Youth Builds Dreams, Struggle, Our May Fourth

Today, Our festival.

The rugged past has faded as youth arrives, A thousand sails on the river snow, tears streaming down.

A hundred years of time, Passed in a rush, Leaving a heavy mark

Upon the vastness of history!

Back then, The whole nation was in turmoil, A scene of chaos.

Back then, Everything lay in ruins, Corpses strewn across the fields.

Back then, The land was fractured, Families torn apart.

Back then, The nation fell and homes were destroyed, Warfire raged everywhere.

What we, Have once endured, On that day of that year, 300,000 aggrieved souls, Row upon row of nameless graves, Household after household of pale, grieving families, Nanjing at that time, Had only two colors: black and white, And all that remained was bright red!

We, Built the league amidst the chaos, Founded the party amidst the turmoil, Established the nation amidst the ruins, In the name of youth, Rebuilding the soul of our China, Reconstructing our blood-stained land!

With the passion of our prime, Re-erecting civilization amidst chaotic times and war, Writing the brilliant chapters of our New China!

Over the past hundred years, Generation after generation has continued the struggle, Skyscraper after skyscraper has risen from the ground, Over the past hundred years, Whether macro or micro, Whether great rivers or vast waters, Whether coastal or deep-sea, Whether infrastructure or national defense, Even in green development and health.

We can say, We have achieved it.

We have lived up to the expectations of our ancestors and rebuilt China in this new era.

We have made China soar once again, and we have let the world see once more that, today, our people no longer suffer from hunger or cold, our nation is no longer weathered and distressed, and our country is no longer subjected to bullying. The elderly are cared for, and the young are educated; we have used our youth to play the magnificent chapters of this era!

We cannot say that we are satisfied.

Although we have completed the first centenary goal and built a moderately prosperous society in all respects, the members of the Communist Party are still on the road.

At this moment, we are striding toward the second centenary goal, moving forward unceasingly!

Amidst the pandemic, we are united as never before.

Under the leadership of our Party, we are fighting the epidemic with all our might!

Amidst the great changes unseen in a century, we work diligently, explore constantly, and persist in shouldering the responsibilities of a great power to write a monument for the era!

Generation after generation of Chinese youth, working with one heart and one mind!

Upholding the truth, never giving up.

Every son and daughter of China, with the self of youth, lives up to the era and lives up to their prime. In my name, I solemnly declare: I use the youth of our generation to live up to the China of this prosperous age!

The China of the future, the nation of the future, and we, the youth of the future, will continue to strive and write our own brilliant chapters!

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