Chinese President Xi Jinping replied to Taiwan youth who participated in the 20th Straits Youth Forum on Monday, encouraging young people across the Taiwan Straits to jointly strive for the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.

Xi made the remarks in a letter replying to young people from the island of Taiwan who attended the Straits Youth Forum in Xiamen, a city in East China's Fujian Province, held on Monday and Tuesday.

Fifty young people from Taiwan island who were invited to attend this year's forum wrote Xi a letter in which they shared their experiences of studying, working and living in the Chinese mainland and stated their firm resolve to contribute to national rejuvenation and reunification.

Xi said in the letter that he was glad to learn that young people from the island have found a stage on the mainland to realize their dreams, witnessed the rapid development and changes of the motherland, and felt the deep attachment like family members between compatriots across the Taiwan Straits.

"We will, as always, create favorable conditions for young people across the Taiwan Straits to learn from each other and provide more convenience for Taiwan youth to study, work, start businesses and live on the mainland," read the letter.

Xi also expressed his hope that young people from the island of Taiwan can share more of their experiences and insights about the mainland with their peers in the island so that more Taiwan youth will get to know the mainland and join hands with mainland youth to strive with tenacity and make their life blossom in the great process of realizing the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.

The Straits Youth Forum, founded in 2003 and jointly run by the All-China Youth Federation, the Chinese Youth International in Taiwan and the department of youth affairs of the Kuomintang, is an important platform for youth exchanges across the Taiwan Straits.

Global Times