习近平复信参加“共航蔚蓝：中美青年友谊行”活动的两国学生

新华社北京5月28日电 5月23日,国家主席习近平复信参加“共航蔚蓝:中美青年友谊行”活动的两国学生。

习近平表示,很高兴得知两国学生搭乘“中美青年友谊号”,共同经历了难忘的友谊之旅。中美友好的故事由人民书写,中美关系的未来由青年创造。2023年11月我提出“5年邀请5万名美国青少年来华交流学习”倡议以来,已有超过5万名美国青少年来华参访,提前两年半实现预期目标。在交往交流中,中美两国青少年双向奔赴,加深相互了解和理解,结下深厚友谊,书写了两国人民友好交流的崭新篇章。

习近平指出,青少年最富有朝气,最富有梦想,是中美关系的未来和希望,也是世界的未来和希望。期待更多中美青少年接过两国友好事业的接力棒,相互学习、共同进步,成为跨越太平洋的“友谊使者”,为中美关系稳定健康可持续发展作出新的贡献。

近日,参加“共航蔚蓝:中美青年友谊行”活动的中美两国学生致信习近平主席,感谢“5年5万”倡议为两国青少年学习交流提供了宝贵机会。

Xi replies to letter from Chinese, U.S. students participating in "A Shared Voyage: China-U.S. Youth Friendship Program"

BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has replied to a letter from Chinese and U.S. students participating in "A Shared Voyage: China-U.S. Youth Friendship Program," encouraging them to make new contributions to the stable, healthy and sustainable development of China-U.S. relations.

"I am delighted to know that the students from both countries had embarked on an unforgettable friendship voyage aboard the China-U.S. Youth Friendship vessel," Xi said, adding that the story of China-U.S. friendship is written by the people, and the future of China-U.S. relations is shaped by the youth.

Since the launch of the initiative of inviting 50,000 young Americans to China for exchange and study programs in a five-year span in November 2023, over 50,000 young Americans have visited China, achieving the target two-and-a-half years ahead of schedule, Xi said, adding that through these interactions, young people from both countries have reached out to each other, deepened mutual understanding, forged profound friendships, and opened a new chapter in friendly exchanges between the two peoples.

Noting that young people, full of vitality and dreams, represent the future and hope of China-U.S. relations and of the world, Xi called on more Chinese and U.S. youth to take up the baton of friendship, learn from each other, progress together, and become "envoys of friendship" bridging the Pacific.

Recently, Chinese and U.S. students who took part in "A Shared Voyage: China-U.S. Youth Friendship Program" wrote to President Xi, thanking him for the "50,000 in Five Years" initiative, which has provided valuable opportunities for young people of both countries to engage in learning and exchange. ■