“China and the United States are the world’s largest developing and developed countries, and the future and destiny of this planet requires that Sino-American relations become more stable and better,” Xi said in a statement to Citizen Diplomat. said Rand, who is widely known as Promote people-to-people exchanges between Iowa and the world.
President Xi added that Muscatine students are welcome to participate in the friendship exchange.
Attracting 50,000 young Americans to China requires openness: human resources expert
Attracting 50,000 young Americans to China requires openness: human resources expert
Mr. Rand and Mr. Xi first met in 1985. Mr. Xi, then 31 and secretary of the Communist Party of Zhengding county in Hebei province, led a delegation to Muscatine to learn about American agricultural production.
That experience and the hospitality he received in Iowa left a strong impression on him.
In 2012, as vice president, Mr. Xi visited Mr. Rand at his home in Muscatine, months before taking power as Communist Party general secretary.
In November, Rand and several other friends of President Xi from Iowa were invited to a welcome dinner for the Chinese leader in San Francisco.
Chinese and US leaders Xi and Biden exchange greetings on the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations
Chinese and US leaders Xi and Biden exchange greetings on the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations
In a previous letter to Rand in 2022, President Xi urged her and her friends in Iowa to “continue to sow the seeds of friendship and make new contributions to friendship” between the Chinese and American peoples. I encouraged him.
A 2023 survey by Pew Research Center found that 83% of U.S. respondents had a negative opinion of China. According to the survey, Americans also view China as the country that poses the greatest threat to U.S. national security and the economy.