Interview with delegates ｜ Be a good young man in the new era with ideals, courage to take responsibility, endurance and willingness to struggle.

　　Be a good young man in the new era who has ideals, dares to take responsibility, can bear hardships and is willing to struggle.

　　— — Interview with delegates to 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Liu Xiuxiang, Deputy Secretary and Vice President of the Party Branch of Wangmo Experimental High School.

　　Editor’s note:The Party’s Report to the 20th CPC National Congress is a political declaration and program of action that our Party unites and leads the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country to uphold and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era and new journey. It must be carefully studied, understood and resolutely implemented. Focusing on studying and implementing the Party’s Report to the 20th CPC National Congress, Qiushi.com reporter specially invited delegates to 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Liu Xiuxiang, deputy secretary and vice president of the Party branch of Wangmo Experimental High School in Guizhou Province, to accept an exclusive interview and share their knowledge and experience.

　　The picture shows that on August 26, 2022, Liu Xiuxiang chatted with the students during the military training for freshmen. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhou Xuanni/photo

　　[Introduction to Representative]

　　Liu Xiuxiang was born in a small mountain village in Wangmo County, Guizhou Province. His father died of illness when he was 4 years old, and his mother suffered from intermittent mental illness and lost her ability to take care of herself. The suffering of fate didn’t crush him. He studied hard and made a living by collecting waste products. After being admitted to a university thousands of miles away, in order to take care of his mother, he "carried his mother to college thousands of miles away", and the story of his humble son touched countless people.

　　Liu Xiuxiang, who once walked out of the mountains desperately, resolutely chose to return to his hometown to teach after graduating from college in 2012. His goal is clear. He inspires and guides more children in the mountains to study with his own experience, and changes their destiny with knowledge. In the past 10 years, Liu Xiuxiang has persuaded students everywhere, and more than 1,800 dropouts have returned to school because of him. He also sponsored more than 4,200 poor students and gave more than 2,000 public welfare lectures. He was rated as the "most beautiful teacher" in China, and won the May 4th Medal of China Youth and the May 1st Labor Medal of China.

　　Qiushi. com reporter: General Secretary of the Supreme Leader comprehensively summed up the work in the past five years and the great changes in the new era in the past 10 years in the Report to the 20th CPC National Congress of the Party. Please talk about your understanding and experience in combination with reality.

　　Representative Liu Xiuxiang:The report of the Supreme Leader’s General Secretary is inspiring, inspiring and gives people infinite strength. My hometown, Wangmo County, is located deep in the mountains and was once a deep poverty-stricken county in Guizhou Province. Today’s Wangmo, the traffic conditions have been greatly improved, the characteristic industries have developed in an all-round way, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the economy and society have made all-round progress. Especially the changes in education. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party and the government have effectively increased investment in education in rural areas, mountainous areas and remote areas, and Wangmo’s educational infrastructure has been improved in an all-round way. Now the most beautiful house and the best environment in the county are schools. The quality of education has improved in an all-round way. In 2012, only 70 people in the county were admitted to universities, and by 2022, there will be more than 1,300 people. Nowadays, persuasion has become a "past tense". People pay attention to education and talk about it all the time. Children in the mountains have a better way out and more choices.

　　Wang Mo’s change is the epitome of the great changes in the new era in the past 10 years. As a grass-roots teacher, I have been fortunate to witness and participate in the development of education in my hometown in the past 10 years. I feel extremely proud when I see the earth-shaking changes in my hometown and motherland, and it has also strengthened my confidence and determination to take root in the grassroots, teach and educate people, and strive for the cause of the party and the people.

　　Qiushi. com reporter: The Party’s Report to the 20th CPC National Congress put forward that "we should give priority to the development of education", "accelerate the construction of a strong country in education" and "run a satisfactory education for the people". As a teacher, please talk about your understanding and experience.

　　Representative Liu Xiuxiang:A century-long plan, education-oriented. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader once emphasized that "education is the fundamental way for human beings to inherit civilization and knowledge, cultivate the younger generation and create a better life". Take myself as an example. With the support of the policies of the party and the state, I went to college by studying hard, walked out of the mountains and changed my destiny. After graduating from college, I chose to go back to my hometown to teach and persuade students everywhere. It is precisely because I personally feel the importance of education that I want to use my story to guide more children to set up lofty aspirations and help them achieve a better future through education.

　　Education has played an important role in the process of winning the battle against poverty. By improving the cultural quality of the poor population and enhancing the endogenous ability to get rid of poverty, education poverty alleviation can effectively block the intergenerational transmission of poverty, making the foundation of poverty alleviation more stable and the effect more sustainable. In the new era and new journey, whether it is rural revitalization or high-quality development, I think education is still an important fulcrum, which plays a fundamental role and determines the future of the country and the nation. As the Supreme Leader’s General Secretary repeatedly emphasized, "Education makes the country prosperous, and education makes the country strong".

　　To run a satisfactory education for the people, we must adhere to the people-centered development of education, accelerate the construction of a high-quality education system, develop quality education, and promote educational equity in accordance with the Party’s 20th strategic plan. Running a satisfactory education for the people also puts higher demands on our teachers. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader once emphasized: "Teachers’ work is to shape souls, lives and people." How are our teachers, how are our children; What the children are, what the future China will be. It can be said that the future China is in today’s classroom. As a teacher, we must strive to be a good teacher with ideals and beliefs, moral sentiments, solid knowledge and kindness in accordance with the instruction of the General Secretary.

　　Qiushi. com reporter: General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out in the Party’s Report to the 20th CPC National Congress that "the country is strong when the youth is strong" and put forward ardent expectations for the vast number of young people. As a "post-85" youth, please talk about your understanding and experience.

　　Representative Liu Xiuxiang:The words of the Supreme Leader’s General Secretary made my heart surge and I was full of energy. As young people in China in the new era, we are born at the right time, with a mission on our shoulders, a vast stage for displaying our talents, and a bright prospect for realizing our dreams. National rejuvenation and national prosperity are inseparable from the hard work and dedication of generations of young people. While feeling the great changes in the motherland, our generation must shoulder the mission, and continue to write the youth chapter of rejuvenating China with a never-ending mental state and an indomitable struggle posture.

　　General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has repeatedly stressed that "struggle is the most beautiful background of youth". I often say to my students, "Believe in the power of struggle". Plum blossoms that have not experienced wind, frost, rain and snow will not be fragrant, and those who have not struggled will not succeed. Life is hard to beat, so don’t wait for it at this time! Young people in the new era must bear in mind the instruction of the General Secretary, "unswervingly listen to the Party, follow the Party, embrace dreams and be down-to-earth, dare to think and do good deeds, and be determined to be good young people in the new era with ideals, courage to take responsibility, hardship and willingness to struggle", work hard and unremittingly, and strive for the first place and make contributions in the new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way.

　　(Reporter: Kuang Sisi Audit: Li Yanling)