习近平给厦门航空有限公司全体员工回信

习近平给厦门航空有限公司全体员工回信强调

弘扬优良传统坚持改革创新

在服务经济社会发展促进两岸交流合作上积极发挥作用

新华社北京7月24日电 在厦门航空有限公司成立40周年之际，中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平近日给厦航全体员工回信，向他们表示热烈祝贺并提出殷切希望。

习近平在回信中说，我在厦门工作时，曾参与厦航的初创，40年来一直关注着公司的成长。如今看到白手起家的厦航实现了跨越式发展，我很欣慰。

习近平强调，新时代新征程上，希望你们弘扬优良传统，坚持改革创新，增强核心竞争力，筑牢安全底线，在服务经济社会发展、促进两岸交流合作上积极发挥作用，为推动民航业高质量发展、建设交通强国贡献更多力量。

厦门航空有限公司成立于1984年7月，是我国首家按现代企业制度运营的航空公司。在厦门工作时，习近平曾亲自为处于初创阶段的厦航协调解决多个难题，并对厦航的改革发展一直给予关怀指导。目前，厦航运营的国内外航线达到400余条，年旅客运输量近4000万人次，曾获得飞行安全五星奖、中国质量奖等荣誉。近日，厦航全体员工给习近平总书记写信，汇报公司成立40年来依靠改革创新取得的发展成绩，表达不忘初心、锐意改革，努力把公司做强做优做大，积极助力海峡两岸融合发展的决心。

Xi instructs Xiamen Airlines to play active role in cross-Strait exchanges

BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has instructed Xiamen Airlines to play an active role in serving economic and social development and advancing exchanges and cooperation across the Taiwan Strait.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the instructions in a reply letter to the staff members of the airline on the occasion of its 40th founding anniversary.

Xiamen, a coastal city on the western side of the Strait, is at the forefront of cross-Strait exchanges and integration.

During his tenure as vice mayor of the city, Xi helped Xiamen Airlines solve a number of problems during its initial development stage.

In the letter, Xi said he is pleased to see that Xiamen Airlines, which started from scratch, has achieved leapfrog development over the past four decades.

Xi called on the staff members to stay committed to reform and innovation, enhance the airline's core competitiveness, and contribute more to advancing the high-quality development of civil aviation and boosting China's strength in transportation.

Established in July 1984, Xiamen Airlines is the first airline in China to operate under a modern corporate system. It currently operates more than 400 domestic and international air routes, serving nearly 40 million passengers annually. ■