The supreme leader likes to make friends with young people.

　　On June 19th, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Youth League of China opened in Beijing. At the opening ceremony, in his speech, the CPC Central Committee mentioned that we should keep in mind the instruction of the Supreme Leader General Secretary: "Be a young friend, not a young person ‘ Officer ’ Most of them are for young people and less for themselves. "

　　On June 19th, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Youth League of China opened in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The picture shows the supreme leader greeting the delegates on the rostrum. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng photo

　　This "golden sentence" comes from the speech of the supreme leader at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Youth League of China in 2022. Earlier, in June 2013, when the Supreme Leader had a collective conversation with the members of the new leadership team of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, he also emphasized that "be a youth friend, not a youth ‘ Officer ’ " . Talking and enjoining is not only a clear requirement for the cadres of the Communist Youth League, but also a direct embodiment of the supreme leader’s important thoughts on youth work.

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　　The supreme leader likes to make friends with young people. When he was the secretary of Zhengding County Party Committee, he went to the county guest house to visit college students who participated in social practice, talked with everyone and shared his experience in grassroots work. During his work in Xiamen, he instructed a Xiamen University student to study Das Kapital, carry out social practice and complete his graduation thesis. In January, 2009, when he visited the students staying in Tianjin University during the holiday, he said humorously, "I would like to talk with our classmates ‘ Talk big ’ " … … The supreme leader advocates "going deep into the youth, listening to the voices of the youth" and "being one with the vast number of young people".

　　On July 29th, 1984, the Supreme Leader had a discussion with members of the Summer Social Practice Group of China Renmin University in Zhengding County Government Hostel. (Source: "Supreme Leader and College Students")

　　From listening to the youth poetry meeting by the unnamed lake to observing the technical experiment in tsinghua campus, from the youth dialogue in the space city to the youth discussion on the shore of Chaohu Lake & HELIP; … Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, no matter how busy they are, the top leaders always go to school and sit among young people. He set himself a principle: "I reserve this time for young people around May 4th every year".

　　On April 19th, 2021, when the 110th anniversary of the founding of Tsinghua University was approaching, the Supreme Leader visited Tsinghua University. The picture shows the supreme leader waving to the teachers and students when he leaves the school. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng photo

　　Young people are active and quick-thinking, full of energy to explore the unknown and quick to accept new things. To know what young people are thinking and want, we must take the initiative to go deep into the grassroots and approach young people. The Supreme Leader pointed out that if our own level of knowledge and knowledge can’t keep up with the vast number of young people, saying that science and technology can’t be said, that literature and art can’t be said, that work can’t be said, that life is not right, and that it is just a few mandarin words, old sayings and cliches, and that we have no common language and hobbies with the vast number of young people, then of course we will talk more than half a sentence.

　　Make friends with young people, heart to heart, never be bureaucratic and arrogant. Youth work is mass work. If you are infected with bureaucracy, apathy, sophistication, and tactfulness, you will inevitably run into difficulties in your work if you are aloof all day and lack sincere communication. In fact, whether to be a friend or an "official" of young people, whether to educate and instill in order to complete the task or to have a heart-to-heart talk for answering questions, fundamentally determines the effectiveness of youth work.

　　When interacting with young people, the supreme leader can always lower his posture, compare his heart with others, and communicate with everyone on an equal footing. One day before the Mid-Autumn Festival in 1986, the then vice mayor of Xiamen, the supreme leader, rode a bicycle and took two boxes of moon cakes to the student dormitory of Xiamen University, saying that they were sent by the unit and no one could eat them. He invited the students to eat moon cakes and celebrate the festival together. The students are far away from their parents’ hometown, and they all say that they didn’t expect a deputy mayor to be as kind as a big brother.

　　There are many similar stories. In 2007, at Zhejiang University, he comforted his classmates who made mistakes in the experiment demonstration: "Nothing, it is normal to make mistakes in the experiment"; In 2016, at the University of Science and Technology of China, he shook hands with his classmates in the rain for more than 10 minutes. At a symposium in 2015, he used his grassroots work experience to persuade young people not to stay up all night … … In the supreme leader’s view, it is difficult to do a good job if we can’t go deep into the vast number of young people, talk to ourselves and sing by ourselves.

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　　Young people are in the initial stage of life, and they often encounter various difficulties and distress in their study, work and life. The supreme leader proposed that we should do everything possible to do practical things and solve difficult problems for young people, and take the initiative to think about what young people think and worry about their urgent needs.

　　The supreme leader has provided many tangible help to the youth. Huang Daoliang took part in the college entrance examination twice in 1988 and 1989. Although his score reached the standard, he failed because of his physical disability. Until 1990, Huang Daoliang, who took the college entrance examination for the third time, was admitted to Minjiang Vocational College, which was then the highest leader of Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee and concurrently the president. Huang Daoliang was excited: "This is no less than a rebirth for me."

　　In July 1991, the Supreme Leader delivered a speech at the graduation ceremony of the class of 1991 in Minjiang Vocational College. (Source: "Supreme Leader and College Students")

　　During his work in Fujian, the top leaders often supported poor students, and Lin Dongmei was one of the beneficiaries. Lin Dongmei, whose father is visually disabled and her mother is sickly, is still in primary school and faces dropping out of school. In 1994, the supreme leader formed a helping pair with her through the "Project Hope" project. In the following 12 years, the Supreme Leader gave part of his salary to support Lin Dongmei every year, and visited and wrote back eight times to give her support and encouragement until she realized her "college dream".

　　The supreme leader is not only a bosom friend of young people, an enthusiastic person in youth work, but also a guide for young people.

　　On self-cultivation, he used the metaphor that "the button of life should be buttoned from the beginning" to guide young people to develop a correct value orientation; Talking about learning, he recalled the educated youth days when he went up the mountain to herd sheep and took time to read books, emphasizing that young people should "learn knowledge like sponges"; When it comes to exercise, he introduces his sports hobbies and encourages young people not only to study well, but also to make their bodies great … … He guides young people to take every step of life with words they can understand and listen to.

　　On May 2, 2018, the Supreme Leader visited Peking University. The picture shows the supreme leader shaking hands with teachers and students on both sides of the road when he leaves school. Xinhua News Agency reporter Yip Wong photo

　　Youth work grasps the present, inherits the roots and faces the future, which is related to the future and destiny of the party and the country. The Supreme Leader once said to the youth: "The comparison in the future is the comparison of young people. We are working so hard now. Who are we working hard for? Busy looking to the future. Where is the future? The future is here for you. "