Xi Jinping announces inviting 100,000 American youths to China for exchange and study over the next five years

On September 24 local time, at the White House welcoming ceremony, Xi Jinping announced that over the next five years, the Chinese side will invite 100,000 American youths to China for exchanges and study. This arrangement continues the initiative he previously proposed in San Francisco—"inviting 50,000 American youths to China for exchanges and study over the next five years"—which has already met its target ahead of schedule. The article reviews several cases of youth exchanges between China and the United States, including teachers and students from Lincoln High School visiting China, students from Muscatine High School coming to China, as well as correspondence between Xi Jinping and American youths. The report believes that these exchanges help enhance mutual understanding between the two peoples and also lay more foundations of friendship for the future of ChinaU.S. relations. The article points out that Xi Jinping has repeatedly stressed that the foundation of ChinaU.S. relations lies in the people, and the future lies in the youth. This expansion of the invitation scale is intended to continue promoting mutual understanding among the youth of both countries, facilitate peopletopeople exchanges, and build a social foundation for the stable development of bilateral relations.