Xi Jinping likes to make friends with young people | Youth League Central Committee | Make friends
On June 19th, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Youth League of China opened in Beijing.
On June 19th, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Youth League of China opened at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.Photo by Ju Peng, journalist from Xinhua News Agency
This "golden sentence" comes from Xi Jinping's speech at the celebration of the 100 anniversary of the founding of the Communist Youth League of China in 2022. Earlier, in June 2013, when Xi Jinping had a collective conversation with members of the new leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, he also emphasized "being a youth friend, not being a youth 'official '". Yin Yin's instructions are not only a clear requirement for the majority of League cadres, but also a direct manifestation of Xi Jinping's important thoughts on youth work.
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When he served as the Secretary of the Zhengding County Party Committee, he visited the county guesthouse to visit college students who participated in social practice, chat with everyone, and share his grassroots work experience; During his work in Xiamen, he guided a student from Xiamen University to study Capital, carry out social practice, and complete his graduation thesis;
On July 29, 1984, Xi Jinping and members of the Summer Social Practice Group of Renmin University of China had a discussion in the dormitory of the Zhengding County Government Guest House.
He set himself a principle: "Around May Fourth every year, this time is reserved for young people.".
Photo by Ju Peng, journalist from Xinhua News Agency
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Young people are mentally active and agile, with a strong drive to explore the unknown and a quick acceptance of new things. To understand what young people are thinking and wanting, one must actively go deep into the grassroots and approach young people.
Make friends with young people and connect heart to heart. Do not be too official or have too much airs. Youth work is a work for the masses. If one gets caught up in officialdom, old age, worldly wisdom, and smoothness, they will always be aloof and lack sincere communication, which inevitably leads to setbacks in their work. In fact, whether to be friends or officials of young people, to educate and impart knowledge for completing tasks, or to have heart to heart discussions for answering questions, fundamentally determines the effectiveness of youth work.
Classmates are far away from their parents and hometown, and they all say they never expected a deputy mayor to be as friendly as a big brother.
There are many similar stories. In 2007, at Zhejiang University, he comforted his classmates who made mistakes in experimental demonstrations: "It's nothing, it's normal for mistakes to occur in experiments."; In 2016, at the University of Science and Technology of China, he shook hands with his classmates one by one in the rain for over 10 minutes;
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Youth are at the beginning stage of their life journey and often encounter various difficulties and troubles in their studies, work, and life.
Huang Daoliang participated in the college entrance examination twice in 1988 and 1989, but failed due to physical disability despite achieving the required score.Huang Daoliang was extremely excited and said, "For me, this is no less than a rebirth."
In July 1991, Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the graduation ceremony of the 1991 students of Minjiang Vocational University.
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Lin Dongmei, who is still in primary school, is facing dropping out due to her father's visual disability and mother's frailty and illness.
Xi Jinping is not only a confidant of young friends and an enthusiastic person for youth work, but also a guide for the young people.
In terms of self-cultivation, he used the metaphor of "fastening the buttons of life from the beginning" to guide young people to develop the correct value orientation; When it comes to learning, he recalls the years of educated youth who went up the mountain to graze sheep and took the time to read books, emphasizing that young people should "absorb knowledge like sponges drawing water"; When it comes to exercise, he introduces his sports hobbies and encourages young people to not only study well but also improve their health... He guides them to take every step of life with words that young people can understand and understand.
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Youth work grasps the present, inherits the roots, and faces the future, which is crucial to the future and destiny of the Party and the country.