In the history of our Party, many outstanding leaders established revolutionary ideals in their youth and were determined to fight for the people. Comrade Mao Zedong was determined to dedicate himself to the prosperity of the Chinese nation when he was a teenager, he initiated the establishment of the Xinmin Society with He Shuheng, Cai Hesen and others at the age of 25, attended the First National Congress of the Party at the age of 28, led the Autumn Harvest Uprising at the age of 34, led the uprising team to Jinggangshan, and established the first rural revolutionary base area. Comrade Zhou Enlai led the Tianjin Patriotic Student Movement at the age of 21, participated in the formation of the Chinese Youth Communist Party in Europe at the age of 24 during his work-study program in France, led the Nanchang Uprising and created the Communist Party of China's own armed contingent at the age of 29, and was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee at the Sixth Party Congress at the age of 30. Comrade Deng Xiaoping went to France at the age of 16 to work and study, and two years later joined the Chinese Young Communist Party in Europe, served as the secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China at the age of 23, and led the Baise Uprising at the age of 25 and founded the Seventh Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.

——"Speech at the Collective Conversation with the Members of the New Leading Group of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League" (June 20, 2013)

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Youth is only once, how to write a wonderful youth and achieve an extraordinary life, is the "question of youth" hidden in the hearts of generations of young people. Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Deng Xiaoping in their youth resolutely threw themselves into the revolutionary tide of saving the nation from peril, and engraved the youthful imprint of high faith and responsibility for the country in the history of the party.

"The child is determined to go out of the countryside, and he vows not to return if he can't learn to become famous. Why bury bones, there are green mountains everywhere in life. When he was 17 years old, before Mao Zedong left home to study in Xiangxiang County, Hunan, he wrote this poem on a slip of paper and sandwiched it in his father's account book, indicating his ambition and determination. Since then, the suffering of the people and the worries of the country have become the greatest concern of the young Mao Zedong. In his 20s, he initiated the establishment of the Xinmin Society and the Hunan Student Federation, founded the "Xiangjiang Review", organized the early organization of the Communist Party of Changsha, and attended the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the age of 28. Mao Zedong in his youth, as he wrote in "Qinyuan Spring, Changsha": "Just a young student, in his prime; The scholar was angry and scolded Fang Xuan. Pointing to the country, inspiring words, the dung was ten thousand households. ”

When the Communist Party of China was just founded in the 20s of the 20th century, a young Chinese political force also appeared in Europe, that is, the "Chinese Young Communist Party in Europe". In 1915, Cai Yuanpei, Wu Yuzhang and others organized a work-study society in Paris, calling on young people to go to France to work and study. Among these students in France, a number of Marxists were born, such as Zhou Enlai, Zhao Shiyan, Cai Hesen, Li Weihan, Wang Ruofei, Li Lisan, Xiang Jingyu, Chen Yi, Chen Yannian, Chen Qiaonian, Nie Rongzhen, Deng Xiaoping, and Li Fuchun. In 1921, they founded the early organization of the Communist Party of Paris, and the following year initiated the establishment of the "Young Communist Party of China in Europe". At that time, the 24-year-old Zhou Enlai was in charge of propaganda on the executive committee, and the 18-year-old Deng Xiaoping joined the organization. The TV series "Our French Years", which tells about their experience in France, once triggered a ratings boom.

After returning to China from France, Zhou Enlai first served as the director of the Political Department of the Whampoa Military Academy, presided over the establishment of the Ye Ting Independent Regiment of the Northern Expeditionary Revolutionary Armed Forces under the direct leadership of the party, and led the Nanchang Uprising at the age of 29, firing the first shot of armed resistance against the Kuomintang reactionaries, and made important contributions to the creation of the people's army. Deng Xiaoping first went to the Soviet Union to study, then returned to China to participate in revolutionary activities, became the secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China at the age of 23, and led the Baise Uprising at the age of 25 and founded the Seventh Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.

Xi Jinping's telling of the revolutionary youth story of Mao Zedong and others is to inspire contemporary young people to take the prosperity and strength of the country and the happiness of the people as their own responsibility, have ideals in mind, and make unremitting efforts. He led the young people to relive the struggle of those young communists, to recognize the historical trend of China's ups and downs in the past century, and to let the young people understand their mission and responsibility, perceive the indestructibility of faith, and strengthen the determination and confidence of struggle. The power of youth reflects the power of China, and the struggle of youth carries the Chinese dream. As Xi Jinping pointed out, to build a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, the vast number of young people are the new force and commando. Whether it is the heavy burden of winning the all-round well-off, or solving the contradictions of reform and development, all call on young people to take on the responsibility. Thousands of young people will let go of their youthful dreams and inspire their fighting temperament, and their youth China will surely shine with new glory.