Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Thursday inspected Changsha, the capital city of central China's Hunan Province.

Xi visited a company producing intelligent equipment, a cultural industry park, and a university to learn about the development of advanced manufacturing and cultural industries, the ideological and political work at colleges and the promotion of fine culture.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits Hunan University to learn about the ideological and political work at colleges and the promotion of fine culture, in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, Sept. 17, 2020. Xi on Thursday inspected Changsha. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, speaks with teachers and students while visiting Hunan University in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, Sept. 17, 2020. Xi on Thursday inspected Changsha. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Thursday encouraged young students to live up to the times when he visited the Yuelu Academy in Changsha, the capital city of central China's Hunan Province.

"The new era is an era of heroes," he said.

Xi exhorted the students to study hard, master knowledge and skills, foster the correct worldview, outlook on life and values, and contribute their wisdom to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Source: Xinhua