Chinese President Xi Jinping has encouraged representatives of students participating in China International College Students' Innovation Competition 2024 to promote the spirit of science and actively engage in technological innovation.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in a reply letter to them.
In the letter, Xi praised the students for taking the competition as a platform to apply their knowledge gained in classrooms and laboratories to solve practical problems, hone their abilities in innovative practice, and foster friendship among Chinese and international youth through mutual learning.
Noting that young people are an important driving force behind innovation, Xi called on the students to contribute to promoting scientific and technological exchanges between China and other nations, as well as propelling scientific and technological progress.
Xi also urged the society as a whole to pay attention to the growth and development of young people, foster a conducive atmosphere for innovation and entrepreneurship, and provide an expansive platform for the young people to better exhibit their talents in the country's endeavors to advance Chinese modernization.
NUDT delegation shone in this year’s competition with 6 projects entering the national final and finally won 3 Gold Awards, 1 Silver Award and 1 Bronze Award in High Education Main Track and another Silver Award in Industrial Proposition Track.
The CICSIC 2024 brought together 20.83 million competitors and 5.14 million projects from 5406 institutions from 153 countries and regions, making it the largest competition of the Ministry of Education with “hundreds of countries, thousands of colleges and millions of participants”. After levels of competition, 3550 projects reached the national final. With only 0.09‰ would receive the Gold Award, multi projects of NUDT won Gold Awards in different competition tracks and the number of Gold Award in Higher Education Main Track (undergraduate category) hit the record high.