Lecture Hall: Focusing on Youth Innovation and Creativity

General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly stressed that we should look at young people’s innovation and creativity with appreciation and approval, and encourage them to integrate their personal ideals into the country’s development and take on the responsibilities of the times in the course of striving. This report focuses on youth growth and innovation. It reviews relevant content about the General Secretary’s exchanges with young people and his praise for young people’s scientific and technological and innovative achievements, with particular mention of young people making continuous new progress in fields such as aerospace, artificial intelligence, and basic research. The report also points out that youth innovation and creativity cannot do without policy support, guidance from schools, and the social environment. Chinese young people are taking practical action to participate in the country’s modernization drive, and are also working to bring more positive changes to the world.