Cultural confidence, patriotism ride high among young people

Success in handling COVID-19 epidemic contributes to spread of national pride

China's successful handling of the COVID-19 epidemic has reaffirmed young people's belief and confidence in their country, with patriotism on the rise among those born in the 1990s and 2000s, they said.

Witnessing how the Party and the Chinese government prioritized saving people's lives, mobilized the whole country to work together to fight the epidemic, and the heroic feats of medical workers, community volunteers and delivery drivers, the younger generation, who also contributed to the fight against COVID-19 on the front lines, said they felt a renewed sense of security and pride in being Chinese.

On the subject of the various attacks against the country by some Western politicians and the COVID-19 responses of those nations, many young people responded that the pandemic had exposed flaws in Western democracy and reaffirmed their confidence in China's own political system and development model.