Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, President of the People’s Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, wrote back to students of BSU’s 2016 Champion Class, sending his encouragement and expectations to them. General Secretary Xi Jinping said in his reply that “as China enters a new era, we should strive to fulfill our mission by promoting sports. I hope you maintain your efforts, continue to build China into a country strong on sports and bring more positive energy to Chinese society”.
The reply soon prevails in WeChat Moments of Champion Class students and greatly encourages them. They say that they would, with the spirit of “Always Striving to Fulfill Our Mission”, devote themselves to the construction and development of China’s sports cause wholeheartedly and contribute their strength to building China a country strong on sports.
Wu Dajing
Student of the 2016 Champion Class and champion in the Men’s 500m short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang
We are so moved and inspired by General Secretary Xi Jinping’s encouragement and solicitude. China needs more responsibilities and struggles in the new era. And as athletes in the new era, we should also fight hard to carry forward the Olympic spirit of “faster, higher and stronger” and the sportsmanship of Chinese nation of “winning honor for the country, selfless dedication, being science-based and practical-minded, observing laws and disciplines, solidarity and cooperation and indomitable struggle. We will remain true to our original aspiration and keep our mission firmly in mind to get ready for the coming 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Under the correct leadership of the Party, we are advancing bravely and training hard to strive to win honor for our country. We are also very grateful for BSU’s cultivation and we have always been keeping BSU’s motto of pursuing excellence firmly in our mind.
Han Yutong
Student of the 2016 Champion Class and champion in the 3000m relay of women’s short track speed skating at the 2014 World Championships
We are so excited and grateful to receive the reply from General Secretary Xi despite his busy schedule. I can feel between the lines the earnest instructions and expectations for us. We are much inspired as athletes! We must foster the lofty ideal, cherish time and study and train hard to win honor for our country and contribute our strength to building China into a country strong on sports!
Wang Wei
Student of the 2016 Champion Class and team champion at the 2014 World Modern Pentathlon Championships
I am so grateful and inspired to receive the reply from General Secretary Xi despite his busy schedule. I want to thank from the bottom of my heart our motherland for cultivating me so many years and thank BSU for giving us such a good learning platform. As both an active athlete and an active serviceman, I will remain true to my original aspiration and keep my mission firmly in mind to win honor for our country and army in the arena and contribute my strength to bringing about a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Wang Lin
Student of the 2016 Champion Class and female single champion at the 2010 World Badminton Championships
I am so excited to read the reply from General Secretary Xi to us today. I really want to thank our Party and country for cultivating me and it’s our big honor to be encouraged and recognized by General Secretary Xi. As a coach now, I will continue to carry forward the spirit of “Always Striving to Fulfill Our Mission”. As China has entered a new era, we will continue to maintain our efforts and work hard to build China a country strong on sports and bring more positive energy to Chinese society!
Li Jiajun
Student of the 2003 Champion Class and world Champion of short track speed skating in 2001
We are really grateful for General Secretary Xi’s encouragement and solicitude for our Champion Class and thank the Party and the country for giving us such a good training and learning environment. It is our glorious mission to serve our motherland and win honor for her. I am so honored to be among the first students of BSU’s Champion Class. I have been working in the Winter Sports Management Center of General Administration of Sport since graduation and I hope to serve the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games better to contribute my strength to China’s winter sports events and bring more positive energy to our society!
Zhang Xiangxiang
Student of the 2004 Champion Class and champion of men’s 62kg weightlifting at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
We are so grateful for and inspired by General Secretary Xi’s encouragement for our Champion Class students and his solicitude for athletes! Thank our Party and country for giving us such a good training and learning environment and it’s our glorious mission to struggle and win honor for our country. Over the 11 years since I graduated from the Champion Class, I have been engaged in promoting national fitness. I hope we can establish the exchange platform for champion students better to gather our strength to build China a country strong on sports and bring more positive energy to our society!
Gu Yuan
Student of the 2004 Champion Class and champion of women’s hammer throw at the 2002 IAAF World Cup in Athletics
I am so inspired by General Secretary Xi’s reply. His care for our Champion Class and sports cause is a big encouragement to us. When I was a professional athlete, I had been training hard to win honor for our country. As a former student of BSU and as a coach today, I will be stricter with myself and actively deliver positive energy and always be prepared to struggle for our country. Thank our country and the Party for cultivating me and may our country be more prosperous!
Wang Haibin
Student of the 2005 Champion Class and silver medal winner at 2000 and 2004 Olympics respectively
As a former student of the Champion Class, I am very proud to learn from the news that General Secretary Xi wrote back to our Champion Class. The best response to General Secretary Xi’s reply is to accomplish my own work well with a down-to-earth attitude to make more contributions to China’s sports cause.
