Xi invokes spirit of iconic Good Samaritan
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President Xi Jinping yesterday called for “concrete actions” by the country’s volunteers in learning from the spirit of Lei Feng, the nation’s most famous Good Samaritan.
Xi made the call in a reply to a letter from a volunteer group named after Guo Mingyi, a 55-year-old Chinese mine worker, who was honored as a man of great ethics and awarded the title “Contemporary Lei Feng” by central authorities for helping those in need.
Xi encouraged the members of the group to “practice the socialist core values” and “write new stories pertinent to Lei’s spirit with concrete actions.”
“Everyone can learn from Lei’s spirit, and people can show their concern and love everywhere,” Xi said in the reply.
The president called on people to lend a helping hand to others, saying this would help to “make society better.”
China’s working class should serve as an example for society in “learning from Lei Feng” and “fostering a healthy ethos” so as to allow Lei’s spirit to prevail in the country, he said.
Xi also expressed his respect for volunteers and others nationwide ahead of today’s Learn From Lei Feng Day.
Lei, a young Chinese soldier in the 1960s, is known for devoting almost all of his spare time and money to selflessly helping the needy. He died after being hit by a falling pole while helping a fellow soldier direct a truck in 1962.
The volunteer group named after Guo Mingyi has grown from around 3,000 people when it was set up in 2009, to almost 20,000 now.
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