Xi Jinping on China-U.S. people-to-people friendship

6月28日，习近平主席向在福建福州举行的“鼓岭缘”中美民间友好论坛致贺信。习近平在信中提及1992年邀请加德纳夫人访问鼓岭，帮助她完成了丈夫梦回故土的心愿。30多年过去了，“鼓岭之友”和两国各界友好人士深入挖掘鼓岭历史，积极传播鼓岭文化，为加深中美两国人民相互了解和友好交流而不懈努力。周报君摘录了贺信内容及2017年以来习近平关于中美民间友好交流的经典语录，中英双语内容如下：

President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to a forum on people-to-people friendship between China and the United States on June 28. The event, titled Bond with Kuliang: 2023 China-U.S. People-to-People Friendship Forum, took place in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. In the letter, Xi said back in 1992, he invited Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner to Kuliang, helping her fulfill the wish of her late husband to return to his childhood home. In the following 30 years and more, members of the Kuliang Friends and people from various sectors of both countries have delved deep into the history of this town, actively spread its culture, and worked tirelessly to deepen mutual understanding and friendship between the Chinese and American peoples. Xi is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission. Edited excerpts from Xi’s congratulatory letter and his speeches on China-U.S. people-to-people friendship since 2017 follow:

1992年，我邀请加德纳夫人访问鼓岭，帮助她完成了丈夫梦回故土的心愿。30多年过去了，“鼓岭之友”和两国各界友好人士深入挖掘鼓岭历史，积极传播鼓岭文化，为加深中美两国人民相互了解和友好交流而不懈努力。

Back in 1992, I invited Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner to Kuliang (in Fuzhou, Fujian), helping her fulfill the wish of her late husband to return to his childhood home. In the following 30 years and more, members of the Kuliang Friends and people from various sectors of both countries have delved deep into the history of this town, actively spread its culture, and worked tirelessly to deepen mutual understanding and friendship between the Chinese and American peoples.

摘自习近平2023年6月28日给“鼓岭缘”中美民间友好论坛的贺信

Excerpts from Xi’s congratulatory letter to the forum titled Bond with Kuliang: 2023 China-U.S. People-to-People Friendship on June 28, 2023

很高兴收到“鼓岭之友”成员们的来信，从信中了解到大家与鼓岭更多动人的故事。拍摄了众多鼓岭照片、103岁高龄的林恩先生，留下“我热爱中国人民”遗言的福益华医生，把部分骨灰撒在闽江的穆蔼仁先生……

I was very glad to hear from members of the Kuliang Friends, and to know from your letter more touching stories about your connection with Kuliang. The protagonists among them are Mr. Len Billing, 103 years old, who recorded his time in Kuliang with many photos; Dr. E. L. Bliss, who wrote "I love the Chinese people" as his last words; and Mr. Donald Maclnnis, who wanted to have his ashes scattered in the Minjiang River (a major waterway in Fujian).

摘自习近平2023年6月28日给“鼓岭缘”中美民间友好论坛的贺信

Excerpts from Xi’s congratulatory letter to the forum titled Bond with Kuliang: 2023 China-U.S. People-to-People Friendship on June 28, 2023

“鼓岭之友”的经历再次证明，中美两国人民完全可以跨越制度、文化、语言的差异，建立起深厚的友谊。

The experience of members of the Kuliang Friends has shown once again that the Chinese and American peoples can transcend differences in system, culture and language, and build profound friendship.

摘自习近平2023年6月28日给“鼓岭缘”中美民间友好论坛的贺信

Excerpts from Xi’s congratulatory letter to the forum titled Bond with Kuliang: 2023 China-U.S. People-to-People Friendship on June 28, 2023

大家说

余放

中国外商投资企业协会副会长

Yu Fang

Vice President of China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment

多走动、多交流才能增进了解和情谊。我们需要通过多种形式的交流互动让两国人民加深了解，这样合作共赢的大门才会越开越大，中美关系才会行稳致远。

Greater understanding and friendship can be achieved through more interactions and exchanges. We need to deepen the mutual understanding between the people of both countries through various forms of communication and interaction. Only then can the door to win-win cooperation open wider, and the China-U.S. relations achieve stability and long-term development.

以上内容来自《习近平谈治国理政》（第二卷）和新华社

Sources: Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (II) and Xinhua News Agency