President honors those who paid the ultimate price

President Xi Jinping called on Wednesday for people to remember the contributions made by the revolutionaries who paid the ultimate price for the nation's rejuvenation.

Xi made the remarks at a former headquarters of a military command of the Communist Party of China during the World War II amid his ongoing inspection tour of Lyuliang city in North China's Shanxi province.

Xi visited a memorial hall in Xingxian county, in Lyuliang, and presented flowers at the site for revolutionaries there. The president said that it is his first visit to Lyuliang, and that he has often thought about the Jinsui Revolutionary Base.

During the revolutionary war, local people, who sacrificed their blood and lives, helped establish the great "Lyuliang spirit", and such spirit should encourage people today to strive for full and purposeful life and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, Xi said.

The president urged the public not to forget the revolutionaries who contributed to the success of the revolution, the resistance against Japanese invaders during the World War II, the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the socialistic revolution and construction.