Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 15th
On the occasion of the opening of the 6th Cross Strait Youth Development Forum, I extend warm congratulations to the forum and sincere greetings to the young people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and all friends present!
Youth is the hope of a country and the future of a nation. The Cross Strait Youth Development Forum provides an important platform for cross-strait youth to exchange and learn from each other. I hope that more young people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait can become good friends and partners who work together and work together through the forum, and continuously contribute their youth to the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and the great cause of national reunification.
Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the common aspiration of all Chinese people. At the right time, young people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait have an incredibly broad stage to showcase their talents and a bright prospect for realizing their dreams. We welcome Taiwanese youth to come to the mainland to pursue, build, and fulfill their dreams. I hope that young people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait can grasp the historical trend, uphold national righteousness, maintain national unity, shoulder the heavy responsibility of the times, firmly follow the correct path of peaceful development of cross-strait relations, and firmly grasp the future and destiny of cross-strait relations in the hands of the Chinese people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Xi Jinping
September 15, 2023