习近平复信美国肯恩大学校长雷波列特

近日，国家主席习近平复信美国肯恩大学校长拉蒙·雷波列特，鼓励中美两国高校加强交流合作，为促进中美友好贡献力量。

习近平表示，2006年，我在贵校见证了中美合作创办温州肯恩大学签约仪式。在双方共同努力下，温州肯恩大学办学成果显著，已经成为中美教育合作的标志性项目，令人高兴。

习近平指出，中美关系事关两国人民福祉和人类前途命运。教育交流合作有助于促进两国人民特别是青年相知相近，是发展中美关系的未来工程。你在信中表示，将深化与温州肯恩大学的合作，鼓励美国学生来华交流学习，我很赞赏。希望两国高校通过多种形式加强交流合作，培养既了解中国也熟知美国的青年使者，为促进中美友好搭建更多桥梁。

习近平在复信中说，欢迎你和美国教育界其他人士多来中国走走看看，也请转达我对前任校长法拉希博士的问候。

2006年5月，在时任浙江省委书记习近平关心推动下，温州大学和美国肯恩大学正式签约，决定合作创办温州肯恩大学。2014年，经教育部批准，温州肯恩大学正式设立，目前共有本硕博学生约4500人，已培养8届本科毕业生总计3300余人。近日，美国肯恩大学校长雷波列特致信习近平主席，介绍合作办学情况及成果，表示将积极响应习主席倡议，助力更多美国青少年来华交流学习，推动中美青年一代加强交流。

Xi says education exchanges matter to future of China-U.S. ties

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that China-U.S. education exchanges and cooperation, a project for the future of bilateral relations, help promote mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples, especially between the youths of the two countries.

In a recent reply letter to Lamont Repollet, president of Kean University in the United States, Xi encouraged universities in China and the United States to strengthen exchanges and cooperation and contribute to the China-U.S. friendship.

Xi recalled that in 2006, he witnessed the signing ceremony of China-U.S. cooperation in establishing Wenzhou-Kean University.

Thanks to the joint efforts of both sides, Wenzhou-Kean University has achieved remarkable results and become a landmark project in China-U.S. educational cooperation, which is very gratifying, he said.

He pointed out that China-U.S. ties bear on the well-being of the two peoples as well as the future of humanity.

Xi applauded Repollet's pledge to deepen cooperation with Wenzhou-Kean University and encourage U.S. students to come to China for exchange and study.

He also called on universities of China and the United States to strengthen exchanges and cooperation through various forms, and cultivate young envoys who know both countries well, thereby building more bridges to promote China-U.S. friendship.

Xi welcomed Repollet and other members of the U.S. education community to pay more visits to China and asked Repollet to convey his greetings to Dawood Farahi, former president of Kean University.

In May 2006, under the care and facilitation of Xi, then secretary of the Communist Party of China Zhejiang Provincial Committee, Wenzhou University and Kean University formally signed an agreement to jointly establish Wenzhou-Kean University.

In 2014, with the approval of China's Ministry of Education, Wenzhou-Kean University was officially established. Currently, it has about 4,500 students across undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs, and over 3,300 have earned their undergraduate degrees over the past eight years.

Repollet has lately sent a letter to Xi, expounding on the situation and achievements of cooperative education, and voicing readiness to actively respond to Xi's initiative, help more American teenagers come to China for exchanges and study, and promote communication between the younger generation of China and the United States.