习近平考察湖南第一师范学院：学校的办学宗旨要引导学生立志报国

18日下午，习近平总书记来到湖南第一师范学院（城南书院校区），了解毛泽东等老一辈无产阶级革命家在这里求学工作和学校发展沿革、教学特色等情况，并同师生代表亲切交流。习近平感慨地说，在我们国家积贫积弱的年代，当时一批爱国者就觉得中国要强大就要办教育。学校的办学宗旨，既要提高学生的文化素质，又要引导学生立志报国。习近平表示，现在，世界又处于一个百年未有之大变局，我国正在以中国式现代化推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业，当代青年学子正当其时。在这个时候，我们更有责任把教育办好、把学生培养好，为推进中国式现代化培养一批批栋梁之才。（杜尚泽）

摄影：鞠鹏 谢环驰 燕雁 王晔

Xi stresses guiding students to serve the country as purpose of running schools

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a campus of Hunan First Normal University, and learns about the university's efforts in putting resources related to the Party's heritage to great use and its adherence to fostering virtue through education, in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, March 18, 2024. Xi inspected Changsha, capital city of central China's Hunan Province, on Monday. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

CHANGSHA, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has stressed that the purpose of running a school is not only to raise the students' level of cultural attainment, but also to guide them to serve the country.

Xi made the remarks when he visited one of Hunan First Normal University's campuses on Monday during an inspection tour in Changsha, capital city of central China's Hunan Province.

Xi learned about how Mao Zedong and other older generation revolutionaries had studied and worked at the university, as well as the university's history and teaching characteristics. Xi also chatted with students and faculty members.

Xi stressed that as China strives to build itself into a strong country and achieve national rejuvenation through advancing Chinese modernization, it is imperative that talented students are cultivated and that they are provided with quality education. ■

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a campus of Hunan First Normal University, and learns about the university's efforts in putting resources related to the Party's heritage to great use and its adherence to fostering virtue through education, in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, March 18, 2024. Xi inspected Changsha, capital city of central China's Hunan Province, on Monday. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a campus of Hunan First Normal University, and learns about the university's efforts in putting resources related to the Party's heritage to great use and its adherence to fostering virtue through education, in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, March 18, 2024. Xi inspected Changsha, capital city of central China's Hunan Province, on Monday. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with teachers and students while visiting a campus of Hunan First Normal University in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, March 18, 2024. Xi inspected Changsha, capital city of central China's Hunan Province, on Monday. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with teachers and students while visiting a campus of Hunan First Normal University in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, March 18, 2024. Xi inspected Changsha, capital city of central China's Hunan Province, on Monday. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a campus of Hunan First Normal University, and learns about the university's efforts in putting resources related to the Party's heritage to great use and its adherence to fostering virtue through education, in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, March 18, 2024. Xi inspected Changsha, capital city of central China's Hunan Province, on Monday. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)