2014年4月，习近平总书记在考察新疆和新疆生产建设兵团时勉励援疆干部把“热爱祖国、无私奉献、艰苦创业、开拓进取”的兵团精神同吕梁精神结合起来发扬光大，为建设新疆贡献力量。
In April 2014, when General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected Xinjiang and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, he encouraged cadres aiding Xinjiang to carry forward the spirit of the corps of "loving country, dedicating selflessly, working hard, pioneering and pushing ahead" in combination with the spirit of Lvliang, and contribute to the construction of Xinjiang.
有这样一群人，他们有知识，有魄力，披着战火烟尘，饮马天山南北，奔赴荒原，艰苦奋斗，白手起家，将瞄准仪变成了水平仪，将火炮铸成了牛犁，在戈壁荒滩开辟出了片片绿洲，建起了座座工厂，忠实地履行国家赋予的屯垦戍边的光荣使命，在开发建设新疆、增进民族团结、推进社会进步、巩固西北边防等方面立下了显赫战功，十万兵团儿女用青春热血和生命铸就了“兵团精神”。
There are such a group of people who are knowledgeable and courageous. They crossed the flames of war to Tianshan Mountains. On the wasteland, they worked hard from scratch. Through their efforts, gradienter and plough took place of collimator and artillery to transform the bare wasteland into oasis and build a number of factories. They have faithfully fulfilled the glorious mission of constructing the border areas and guarding the territorial boundaries entrusted by the country, and made outstanding achievements in developing and constructing Xinjiang, promoting ethnic unity and social progress, and consolidating northwest border defense. Hundreds of thousands of people in the corps devoted their youth, enthusiasm and lives to form "the spirit of the corps".
屯垦戍边，率领人民解放军驻疆部队开展大规模生产运动的王震同志；戍边守防，在草湖镇开荒生产，开创“军垦第一犁”的张富清同志；坚守新疆巴尔鲁克山的初心，兵团边境连队卫生室的女医生梅莲；“一生只做一件事，我为祖国当卫士”的马军武夫妇……在漫长的屯垦戍边中，兵团广大干部职工形成了“热爱祖国、无私奉献、艰苦创业、开拓进取”的兵团精神。
Wang Zhen led the PLA Xinjiang garrison to open up wasteland, guarded the borderline, and carry out large-scale production campaigns; Zhang Fuqing guarded the territorial boundaries and reclaimed wasteland in Caohu Town, creating “the first plough of army reclamation”; Mei Lian, a female doctor of the company healthcare clinic in the corps, stays true to the original aspiration in Ba'erluke Mountain; Ma Junwu and his wife are "determined to defend the country's borders all the life"... In the long process of reclaiming wasteland and safeguarding the borderline, the cadres and staff of the corps have formed the spirit of the corps of "loving country, dedicating selflessly, working hard, pioneering and pushing ahead".
60多年来，几代兵团人扎根新疆沙漠周边和边境沿线，为繁荣新疆的经济发展和维护社会稳定，以坚忍不拔的意志和无私无畏的勇气战胜前进道路上的一切艰难险阻，谱写了一曲曲感天动地的时代凯歌。
For more than 60 years, generations of people in the corps have taken root around the deserts and along the borderline in Xinjiang. For the economic development and social stability in Xinjiang, they, with perseverance and courage, have overcome all the difficulties and obstacles, composing touching triumphs of times.