习近平向第六届海峡两岸青年发展论坛致贺信

新华社北京9月15日电 中共中央总书记、国家主席习近平15日向第六届海峡两岸青年发展论坛致贺信。

习近平指出，青年是国家的希望、民族的未来。海峡两岸青年发展论坛为两岸青年交流交心、互学互鉴提供了重要平台。希望更多两岸青年通过论坛成为同心同行、携手打拼的好朋友好伙伴，为推动两岸关系和平发展、推进祖国统一大业不断贡献青春力量。

习近平强调，实现中华民族伟大复兴是全体中华儿女的共同夙愿。两岸青年生逢其时，施展才干的舞台无比广阔，实现梦想的前景无比光明。我们欢迎台湾青年来大陆追梦、筑梦、圆梦。希望两岸青年把握历史大势，坚守民族大义，维护国家统一，勇担时代重任，坚定走两岸关系和平发展正确道路，把两岸关系发展的前途命运牢牢掌握在两岸中国人手中。

第六届海峡两岸青年发展论坛以“同心合力迎亚运，携手共绘新蓝图”为主题，15日在浙江杭州举办论坛开幕会暨主论坛。

Xi sends congratulatory letter to cross-Strait youth development forum

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, on Friday sent a congratulatory letter to the sixth cross-Strait youth development forum that opened on the same day in Hangzhou City of Zhejiang Province.

Xi emphasized the vital role of youth as the hope of the country and the future of the nation, hailing the forum as an important platform for youth from both sides of the Taiwan Strait to exchange ideas, foster mutual understanding, and learn from each other.

Xi expressed his hope that through the forum, more young people across the Taiwan Strait would become close friends and good partners working together for a better future.

Stressing that realizing national rejuvenation is the shared aspiration of all the Chinese people, Xi welcomed young people from Taiwan to pursue and fulfill their dreams on the mainland.

He called on young people across the Taiwan Strait to keep pace with the trends of history and safeguard the overall interests of the Chinese nation and national unity.

Xi also urged them to remain committed to the right path of peaceful development of cross-Strait relations, and ensure that the future of cross-Strait relations remains firmly in hands of Chinese people on both sides of the Strait.