Under the influence of more and more young people continuing to "go to the west", as the beginning of another new decade, the implementation of the Western Plan in 2024 is being given richer connotations of the times.

■ Li Hainan

"Go to the west, to the grassroots, and to the places where the motherland needs it most"-this kind of call of the times has never gone out of style and has always remained youthful forever.

On Monday's public account on the Chinese government website, a message containing "Western Plan Registration Channel Opens!" The prompted message lights up the new push icon:From March 31 to mid-to-late May, the registration channel for the 2024 Western Plan will open. A door to the beautiful and bright development prospects of the western region will be officially opened to recent graduates or postgraduate students of general colleges and universities in 2024.

The Western Plan, the full name of the "Western Plan for College Students Voluntary Service", is a major talent project jointly organized and implemented by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Human Resources and social protection. The service content is divided into rural education, serving rural construction, and healthy There are eight special projects: rural, grassroots youth work, rural social governance, defending the country and guarding the border, serving Xinjiang, and serving Xizang. The volunteer service period is 1 to 3 years, and the service agreement is signed once a year.

As a college student employment plan, the Western Plan has gone through 20 years since it was launched in 2003. It not only drives and serves the development of the western region, but also benefits the participating volunteers. For personal education and career, participating in the Western Project is definitely a brilliant achievement in your life experience. From a practical perspective, volunteers can enjoy a series of protection policies in the future in terms of postgraduate entrance examinations, civil service applications, and calculation of seniority.

Nowadays, under the influence of more and more young people continuing to "go to the west", as the beginning of another new decade, the implementation of the Western Plan in 2024 is being given richer connotations of the times.

Continuously deliver fresh blood to the economic and social development of the western region in the new era. Over the past 20 years, the Western Plan has promoted economic and social development in the western region. As young talents come to the western region to participate in work and provide services, they bring advanced management concepts and technical experience to the local area, and promote all-round economic and social development such as local industrial upgrading and innovation and public services. Since its implementation in 2003, the Western Plan has recruited more than 500,000 college graduates and postgraduate students to serve at the grassroots level in more than 2000 counties (cities, districts, and banners). It has sung the tune of the times among the whole society, especially young people. Go to the west, go to the grassroots, and go to the places where the motherland and the people need it most to make contributions.

The continuous accumulation of development opportunities has jointly contributed to the continuous narrowing of the gap between the east and the west. Through the implementation of the Western Plan, the state has increased investment and support for the western region, promoted the rapid development of the western region, and gradually narrowed the gap with the eastern region. In particular, as the country attaches importance to and invests in the economic development of the western region, more and more enterprises and industries have begun to move to the western region. This not only promotes local economic growth, but also brings a large number of job opportunities.

People's sense of gain, happiness and security in the western region has steadily improved. With the deepening of the Western Plan, more and more young people are coming to the western region to work and serve, bringing more employment opportunities and development space to the local area. This not only improves the living standards and quality of local residents, but also enhances their confidence and expectations for future life. On the one hand, the Western Plan has brought more financial investment and policy support, which has brought significant improvements to local educational conditions; on the other hand, the Western Plan has also promoted infrastructure construction and social development in the western region, bringing about the improvement of transportation, water conservancy, communications and other infrastructure. At the same time, social undertakings such as medical and health, culture and sports have also developed rapidly.

From a macro perspective, the Western Plan reflects the determination and will of the party and the country to promote the development of the western region, expresses the country's great importance and concern for the development of the western region, and demonstrates its firm determination to promote the implementation of the strategy of developing the western region. From a micro perspective, the implementation of the Western Plan has benefited the people of the western region in many aspects such as education, employment, infrastructure and social undertakings, and has achieved a "win-win" situation in promoting economic and social development in the western region and narrowing the development gap between the eastern and western regions.

Now, the 2024 Western Plan is setting sail again, with the determination to "let Chinese-style modernization take root in the land of China" and practicing the practice of "there will be no shortage of development in the western region", young people will show more style of the times.