BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday called for more efforts to cultivate children’s confidence in the path, theory, system and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks while attending a deliberation with his fellow deputies from the delegation of Jiangsu Province at the first session of the 14th National People’s Congress, China’s national legislature.
Educators of the new era should strive to nurture a new generation of capable young people to develop socialism with Chinese characteristics and carry forward the socialist cause, Xi said.
He noted that China’s education ought to draw fine contents from the 5,000-year Chinese culture and be inclusive to the achievements of Western civilizations. ■
