Xi's views on love for both family and nation
By Cao Zinan | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2018-10-01
"The home is the smallest unit of a country, and the country is made up of thousands of families," as a popular song lyrics go. The destiny of a single family is closely related to that of a country. As China celebrates the 69th anniversary of its founding, let's get inspired by President Xi Jinping's views on families and patriotism.
Chinese people should love their family - Stresses the importance of family
A boy washes his mother's feet at his kindergarten in Hefei, capital of East China's Anhui province, on May 5, 2016, on Mother's Day. [Photo/Xinhua]
Family is the basic cell of society and the first school of our life. No matter how time has changed, the family value, family education and family building must be stressed so that the millions of families become important points for national development, ethnic progress and social harmony.
Stresses the importance of family education
A girl learns the art of paper-cutting with her family members at a cultural festival in Shijiazhuang, North China's Hebei province, on May 15, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]
Parents should instruct their children through word and deed, giving them both knowledge and virtue and practicing what they teach. They should help their children button the first button in their lifetime and take the first step on the ladder of life.
---During Xi's meeting with representatives to the first National Conference of Model Families in December 2016
Chinese people should love their nation - Creators of great civilization
Artists of the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe present the thousand-hand Bodhisattva at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Aug 31, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]
With a history of more than 5,000 years, our nation created a splendid civilization, made remarkable contributions to mankind, and became one of the world's great nations.
---In Xi's report at the 19th CPC National Congress on Oct 18, 2017
Carry forward patriotism
The Guards of Honor of the People's Liberation Army perform the national flag-raising duty at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, Jan 1, 2018. [Photo/VCG]
Today, to revitalize the Chinese nation, we need to carry forward patriotism.
To love the country, the Chinese people should uphold the leadership of the CPC, the socialist system in China, and socialism with Chinese characteristics developed by the Chinese people under the CPC's leadership.
---In Xi's speech at a gathering to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's birth in Beijing on Nov 11, 2016
Patriotism is the core of the ethos of the Chinese nation
Students show national flags they made at a primary school in Bozhou, East China's Anhui province, Sept 26, 2013. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]
Patriotism is the core of the ethos of the Chinese nation that is deeply rooted in its people's minds and holds together the unity and solidarity of various ethnic groups in China.
---In Xi's remarks during a group study by the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee on Dec 30, 2015
Young people should link their ideals to the future of the nation
Military recruits sit in line at a farewell and welcome ceremony at Chengdu East Station in Southwest China's Sichuan province on Sept 10, 2018. [Photo/IC]
Young people should be loyal to the country and the people, learn the history of the nation, inherit Chinese culture, have national pride and cultural confidence, and closely link their ideals to the future of the nation.
---In Xi's speech at a seminar with Peking University faculty and students on May 2, 2018
Integrate love for the family with the love for the nation
Students of the Primary School Affiliated to University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, participate in flag-raising ceremony on Feb 26, 2018. [Zhu Xingxin/China Daily]
Only by realizing the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation can the dreams of families come true, Xi said, calling on the people to integrate their love for the family with their love for the nation.
---In Xi's Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese people on Feb 14, 2018
Integrate the dream of family into the Chinese Dream
Wang Jicai (right) and Wang Shihua hold a flag-raising ceremony on the first day of 2017 on Kaishan Island. The couple spent 32 years guarding a lonely strategic outpost in the Yellow Sea and on July 27, 2018, Wang Jicai died of illness on duty at the age of 58. [Photo/Xinhua]
We should pool the wisdom and strength of more than 1.3 billion Chinese people in more than 400 million households to strive for the great success of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era and realize the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.
---In Xi's Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese people on Feb 14, 2018
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