国内英语新闻:Chinese premier tells youths to "look up, be down-to-earth"

BEIJING, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday told youths to aim high and make concrete efforts to achieve their goals as he spent this year's Youth Day with students from the prestigious Peking University.

Wen arrived at the campus Tuesday morning while various clubs and societies, ranging from mountain climbing, astronomy, career development to charity, were holding shows and performances to mark the day.

At the calligraphy and painting society section, a philosophy student named Li Danlin gave Premier Wen her calligraphy work of four characters: yang wang xing kong (look up to the starry sky), which is the title of a widely-known Chinese poem written by Wen to encourage young people to aim high and pursue their goals fearlessly.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (2nd R, Front) talks with students in the library at Peking University in Beijing, capital of China, May 4, 2010. Wen spent the Chinese Youth Day with students of Peking University here on Tuesday.

Wen added another four characters to the work: jiao ta shi di, which means be earnest and down-to-earth.

This year's May 4 marks the 91th anniversary of the "May Fourth Movement," an important cultural and political movement in Chinese history that fought imperialism and promoted democracy and science.