Young people should spread positive energy to help realize the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation, Vice President Li Yuanchao urged on Monday, the country's Youth Day.

In a meeting with a group of award-winning young people, Li said he hoped young Chinese could put core socialist values into practice.

"Vigorously spreading positive energy in society can inspire the whole nation to work together and strive for our common aspiration," Li said.

He urged youngsters to spread the spirit of patriotism and dedication, and the tradition of hard work and plain living.

China established Youth Day in December 1949 to commemorate the beginning in 1919 of the May 4th Movement, a student protest that grew out of dissatisfaction with the Treaty of Versailles settlement. It is regarded in China as a patriotic movement against imperialism and feudalism.

(Xinhua News Agency May 4, 2015)