On July 7, 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping replied to the graduates of the Karamay Campus of China University of Petroleum (Beijing), affirming their choice to work at the grassroots level in the frontier, and raising ardent expectations for the majority of college graduates. In 2020, 118 graduates from the school voluntarily chose to work at grassroots levels in Xinjiang. In the letter to General Secretary Xi Jinping, the students expressed their determination to take root in Xinjiang and build the western region. In his reply, General Secretary Xi Jinping said: "I know that 118 of your classmates will go to work at the grassroots level in Xinjiang after graduation. This life choice." General Secretary Xi Jinping's reply letter aroused enthusiastic responses in China University of Petroleum, colleges and universities in Xinjiang, and all walks of life.