Editor's note: President Xi Jinping has led the central leadership to make dozens of education policies since 2013, highlighting education a key factor in the poverty relief work, and he likes to encourage youngsters to strive for their dreams and the Chinese dream.

President Xi Jinping speaks at a national security seminar in Beijing on Feb 17, 2017. [Photo / Xinhua]

Education policies will be implemented to help poor families that suffer major or chronic diseases, or have difficulties in providing schooling for their children, Xi said while chairing a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Feb 21, 2017.

President Xi Jinping visits the home of villager Xu Xuehai in Desheng village, Xiaoertai township of Zhangbei county in North China's Hebei province, on Jan 24, 2017. [Photo / Xinhua]

Making sure children of impoverished families enjoy access to high-quality education is a fundamental solution to poverty, Xi said during an inspection tour of Zhangjiakou, a city in North China's Hebei province, on Jan 24, 2017.

President Xi Jinping meets teachers at his alma mater, Bayi School in Beijing, on Friday ahead of Teachers' Day on Sept 10, 2016. He took the opportunity to extend his appreciation to the country's educators for their hard work. [Photo / Xinhua]

Education equality is the basis of social equality, said President Xi Jinping when he visited his alma mater, Bayi School in Beijing, on Sept 9, 2016. We must ensure education equality to enhance social equality, he added.

Xi said measures must be taken to narrow the gap in educational resources and quality between rural and urban areas, with special aid given to poverty-stricken places and areas mainly populated by ethnic groups.

President Xi Jinping talks to faculty members, researchers and students at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, Anhui province, on April 26, 2016. [Photo / Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping urged his audience to show a greater "sense of mission" by educating more people and making greater achievements in the new frontiers of science and technology when he visited the University of Science and Technology of China, in Hefei, on April 26, 2016.

President Xi talks with students after watching them operate machines at the Guizhou Machinery Industry School, a 6,000-student vocational school that trains equipment technicians on June 17, 2015. A student showed the president a chessboard made of aluminum alloy. [Photo / Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping promised to promote vocational education to support manufacturing and alleviate poverty during a visit to Qingzhen Vocational Education City in Guizhou province on June 17, 2015.

Xi said vocational education is an important part of China's education system. A large number of technicians and skilled workers are urgently needed in different professions and trades, Xi told students.

President Xi Jinping visits a primary school at Yangjialing, Yan'an, Shaanxi province, on Feb 14, 2015. [Photo / Xinhua]

Education is very important as it is the key to development in old revolutionary base areas and impoverished areas, President Xi Jinping said when he visited a primary school at Yangjialing, Yan'an, Shaanxi province, on Feb 14, 2015.

Xi stressed the importance of education, noting education is the key to development in poor areas. "Don't let the kids lose at the starting line," said Xi.

President Xi Jinping talks with primary school teachers attending a training program at Beijing Normal University in Beijing, Sept 9, 2014. [Photo / Xinhua]

President Xi urged Party organizations and governments to make teaching the most respected job in China, on Sept 9, the eve of Teachers' Day in China, in 2014.

The improvement of education and prosperity of the nation needs teachers with sound ethics, great teaching skills and high energy levels, he said when he met with teachers and students at the Beijing Normal University.

He called on teachers to set the bar high and dedicate themselves to the cause of modernization. He urged governments at all levels to put education on the top of their agenda and continue education reform.

Xi also emphasized the importance of keeping Chinese classic poems and essays in high school textbooks.

President Xi Jinping poses for a group photo with students and teachers during his visit at Beijing Haidian National Primary School in Beijing, May 30, 2014. [Photo / Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping said that children are the future of the country and the hope of Chinese people when he visited a primary school in Haidian district in Beijing on May 30, 2014, ahead of the International Children's Day.

Xi attended school activities and met with students, their parents and teachers. He called for fostering socialist values among children.

President Xi Jinping talks with teachers and students at Peking University on May 4, 2014. [Photo / Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping urged the country's young people to study diligently, improve their moral character and hone their perspectives and honesty, stressing that they must adhere to socialist values, when he visited Peking University on May 4, 2014.

University students are lovely, loyal and precious. Young people of every generation have their own opportunities and should create their lives and history, Xi said.

The youths' value orientation decides the way of a society in the future. The young people are at the stage of building and forming values, so it's important to cultivate them at this time, he said.

President Xi Jinping talks with college graduates and unemployed people at the China Tianjin Public Vocational Training Center on May 14, 2013. [Photo / Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping encouraged college students to be ambitious as well as down-to-earth in their job hunts when he visited a vocational training center in Tianjin on May 14, 2013.

While talking with representatives of college graduates, the unemployed and rural surplus labor force at the China Tianjin Public Vocational Training Center, he asked college students not to shy away from working at the grassroots level and in tough places and urged them to issue extraordinary performances in ordinary job situations.

President Xi Jinping talks with young people before he delivers a speech at the China Academy of Space Technology in Beijing, May 4, 2013. [Photo / Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping called on young Chinese to dare to dream, work assiduously to fulfill their dreams and contribute to the revitalization of the nation.

He said the young generation with firm will, strong sense of responsibility and great professional competence is the hope of realizing the "Chinese dream," when he visited the China Academy of Space Technology on May 4, 2013.

Young people should be optimistic and tenacious when facing adversities, Xi said, asking them to remain steadfast in their faith, refine their professional skills, embrace innovation, work hard and build noble characters.

A nation will be prosperous if its young generation is ambitious and reliable, Xi said.