习近平复信北京交通大学肯尼亚留学生及校友代表

1月17日，国家主席习近平复信北京交通大学肯尼亚留学生及校友代表，鼓励他们继续为中肯和中非友好事业发光发热。

习近平指出，中肯友谊源远流长。共建“一带一路”倡议将中肯发展振兴的理想变为现实，将两国人民的福祉紧密相连。蒙内铁路是中肯共建“一带一路”旗舰项目和成功典范。我高兴地看到，你们因这条“幸福路”与中国结缘，是中肯和中非友好合作的见证者、受益者，更是建设者和传播者。

习近平强调，展望未来，“一带一路”的壮丽画卷和中肯全面战略合作伙伴关系的宏伟蓝图需要包括你们在内的更多有为青年来实现。希望你们学好专业知识，赓续传统友谊，投身两国合作，讲好中非友好故事，为推动构建高水平中非命运共同体作出更大贡献。

日前，北京交通大学肯尼亚留学生及校友代表致信习近平主席，表示非常高兴来到中国学习铁路运营管理知识，希望当好肯中友好的桥梁，为提升两国友谊与合作、推动构建人类命运共同体贡献力量。

Xi replies to letter from representatives of Kenyan students, alumni at Beijing Jiaotong University

Chinese President Xi Jinping has replied to a letter from representatives of Kenyan students and alumni at Beijing Jiaotong University, encouraging them to continue contributing to the friendship between China and Kenya and between China and Africa.

In his reply on Jan. 17, Xi noted that China and Kenya enjoy a time-honored friendship. The Belt and Road Initiative has turned the ideals of development and revitalization of China and Kenya into reality, and closely linked the well-being of the two peoples. The Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway is a flagship project and a successful example of China-Kenya Belt and Road cooperation, Xi said.

"I am glad to see that you have bonded with China through this road to happiness. You have witnessed and benefited from the China-Kenya and China-Africa friendship and cooperation, and you have helped build and spread the friendly cooperation between China and Kenya and between China and Africa," Xi said.

Looking ahead, the magnificent picture of the Belt and Road Initiative and the grand blueprint of the China-Kenya comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership need more promising young people to realize, Xi stressed.

"It is hoped that you can learn professional knowledge well, continue the traditional friendship, devote yourself to bilateral cooperation, tell well stories of China-Africa friendship, and make greater contributions to the building of a high-level China-Africa community with a shared future," Xi said.

Recently, representatives of Kenyan students and alumni at Beijing Jiaotong University wrote a letter to Xi, expressing their great pleasure in coming to China to learn railway operation and management knowledge. They also expressed their hope to serve as a bridge of friendship between Kenya and China and contribute to enhancing friendship and cooperation between the two countries and building a community with a shared future for mankind.