Published on: 2026-09-29
Source: People’s Republic of China — Translation
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Beijing, September 29 /Xinhua/ — Chinese President Xi Jinping urged Sichuan University to leverage the advantages of interdisciplinary integration of various sciences, to be at the forefront and to set an example in serving the national strategies of the new era, congratulating the university on its 130th anniversary since its founding.
Xi Jinping, who is also the General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and the Chairman of the Central Military Commission, made this appeal in a reply letter to the faculty and students of Sichuan University.
In the letter, Xi Jinping congratulated all teachers, students, staff, and numerous alumni of this university on this solemn occasion.
Dedicated service to the country, rootedness in the western region of China, and the training of highly qualified professionals through education are the fine traditions of Sichuan University, he noted.
Xi Jinping expressed hope that Sichuan University, inheriting the revolutionary spirit and leveraging its strengths in interdisciplinary integration of humanities, natural sciences, engineering, and medical sciences, will make an active contribution to transforming China into a power with enormous potential in education, science, technology, and human resources.
The history of Sichuan University dates back to the Sichuan School of Chinese and Western Sciences, founded in 1896, which is the oldest higher education institution in southwest China.
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