Chinese People Pledge to Turn Patriotism into Action to Make China StrongPLA officers and soldiers and people from all walks of life across China have expressed determination to turn their patriotic passion into efforts to make the country strong.They aired their determination after learning that there is no possibility of the survival of Wang Wei, the missing Chinese pilot. PLA officers and soldiers all over the country expressed deep grief at the loss of Wang Wei, their good comrade-in-arms. They pledged to turn their sorrow into strength, perform their duties faithfully and accomplish their missions as required, so as to safeguard China's sovereignty and national dignity with their specific actions to make the army stronger through science and technology. Wang Shaochun, who graduated from a flying school in the same year as Wang Wei, said, "I will love the flight cause like him, and train hard to master skills to win every battle. I am ready to give all I have to safeguarding China's seas and airspace. " "We will learn from Wang Wei his lofty moral character of being loyal to the motherland and the people, and resolutely safeguard China's marine rights and interests," said Li Xiaoyan, captain of "Shenzhen" Warship. Liu Guosheng, commander of a flying regiment of the air force, noted, "I will take Wang Wei as an example in learning new technology and learn to operate new equipment quickly, so as to turn such equipment into a new fighting capability." Veteran CPC member Zheng Guanwei, a 78-year-old man living in Lian village of Hainan Province, where Wang Wei's unit is stationed, spent ten straight days searching for Wang along the coast. " Wang Wei is a good son of the Hainan people. I will learn from him to perform my duty as a CPC member for the construction of the Hainan Special Economic Zone," he said with deep emotion. Zhai Shuhua, a student of the Information Management Department of Beijing University, said, "we were concerning over the safety of Wang Wei recently, hoping that a miracle would come up. It is hard for us to face the reality of his death." "As a university student of the new century, I will follow his example in studying harder and mastering skills to build our motherland, and do all I can to make my motherland strong and prosperous, " she added. Kong Liming, national model worker with the Shanghai Baoshan Iron and Steel Co. Ltd, said, "The lofty patriotism spirit displayed by Wang Wei will inspire us industrial workers to love our jobs and produce more quality steel, so as to make greater contributions to accelerating China's reform, opening-up and socialist modernization drive." On learning Wang's death, Qi Deqi, a demobilized pilot from Wang Wei unit, said with deep sorrow, "I am grieved at the loss of a good comrade. But I am also proud of him. His action to uphold justice once again demonstrates that China's national dignity may not be insulted, and its seas and airspace are sacred and brook no infringement." |
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