Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday stressed that youth in the country should be mobilized to make new and greater contributions to undertakings of the country. 
  
President Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks in a congratulatory letter to a session of the All-China Youth Federation and a congress of the All-China Students' Federation, which opened in Beijing on Monday morning. 

During the past five years, youth and students' federations at various levels have united youth across the country and made contributions to the process of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, he said. 

As China is about to accomplish this mission and embark on a new journey of realizing the "second centenary goal," youth and students' federations should deepen reform and innovation and mobilize the youth to make greater contributions in the new era, he added. 

Xi urged CPC committees and governments at various levels to trust and care about the youth and create favorable conditions for their progress.  

The CPC has set two centenary goals: By 2021, to celebrate the CPC's centenary, the goal is to complete the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects; by 2049, the centenary of the People's Republic of China, the goal is to build a modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced and harmonious.  

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Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan delivered a speech at the opening meeting, encouraging the youth to write new chapters of China's national rejuvenation. 

About 3,000 officials and youth representatives across the country attended the opening meeting, which was held as a video and telephone conference. 

(With input from Xinhua)