare to be a pioneer, and Do n’t be a guest, be a guest, let innovation be the driving force of youth voyage, let entrepreneurship become the energy of youth fighting, and let the youth years shine brilliantly in the dedication to the country and the people. " He repeatedly asked the party and government to create favorable conditions for youth innovation and entrepreneurship. "Party committees and governments at all levels must fully trust young people, care for them with enthusiasm, strictly demand young people, actively guide young people, and help young people grow up, innovate, create meritorious service Good service guarantee work ".

  In January 2015, Xi Jinping had a discussion with the trainees of the Party Secretary County Party School of the Central Party School. When talking about his work experience in Zhengding County, Hebei Province, Xi Jinping said: "I arrived in Zhengding back then and saw that people are living in poverty and the level of economic and social development is relatively backward. I am very anxious. I am ambitious and want to change this appearance as soon as possible. "Xi Jinping often rode an old-fashioned phoenix" 28 "bicycle and ran around the rural fields of Zhengding County, traveling between the north and south banks of the Hutuo River, conducting solid research and listening to the opinions of the masses.

  When he first came, Zhengding wore a hat of a high-yield grain county, but he didn't even solve the problem of food and clothing. Xi Jinping's research and analysis pointed out: "We are actually a 'high-yield poor county'." . In the face of the situation of egalitarianism in distribution, unemployed members, and low production efficiency, Xi Jinping pushed forward rural reforms. With Xi Jinping ’s advocacy, in January 1983, he was set to establish a precedent in Hebei and fully implement the contract-to-household responsibility system Method. In two or three years, the county's total agricultural income has nearly quadrupled. "Rely on the city, serve the city, engage in agriculture, industry and commerce, change farmers into workers, and leave the country without leaving the country." "What we need in the city, we plant; what the city needs, we process." Xi Jinping's "semi-suburban" economy The way of development has made everyone feel refreshed, and has made Zhengding achieve "Licheng rich township".

  Xi Jinping, who was in his early years, opened the new era of the era of Zhengding's reform and opening up with hard work and hard work. The horn of reform and opening up in the new era is now in full swing, and people of all nationalities across the country are on the road of dreams, which provides the best historical opportunities for the young people to innovate and start businesses. The good wind relied on its strength. At that time, the vast number of young people used their youth to forge ahead to help the Chinese dream and devote themselves to the great struggle of the people. This is exactly what Xi Jinping hoped for.

  The youth Xi Jinping spilled the hot youthful blood on the land of the motherland, dedicated it to the people, and set an example for the young people. This year is the year of the final victory for a comprehensive well-off society and a decisive battle against poverty. It is also a year of historical convergence in achieving the goal of "two hundred years". Xi Jinping emphasized: "Chinese youth in the new era must inherit and carry forward the May 4th spirit, strengthen their ideals and convictions, stand firm on the people's standpoint, cultivate excellent skills, devote themselves to strengthening the country, always maintain a hard-working attitude, and work together with hundreds of millions of people to achieve The Chinese nation's great rejuvenation, the Chinese dream, fought bravely on the new Long March road. "Young people in the new era, please take the baton of history and let the youth bloom in the places where the party and the people need it most

  (Some sources in the article: "Literary Love of General Secretary Xi Jinping" published by the People's Daily Supplement, Xinhua News Agency, "Times of Seven Years of Educated Youth in Xi Jinping", etc., selected by the Learning Times