Nine sweet stories between President Xi and children (2)

Story 3: Writing to the "little guys"

A couple of days before Children's Day in 2016, 12 elementary students from Taizhou, Zhejiang wrote a letter to Xi Jinping, under the name of "The descendants of the Dachen Island Reclamation Team".

To everyone's surprise, they heard back from the "big guy". Xi Jinping said to them in the letter, "I hope you all can grow into clever, well-educated, and accomplished builders of the next generation."

Cheered up by his reply, they said "This is the best Children's Day gift ever!"

　　The letter replied to by President Xi Jinping. [Photo: China Plus]

Story 4: I cried because I didn't become the first batch of Young Pioneers

Chinese President Xi Jinping loves to listen to the stories of children and likes to share stories of his youth with them.

When Xi was a pupil at the Beijing Haidian Minzu Primary School, he cried because he didn't become the first batch of Young Pioneers. He recalled that when he was finally selected to join the group, his heart beat fast with excitement.

When he saw his peers wrote down "dedicate myself to the service of the country," Xi remembered when his mother told him the story of the mother of Yue Fei, a military general from the Southern Song dynasty, tattooing the same message on his back.

President Xi told the children that he remembered "dedicate myself to the service of the country" now and forever and has made it his lifelong goal.