On the anniversary of the establishment of Sun Yat-sen University, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, sent a letter of congratulations, extending his best wishes to all faculty, staff, students, and alumni at home and abroad.

In his congratulatory letter, Xi Jinping emphasized that on this new starting point, he hopes that Sun Yat-sen University will adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, inherit the red gene, persist in cultivating talents for the Party and the nation, focus on the needs of national major strategies and the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, integrate the reform and development of education, technological innovation, and talent cultivation, accelerate the construction of a world-class university with Chinese characteristics, and make new and greater contributions to building a strong educational nation and advancing the modernization of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

A grand ceremony was held in Guangzhou to celebrate the anniversary of Sun Yat-sen University, founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Huang Kunming, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, read President Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter and delivered a speech at the event. He expressed hope that Sun Yat-sen University would remember President Xi's earnest instructions, take the centennial celebration as a new starting point, firmly set its sights on building a world-class university with Chinese characteristics, adhere to nurturing talents for the Party and the nation, consciously use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to cultivate the soul of education, and strive to achieve new breakthroughs in cultivating top-notch talents, advancing collaborative innovation in science and education, serving the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and contributing to the construction of a strong educational nation and the advancement of China's modernization. Guangdong will resolutely implement President Xi's spirit of the congratulatory letter and fully support Sun Yat-sen University in achieving new successes and making new contributions.

Sun Yat-sen University is a university personally founded by Mr. Sun Yat-sen. Over the past century, the university has cultivated and sent out over one hundred thousand various talents, making positive contributions in serving national strategies, the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and deepening international exchanges and cooperation in education.