Yang Hao
Student of the 2005 Champion Class and champion of women’s volleyball at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games
As a former student of the Champion Class, I am so proud to read General Secretary Xi’s reply to our Champion Class. After retirement, I have been devoted to sports work at school to continue to cultivate reserve talents for China’s women’s volleyball. Though not physically in the frontline any more, I am still mentally there and I am always together with our athletes who are winning honor for our country! We are now on a final sprint to prepare for the coming Tokyo Summer Olympics. So, good luck to our athletes and to our women’s volleyball team! And good luck to Chinese delegation!
Luo Wei
Student of the 2005 Champion Class and champion of women’s 67kg taekwondo at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games
I am deeply moved by General Secretary Xi’s care for our Champion Class! For an athlete, it is what we should fight for to see our national flag raised and hear our national anthem played in international events. That’s the best return for our motherland for cultivating us. I have worked as a referee after retirement to do my own part in my beloved arena with a new identity. Also, as a college teacher, I hope we can guide our adolescents with sportsmanship for they are in the critical period of fostering correct outlook on life and values. This is my responsibility as a teacher as well as a champion and a CPC member. I will always remain true to my original aspiration and keep General Secretary Xi’s instructions on teachers firmly in mind! And I wish BSU will cultivate more excellent sports talents for our country to live up to General Secretary Xi’s high expectations.
Gong Ruina
Student of the 2006 Champion Class and champion of women’s singles at IBF World Championships
I am very proud that General Secretary Xi wrote back to our Champion Class. I am a former student of the 2006 Champion Class and had the honor to give a speech at the opening ceremony as a student representative that year. I feel so excited and inspired recalling this! This reply delivers General Secretary Xi’s solicitude to China’s sports cause and to students of our Champion Class too. We have been cultivated by the Party and country since childhood. If the youth are strong, the nation will be strong. We should bring positive energy to our society with sportsmanship to influence the younger generations to strive to be strong and contribute our strength to building China into a country strong on sports.
Sun Fuming
Student of the 2007 Champion Class and champion of women’s +72kg judo at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta
We are really grateful to receive General Secretary Xi’s encouragement for students of the Champion Class and his solicitude for athletes, which inspires us so much! Thank our Party and country for giving us such a good training and learning environment and it’s our glorious mission to struggle and win honor for our country. Since retirement in 2005, I have been working in the frontline of sports work. I couldn’t win medals for our country in competitions any more, but I have been working devotedly at my post. I will continue to carry forward the struggling spirit, remain true to my original aspiration and keep my mission firmly in mind, inherit the spirit of bearing hardships and march forward bravely.
Song Nina
Student of the 2008 Champion Class and champion of women’s volleyball at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games
As a former student of the Champion Class, I am so proud to receive General Secretary Xi’s reply to our Champion Class. Though not physically in the frontline any more, I still should continue the spirit of “Always Striving to Fulfill Our Mission” and stay together with our athletes who are winning honor for our country! We are now on a final sprint to prepare for the coming Tokyo Summer Olympics. So, good luck to all our athletes in the frontline. May they win new glories for our country!
Du Li
Student of the 2009 Champion Class and champion of shooting at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games respectively
As a former student of the Champion Class, I am so proud to receive General Secretary Xi’s reply. I have worked as a coach in the frontline after retirement. We are now on a final sprint to prepare for the coming Tokyo Summer Olympics and we are much inspired by General Secretary Xi’s expectations and encouragement! It is what we should fight for to see our national flag raised and hear our national anthem played in international events. Our motherland’s honor is above all else and let’s fight for her!
Wang Jiao
Student of the 2009 Champion Class and world champion of freestyle skiing aerials
I have earnestly learnt General Secretary Xi’s reply to our Champion Class. As a former student of the Champion Class, I will keep General Secretary Xi’s instructions firmly in mind and continue to carry forward BSU’s glorious tradition and spirit of champions to make due contributions to the coming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
Xi Aihua
Student of the 2009 Champion Class and champion of women’s quadruple sculls competition at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games
As a former student of the Champion Class, I am so proud to receive General Secretary Xi’s reply. After retirement, I worked as a coach first and then began working in Shandong Water Sports Center. As a physical culture worker, though not physically in the frontline any more, I am still mentally there. I will work hard to provide service assurance for the preparation for Olympic Games. We are now on a final sprint to prepare for the coming Tokyo Summer Olympics and really much encouraged by General Secretary Xi’s earnest instructions! At last, wish all our athletes can win medals at the Tokyo Summer Olympics and win honor for our motherland! We are looking forward to seeing our national flag raised and hearing our national anthem played in the arena. And best wishes to all students of our Champion Class.
Li Bingwei
Student of the 2009 Champion Class and team champion of 2008 Fencing World Cup
I am so excited and inspired to read General Secretary Xi’s reply to our Champion Class. As an athlete as well as a former student of BSU, I want to thank our country and BSU for cultivating me and I will continue to carry forward the spirit of “Always Striving to Fulfill Our Mission” in my work. And I will struggle shoulder to shoulder with BSU to build China into a country strong on sports and bring more positive energy and sportsmanship to our society.
