Xi greets students for Youth Day

President Xi Jinping extended Youth Day greetings to a group of students at China University of Political Science and Law and encouraged them to contribute to advancing law-based governance.

President Xi Jinping shakes hands and is photographed with students during his visit to Peking University on Wednesday. The president spoke about the university's achievements over the past 120 years.Wang Ye / Xinhua

Members of the Communist Youth League of Class 1502 of the Civil, Commercial and Economic Law School received the greetings from Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, ahead of Friday's celebration of China's Youth Day.

Xi asked some staff members at the college to extend his greetings, in which he spoke highly of the students' firm determination of "remaining true to the original aspiration and practicing the belief of following the Party's steps for a whole lifetime".

The president encouraged the students to uphold their beliefs, maintain good virtues, cherish time and be diligent in their studies.