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| Chinese Premier calls for respect for science |
| CCTV.COM 2003-05-05 09:05:45 |
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 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has called for a display of democracy and respect of science from the young generation to fight the killer virus SARS. May 4 is Youth Day in China and, during a visit to the Tsinghua and China Agricultural university campuses on Sunday, the premier encouraged the college students to sail through the crisis.
In an early summer day which was sunny and warm, Wen Jiabao shook hands with students excited at such a surprise visit by the premier. Wearing smiles on his face, Wen Jiabao walked around the campus and chatted with the students.
He urged the students to inherit the spirit of the "May 4 Movement", saying it is essential to promote the spirit of democracy and science which had helped found the new China in 1949. With such a spirit, he said China is getting more and more prosperous under the opening－up and reform drive initiated in the late 1970s. He said the current war against the deadly disease SARS, is one China is destined to win with the help from the masses, and the application of scientific approaches.
He said he had full confidence in the Chinese government for an all－out victory to combat SARS.
Wen Jiabao later continued his visit to China Agricultural University, where he encouraged the students to study hard and become strong through such a crisis.
May 4 Youth Day was set to mark the May 4 Movement in 1919, which was an anti－imperialist, anti－feudal, political and cultural movement led by Chinese intellectuals.
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Editor: Han Ling CCTV.com
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