"We must do everything possible to do practical things and solve difficult problems for young people, take the initiative to think about what young people want and what they are worried about, and fully rely on the resources and channels given by the party to provide real help to young people, so that the majority of young people can truly feel the party's Caring is all around you, and caring is right in front of you!" General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Youth League of China.
"Young people are in the initial stage of life, and they often encounter various difficulties and distress in study, work, and life, and they need timely help from the society." Along the way, Comrade Xi Jinping has been a confidant of young friends and youth work. The enthusiastic people and guides of the young masses, do everything possible to do practical things and solve difficult problems for the young people.
What's the matter?
I'll do it for you
When Comrade Xi Jinping was working in Zhengding, Zhengding stayed in the village to have a table tennis sports school.
Every time he went to investigate, he would say, "What's the matter? I'll handle it for you."
During an investigation, Comrade Xi Jinping learned that there is a youth coach Wang Sumei in the sports school. During the day, he leads training at the Provincial Sports Institute, and returns to the county for training in the evening and on Sunday. He has performed well and is responsible and brought out the students selected for the national team, but the salary is very high. Low.
The sports school hopes that the organization can help her solve some difficulties according to her situation.
At 11:00 that morning, Comrade Xi Jinping took the relevant materials and left the village; at 3:00 in the afternoon, the county personnel bureau notified the sports school that the county had approved a first-level salary for Wang Sumei, so let’s go through the formalities.
The first sentence written on the approval document is "in order to encourage young people to study hard".
Later, Comrade Xi Jinping also solved the problem of salary for the private teachers in the commune and the village, which greatly inspired everyone's enthusiasm.
It was also during the period of Zhengding work that Comrade Xi Jinping formulated the "Nine Talents", ranging from implementing the party's policy on intellectuals to providing "all refined grains", delivering grain to homes, and moving coal to households. In other words, it is in the hearts of talents, especially young talents.
When he was serving as the president of Minjiang Vocational University in Fuzhou, he conducted on-site work on problems such as "students 'turning from farmers to non-agricultural students'". Those that could be settled on the spot were immediately resolved, and those that could not be resolved temporarily were put on the agenda; Children from poor families are not allowed to drop out of school because of poverty, and a poor college student cannot be allowed to drop out of school.” Zhejiang exempted students in difficulty from book fees, tuition and miscellaneous fees, and provided free nutritious meals; when communicating with compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas students, the first question Asking "Is there any difficulty in the certification of diplomas?" The question is the biggest problem encountered by overseas Chinese students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan studying in the mainland...
"Contemporary young people have encountered many difficulties that we have never encountered in the past." "We must pay attention to what young people think, worry, and hope, and help young people solve their problems in graduation, job hunting, innovation and entrepreneurship, social integration, marriage and friendship, and the elderly. The worries and worries of support and children’s education, and strive to create favorable conditions for the development of young people, so that they can feel that the care is around them and the care is right in front of them.” The general secretary said so, and he did the same.
Pull a hand and help at the key point of youth growth, when it is urgent
Comrade Xi Jinping not only cares about the practical problems faced by young people, but also cares about their spiritual world, their ideals and beliefs, and their physical and mental health.
On the eve of the May Fourth Movement this year, when General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected Renmin University of China, two old photos were displayed in the school history exhibition.
It was the summer of 38 years ago. The summer social practice group of Renmin University of China went to Zhengding, Hebei for investigation. Comrade Xi Jinping had a heart-to-heart talk with the college students.
"How to get rid of the bookishness as soon as possible, adapt to the society as soon as possible, and shorten the adaptation time of college students in grassroots units."
In that conversation, several students who were about to graduate and enter the society raised this confusion to Comrade Xi Jinping.
Comrade Xi Jinping said earnestly that to achieve the transformation from college students to grass-roots administrative cadres, three qualities must be possessed, namely, endurance, intuition and administrative ability.
As a grass-roots administrative cadre, we must have the spirit of sacrifice, dedication and creativity.
A Peking University student who had a discussion with Comrade Xi Jinping, then Secretary of the Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee in 1990, said: "We feel that Secretary Xi understands the thinking of young people very well, and understands the growth and confusion of young students at that time, especially Peking University students. There is a sense of direction for us to navigate.”
More than 20 years later, in a discussion with teachers and students of Peking University, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out profoundly, "It is a normal life experience to have some doubts, hesitation, and loss for a while", "The key is to learn to think, be good at analysis, and make correct choices. , to be prudent, self-sufficient, self-confident, firm and self-motivated.”
Encourage young people who have come out of well-known electronics companies to start a new business "must stick to innovation and industry", smile to comfort the classmates who made mistakes, "Nothing, it's normal to make mistakes in experiments", reminding "young people don't stay up late" "Pressure is the driving force for the growth of young people, and at the key point of youth growth, pulling a hand and helping when it is critical may be an important fulcrum for young people to overcome pressure and develop into talents." General Secretary Xi Jinping said this.
Make prosperity and adversity become the wealth of life
"How many times can you fight in life, the hard work is worth it. How can you get the fragrance of plum blossoms without going through a bit of cold?" On January 4 this year, at the training base of the ice and snow project of Beijing No. 27 Factory, General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech was exciting. .
At the Winter Olympics a month later, the youthful ice and snow athletes were not afraid of strong players and kept making breakthroughs, creating the best results in history since my country participated in the Winter Olympics in 1980, demonstrating the high-spirited and confident power of Chinese youth.
Baojianfeng emerges from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from bitter cold.
General Secretary Xi Jinping, who has come from his youth, knows that the road of growth will not always be paved with flowers.
"Knives must be sharpened on stones, and people must be trained on things. It is difficult to become a great tool without wind and rain and without seeing the world."
When talking with young friends, Comrade Xi Jinping often encourages young people with personal experiences.
When he was young, he wrote 8 applications for joining the league and 10 applications for joining the party.
He went to the countryside before the age of 16, joined the Party at the age of 20, and went to university at the age of 22.
Farming, damming, picking manure, I have done all kinds of work and suffered all kinds of hardships, and I have been working for seven years, and successively passed the "flea test", "diet test", "life test", "labor test" and "ideological test". .
The young comrade Xi Jinping did not think it was hard, and even took "self-inflicted hardships" as his primary requirement, and worked hard to cultivate his skills and thoughts in the arduous struggle.
"Young people will gain success and joy in their growth and struggle, but they will also face difficulties and pressures. It is necessary to correctly deal with temporary successes and failures, be superior without being pampered, setbacks without short-term ambition, and make prosperity and adversity become wealth in life. Not the burden of life." Inspired by the general secretary, the majority of young people measure the motherland with their feet, discover the Chinese spirit with their eyes, listen to the voice of the people with their ears, and sense the pulse of the times with their hearts. They are growing into ideals, daring to take responsibility, and capable A good young man in the new era who endures hardship and is willing to struggle.
"This era is precisely the era of young people. When I went to college, I often said that you people were born in a prosperous world, and at this time, you will become the ministers and pillars of the 'two hundred years'. She can hold on. This Chinese dragon must have a backbone and hold on, so that she can take off higher. This is one of my hopes." The general secretary's words inspired the spirit of aspiring young people and strengthened promising young people. Confidence.
Coordinator: Cui Shixin
Written by: Xu Qing
Curated by: Du Shanze
Image source: Xinhua News Agency (Photo: Yue Yuewei)