Xu Dongxiang
Student of the 2010 Champion Class and champion of 2006 World Rowing Championships
As a former student of the Champion Class, I am so excited to receive General Secretary Xi’s reply and have carefully leant it. It delivers General Secretary Xi’s high attention to sports cause as well as his full recognition of the achievements made by sports workers and athletes and high expectations on outstanding athletes. As one of them, I will always maintain the spirit of “Always Striving to Fulfill Our Mission”, continue the spirit of indomitable struggle and persistence to win honor for our country at my current post, make great efforts in training and preparation work and actively participate in promoting sports-related programs of public welfare and the mass sports cause to bring the positive energy of sports to the society. And we will keep General Secretary Xi’s instructions firmly in mind and strive to build China into a country strong on sports and bring about a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Zhu Qinan
Student of the 2011 Champion Class and champion of shooting at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games
Reading the reply letter from General Secretary Xi reminds me of the years when I was a student and an athlete. I never regret being an athlete and it’s a glorious memory that can never be forgotten. This letter is full of power and it delivers General Secretary Xi’s earnest expectations on China’s sports cause. And we should carry forward the Olympic spirit and fight hard against difficulties to live up to the expectations.
Shi Zhiyong
Student of the 2011 Champion Class and champion of men’s 62kg weightlifting at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games
We are highly inspired and encouraged by General Secretary Xi’s reply to our Champion Class. Though I have retired, I am concerned about sports wherever I work. Struggle is the brightest background of youth, as said by General Secretary Xi. I will take the lead and work hard to make new contributions in the new era with the sportsmanship of “higher, faster and stronger”.
Tian Dong
Student of the 2012 Champion Class and champion coach of women’s boxing
General Secretary Xi’s reply has greatly recognized and encouraged coaches and athletes and it is the best praise for our efforts. Thank BSU for giving us such a good learning environment and platform and I am honored to have the chance to fight to win honor for our country in the great new era. We will remain true to our original aspiration and keep our mission firmly in mind and do our best to make more contributions to our society and building China into a leading sporting nation.
Zhang Chenglong
Student of the 2013 Champion Class and team champion at the 2012 London Olympic Games
As a former student of the Champion Class, I am so honored to receive General Secretary Xi’s reply. As a gymnast, I know it clearly that I am not fighting alone and our motherland is always here to support us, and so are the 1.3 billion Chinese people. We are now on a final sprint to prepare for the coming Tokyo Summer Olympics. According to the qualification system for gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympic Games, we need to win points through a number of international events and domestic selection before determining the final candidates for the Olympics. Whether I will be able to participate in the Olympics or not, I will do my best in training to prepare for it high-spiritedly at my best state.
Xu Mengtao
Student of the 2013 Champion Class and champion of freestyle skiing aerials at world championships
As a former student of BSU, I am really excited and honored to receive General Secretary Xi’s reply to our Champion Class. It is inspiring. Thank our Party and country for giving us such a good training and learning environment and thank BSU for establishing the Postgraduate Champion Class to allow us to reinforce learning and arm our minds and improve our training with theoretical knowledge. Winter sports are booming and I will also continue to struggle hard as an aerial skier. I will keep General Secretary Xi’s earnest instructions firmly in mind and carry forward the spirit of “Always Striving to Fulfill Our Mission”. As a 24-hour athlete, I have been training hard with strict self-discipline of “perseverance, zero mistake and no waste of any minute” to prepare for the coming Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, win honor for our country and contribute my strength to building China into a leading nation in winter sports early.
Wang Wei
Student of the 2014 Champion Class and champion coach of men’s doubles badminton at 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games respectively
I am so excited to read General Secretary Xi’s reply to our Champion Class. As China enters a new era, we should strive to fulfill our mission by promoting sports. I am highly inspired by such powerful words. From an athlete to a coach, I more and more realize the responsibilities on my shoulder. I will remain true to my original aspiration and keep my mission firmly in mind in my work and continue to contribute my strength to building China into a country strong on sports and bringing about a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Zhang Juanjuan
Student of the 2014 Champion Class and champion of women’s individual archery event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
I am so excited to read General Secretary Xi’s reply today. As a former student of the Champion Class, I am highly inspired by General Secretary Xi’s encouragement and expectations on BSU’s postgraduates. Thank our Party and country for cultivating us and our motherland is the strong support for us. Though I have retired, I will bring more positive energy, more sportsmanship and more Olympic spirit to our society. I will do my part in promoting archery event and contribute all my strength to building China into a country strong on sports! May BSU cultivate more excellent talents to make greater contributions to China’s education and sports causes!
Jiang Yuyuan
Student of the 2015 Champion Class and team champion of women’s gymnastics at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
I am so excited and inspired to receive General Secretary Xi’s reply to the Champion Class! This reply delivers General Secretary Xi’s attention to China’s sports cause and his solicitude to students of our Champion Class too. Moreover, it is the recognition and encouragement for athletes and sports workers. Thank our Party and county for giving us such superior training conditions and learning opportunities. We will continue to struggle hard to build China into a country strong on sports!