Female Peking U student and former marine speaks with Xi

From North China's Shanxi province, she was admitted to the School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences of Peking University in 2012 at the age of 18. As a junior student, she joined the marines of the PLA Navy to fulfill her childhood dream and stayed there for two years.

"The transformation from student to soldier taught me that college students cannot isolate themselves from the masses," Song said at the symposium.