Xi tells youth to realize dreams at grassroots  

习近平：让青春之花绽放在祖国最需要的地方

在五四青年节即将到来之际，中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平给河北保定学院西部支教毕业生群体代表回信，向青年朋友致以节日的问候，勉励青年人到基层和人民中去建功立业，在实现中国梦的伟大实践中书写别样精彩的人生。[查看全文]

President Xi Jinping Saturday encouraged young people to build up establishment at grassroots level and contribute to building a greater nation ahead of China's Youth Day which falls on Sunday.

Xi made the remarks in a letter to 15 volunteer teachers who graduated from Hebei's Baoding University in 2000 and have been working at a secondary school in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region since then.

"You've been educating students in the western border areas for more than a decade and your great passion is touching," said Xi.

Xi praised those who have volunteered to support education in China's western regions for their dedication to economic and social development and ethnic unity.

It is the right way for the youth to serve the people and contribute to the country, said Xi, expressing hope that more Chinese young people will work at grassroots level to realize their dreams.