Three senior Chinese officials Sunday sent congratulation letters to South China Agricultural University, a prestigious university in south China's Guangdong Province, for the celebration of its 100th founding anniversary.

Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu said in the letter that the university had worked hard for the promotion of the country's agriculture development over the past 100 years since the university was established.

"Since the founding of New China and launching of the reform and opening-up policy, the university has trained many talents and obtained great progress in science researches, which have made significant contributions to the country's agricultural science and social and economic development," Hui said.

"The university should make innovations while carrying on its good traditions in building the first-class university, and make further contributions for the promotion of agricultural modernization with Chinese characteristics," Hui said.

State Councilor Liu Yandong said in the letter that the university has made great progress in fields of education, science researches and social services.

Wang Yang, secretary of the Guangdong provincial committee of the Communist Party of China, spoke highly of the university's contributions to Guangdong Province, and urged it to achieve greater achievements to be a high-level comprehensive university featuring agricultural science and life science.

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