Students urged to dream big

The Chinese Dream ideal will be the first academic lesson for primary and middle school students across China this year.

According to the Ministry of Education in a statement released on Thursday, their educational show The First Lesson of the New Semester will have a theme called "Flying with the Wings of Dreams". It will be shown to students in primary and middle schools across the nation on the first day of school. In 2010, the ministry's annual show had the theme "My Dream, Chinese Dream".

"We hope the theme could inspire students to think about what their dreams are and encourage them to work hard to realize their dreams," said Xu Mei, a spokeswoman for the ministry.