少先队员朋友们、同志们:中国少年先锋队第五次全国代表大会在今年“六一”国际儿童节隆重开幕了。刚才,胡锦涛总书记等中央领导同志亲切会见了全体与会代表,并殷切希望全国各族少年儿童勤奋学习、快乐生活、全面发展。这充分体现了党中央对全国少年儿童的亲切关怀和对少先队工作的高度重视。在这里,我代 Young Pioneers Friends, Comrades: The Fifth National Congress of the Chinese Young Pioneers was grandly launched this year on the “61” International Children’s Day. Earlier, the Central Party Committee General Secretary Hu Jintao and other central leading comrades cordially met with all the participants and earnestly hoped that the children and juveniles of all nationalities in the country would diligently study, live happily and develop in an all-round way. This fully reflects the party Central Committee’s cordial concern for the children and young people throughout the country and the priority attached to the work of Young Pioneers. Here, on my behalf