习近平致信祝贺中山大学建校100周年

新华社广州11月12日电 中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平11月12日致信祝贺中山大学建校100周年，向全体师生员工和海内外校友致以祝贺。

习近平在贺信中强调，新的起点上，希望中山大学坚持以新时代中国特色社会主义思想为指导，传承红色基因，坚持为党育人、为国育才，聚焦国家重大战略和粤港澳大湾区发展需要，一体推进教育改革发展、科技创新和人才培养，加快建设中国特色世界一流大学，为建设教育强国、推进中国式现代化作出新的更大贡献。

庆祝孙中山先生创办中山大学100周年大会12日上午在广州举行。中共中央政治局委员、广东省委书记黄坤明在会上宣读了习近平的贺信并致辞。他表示，希望中山大学牢记习近平总书记殷殷嘱托，以百年校庆为新起点，锚定建设中国特色世界一流大学目标，坚持为党育人、为国育才，自觉用习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想铸魂育人，努力在培育拔尖人才、推进科教协同创新、服务粤港澳大湾区建设和广东发展上实现新突破，为建设教育强国、推进中国式现代化作出新的更大贡献。广东将坚决贯彻落实习近平总书记贺信精神，全力支持中山大学再创佳绩、再立新功。

中山大学是孙中山先生1924年亲手创办的大学。建校百年来，该校培养输送了80余万名各类人才，在服务国家战略、粤港澳大湾区建设和深化教育国际交流合作等方面作出了积极贡献。

Xi sends congratulatory message on centennial of Sun Yat-sen University

GUANGZHOU, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a congratulatory letter to Sun Yat-sen University on its centennial anniversary.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, extended congratulations to the university's faculty, students and alumni at home and abroad.

Xi urged the university to align its development with major national strategies and the needs of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area development.

He said the university should step up efforts to build itself into a world-class university with Chinese characteristics, contributing significantly to the advancement of Chinese modernization.

Xi's letter was read out at a gathering commemorating the university's centennial anniversary, held in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, on Tuesday.

During the event, Huang Kunming, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee, noted in his speech that Guangdong would fully support Sun Yat-sen University in its efforts to make new contributions.

Sun Yat-sen University was founded by and named after Sun Yat-sen, the great pioneer of China's democratic revolution. Sun led the 1911 Revolution that ended over 2,000 years of feudal rule in China.

Founded in 1924, the university has cultivated over 800,000 professionals across various fields during its century-long history. ■