General Secretary Xi Jinping’s message to young students: hold firm ideals and keep your feet on the ground

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has visited universities many times, exchanged views with teachers and students, and written replies to students, encouraging young students to combine their personal growth with the development of the country and contribute their strength to the process of realizing national rejuvenation. This article, published on the May Fourth Youth Day, reviews General Secretary Xi Jinping's many messages to young students, focusing on his expectations that young people firmly uphold their ideals and convictions, listen to the Party and follow the Party, advance together with the motherland, temper their will in arduous environments, and ground themselves in reality, study diligently, and dare to innovate. The article is accompanied by photos of the General Secretary during his inspections at universities such as Renmin University of China, Tsinghua University, and Macau University of Science and Technology, and quotes his speeches and replies to college students, graduates, and young people on different occasions, stressing that young people should closely integrate their learning and growth with the cause of the Party and the country and the needs of the people, bravely shoulder important responsibilities in the new era, and write their own chapters of youth.