Xi replies to U.S. youth pickleball cultural exchange delegation over China visit

习主席回复美国青年匹克球文化交流代表团结束了访华之后的来信

 

BEIJING, July 6 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has recently replied to teachers and students of the U.S. youth pickleball cultural exchange delegation from Montgomery County, Maryland, who have visited China under the initiative of inviting 50,000 young Americans to China for exchange and study programs in a five-year span.

中国国家主席习近平最近回复了来自于（美国）马里兰州的蒙哥马利县的美国青年匹克球文化交流代表团的师生们的来信，他们响应邀请5万名美国年轻人来中国交流与学习的五年计划的倡议，访问了中国。

Xi congratulated the delegation on its successful visit to China, saying he was pleased to see that pickleball has become a new bond for youth exchanges between China and the United States.

习主席祝贺代表团成功地访问了中国，并说他很高兴地看到匹克球成为了中美年轻人交流的新纽带。

 

The future of China-U.S. relations depends on the youth, said Xi, expressing the hope that the delegation members will become a new generation of ambassadors for friendship between the two countries and make greater contributions to enhancing the friendship between the two peoples.

 

Earlier, the teachers and students of the delegation sent a letter to Xi, expressing their gratitude for the “50,000 in Five Years” initiative he put forward.

 

They shared their experience of visiting China and engaging in pickleball exchange activities in April, saying that they forged unforgettable friendships with Chinese youths during the trip.

They expressed their hope to invite Chinese young people to visit the United States.