TAIYUAN, July 8 (Xinhua) — Xi Jinping, common secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has known as on younger college students to try to be the spine of the nation, construct a robust nation and contribute to world peace.
Xi made the remarks throughout a go to to a memorial corridor commemorating the Hundred-Regiment Campaign in Yangquan of north China’s Shanxi Province, the place he had heat conversations with college students and employees on Monday.
“The hope is reposed in you and the future belongs to you,” Xi stated, urging the younger college students to work exhausting, forge forward and be upright and pleased with their Chinese identification.
The Hundred-Regiment Campaign happened in northern China from August 1940 to January 1941 throughout the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
Xi laid a floral basket in tribute to the martyrs of the marketing campaign throughout the go to.
Monday’s go to held particular significance, because it coincided with the anniversary of the July seventh Incident, also referred to as the Lugou Bridge Incident, which occurred in 1937 and marked the start of China’s whole-nation resistance towards Japanese aggression, Xi stated.
The CPC was the pillar of the nationwide resistance, stated Xi, emphasizing that the Hundred-Regiment Campaign enabled the world to see the robust will and power of the Party and the Chinese folks within the resistance towards Japanese aggression.
Xi harassed that China made large sacrifices throughout the 14-year exhausting struggle of resistance. “If the past is not forgotten, it can serve as a guide for the future.”