Xi calls on young people to shoulder modernization responsibility

President Xi Jinping has called on young people in the new era to strive to write their youthful chapter of shouldering responsibility for Chinese modernization.

Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in his messages for Chinese youth ahead of China's Youth Day, which falls on Saturday.

On behalf of the CPC Central Committee, he extended festive greetings to young people nationwide in his messages.