On May 3, 2008, General Secretary Hu Jintao visited the affected people and relief workers in Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province, and went to a simple earthquake-proof shed in Jinshansi Village to visit the children who were reviewing their lessons under the guidance of their teachers. Hu Jintao encouraged the children: "In this earthquake, all the students were brave and strong. From you, we see the hope of the disaster area and the future of the motherland! I believe that the students will continue to strive for self-improvement and work hard to hand over an excellent answer sheet to the party, the motherland and the people in their future study and life. " Hu Jintao also picked up a piece of chalk and wrote sixteen characters on the blackboard, saying, "If one party is in trouble, all parties will support you, be self-reliant and work hard". After writing, Hu Jintao led the children to read aloud together. Although it is a simple sixteen words, it is meaningful. It embodies the Chinese nation's spirit of earthquake relief! This is why our country has not fallen in the face of previous difficulties!
According to General Secretary Hu's speech, refining the spirit of earthquake relief is: self-improvement, tenacious struggle, unity of mind, mutual help, self-reliance and hard struggle. The spirit of earthquake relief is the intersection of all these noble and beautiful people in their desperate struggle against natural disasters, the intersection of the spirit of the times and the national spirit, the intersection of socialism, patriotism and collectivism, and the intersection of revolutionary heroism and socialist humanism. It shows us a great sublimation of the Chinese national spirit in the magnificent era of reform and opening up.