新華社北京5月3日電? 在五四青年節(jié)到來之際，中共中央總書記、國家主席、中央軍委主席習(xí)近平5月2日給中國航天科技集團(tuán)空間站建造青年團(tuán)隊(duì)回信，向航天戰(zhàn)線全體青年致以節(jié)日的祝賀，并向他們提出殷切期望。

習(xí)近平在回信中說，讀了來信，我想起了9年前在你們那里同青年科研人員交流的情景。9年來，從天宮、北斗、嫦娥到天和、天問、羲和，中國航天不斷創(chuàng)造新的歷史，一大批航天青年挑大梁、擔(dān)重任，展現(xiàn)了新時(shí)代中國青年奮發(fā)進(jìn)取的精神風(fēng)貌。

習(xí)近平強(qiáng)調(diào)，建設(shè)航天強(qiáng)國要靠一代代人接續(xù)奮斗。希望廣大航天青年弘揚(yáng)“兩彈一星”精神、載人航天精神，勇于創(chuàng)新突破，在逐夢太空的征途上發(fā)出青春的奪目光彩，為我國航天科技實(shí)現(xiàn)高水平自立自強(qiáng)再立新功。

2013年5月4日，習(xí)近平曾到中國航天科技集團(tuán)公司中國空間技術(shù)研究院，參加“實(shí)現(xiàn)中國夢、青春勇?lián)?dāng)”主題團(tuán)日活動，同各界優(yōu)秀青年代表座談。在中國共產(chǎn)主義青年團(tuán)成立100周年之際，中國航天科技集團(tuán)空間站建造青年團(tuán)隊(duì)給習(xí)近平總書記寫信，代表該集團(tuán)8萬青年匯報(bào)9年來勇挑重?fù)?dān)推動航天科技發(fā)展的情況，表達(dá)了為建設(shè)航天強(qiáng)國攜手奮斗的堅(jiān)定決心。

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Xi encourages youth to help boost China's aerospace sci-tech self-reliance

Chinese President Xi Jinping has encouraged youth in the aerospace sector to contribute more to China's realization of greater self-reliance in aerospace science and technology.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in a Monday letter replying to a youth team working on space station construction at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

Xi extended greetings to all youth in the aerospace sector in the letter for China's coming Youth Day, which falls on May 4.

He recalled his exchanges with young researchers during a visit to the CASC nine years ago.

He said China's space industry has continuously made new advancements, including the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System satellites, Chang'e lunar probes, Tianwen-1 Mars probe, Xihe solar exploration satellite, as well as the Tiangong space station and its core module Tianhe.

A large number of young people in the sector have taken the lead and shouldered important responsibilities, demonstrating the enterprising spirit of Chinese youth of the new era, he added.

Making China stronger in the aerospace sector requires continuous efforts across generations, Xi underlined.

He encouraged youth in the sector to carry forward the spirit of "Two Bombs, One Satellite" (Two Bombs refers to the atomic bomb and the intercontinental ballistic missile, while One Satellite refers to the artificial satellite) and the spirit of China's manned space program, and to contribute more on the country's journey to explore space and to its realization of high-level self-reliance in aerospace science and technology through innovation.

Xi visited the China Academy of Space Technology under the CASC on May 4, 2013, and had a discussion with outstanding youth representatives from all sectors.

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Youth League of China, the youth team working on space station construction at the CASC wrote a letter to Xi, reporting on behalf of the company's 80,000 young people their work on promoting China's space sci-tech development over the past nine years, and expressing their firm resolve to strive to make the country stronger in the aerospace sector.