Former title: Building a bridge for people to people exchanges and acquaintances -- President Xi Jinping's letter to the opening of the 14th China US High level Dialogue on Tourism triggered a warm response

Xinhua News Agency, Xi'an, May 22

Xinhua News Agency reporter

On May 22, President Xi Jinping sent a letter to the opening of the 14th China US High level Dialogue on Tourism. Guests from China and the United States and people from home and abroad who participated in the high-level dialogue said that the letter fully reflected President Xi Jinping's high attention to promoting personnel exchanges through tourism cooperation and continuing the friendship between China and the United States through people to people and cultural exchanges, and injected strong impetus into further gathering the strength of the two peoples and promoting the cause of China US friendship.

President Xi Jinping pointed out in his letter: "This year marks the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States. The foundation of China US relations is cast by the people, the door of China US relations is opened by the people, the story of China US relations is written by the people, and the future of China US relations will also be created by the people of both countries."

After listening to President Xi Jinping's letter on the spot, Ke Rulong, chairman of the Asia Pacific region of Visa, said that he personally listened to President Xi Jinping's important speech in San Francisco last November. Today, he felt again that President Xi attaches great importance to the friendship between the Chinese and the American people, and was very encouraged.

Adam Foster, President of the Helen Foster Snow Foundation of the United States, said in an interview that China US relations are one of the most important bilateral relations in the world. Building a bridge of friendship between the two peoples through tourism and other means will not only play an important role in the stable and healthy development of China US relations, but also help build a better world.

"It's great to come to China again!" "In addition to my hometown, my favorite is China." "Forty years ago, when I was young, I participated in an exchange project in Xi'an. I'm very glad to be here again!" "When the two peoples face each other, they can begin to understand each other.", Many American guests sincerely expressed their expectations for China US tourism cooperation.

Last November, the heads of state of the two countries reached important consensus on facilitating personnel exchanges and promoting people to people and cultural exchanges at the San Francisco meeting. In this letter, President Xi Jinping said: "Tourism is an important bridge for people of China and the United States to communicate and know each other closely. We warmly welcome American tourists to travel to China to meet Chinese friends, experience Chinese culture, visit beautiful landscapes and experience the real China."

Yi Yongping, chairman of Jiangxi Pingxiang Cultural Tourism Development Group Co., Ltd., who participated in the event, said that the Chinese and American people have a strong desire to strengthen exchanges and enhance mutual understanding. The letter from President Xi Jinping inspired tourism practitioners.

"Since this year, Pingxiang has received nearly 20000 inbound tourists, including nearly 100 American tourists. We look forward to taking this high-level dialogue on tourism between China and the United States as an opportunity to see more and more American tourists coming to China, appreciate China's great rivers and mountains, and feel the charm of Chinese culture." Yi Yongping said.

Robert Lawrence Kuhn, President of the Kuhn Foundation of the United States, said that over the years, President Xi Jinping has maintained extensive exchanges with people from all walks of life in the United States. President Xi Jinping warmly invited American tourists to China and encouraged the two peoples to strengthen exchanges, which is exactly what the two countries need at present. It is expected that China and the United States will introduce more facilitation measures to promote people to people and cultural exchanges between the two countries to form a new upsurge.

Dai Bin, president of the China Tourism Research Institute, listened to President Xi Jinping's letter on the spot and was confident that China and the United States would promote people's friendship through tourism cooperation: "Looking back, it was under the leadership of the head of state diplomacy that the two countries carried out high-quality tourism cooperation and people to people and cultural exchanges. Facing the future, in accordance with the guidance of President Xi Jinping's letter, the two countries will surely realize the steady improvement of the quality of tourism services and the continuous growth of the scale of mutual visits of tourists. "

Zhang Kexiong, assistant general manager of China Tourism Group Travel Service Co., Ltd., said: "We will follow the spirit of President Xi Jinping's letter, implement the national inbound tourism promotion plan, open up payment, customs clearance, booking, communication, language, network and other inbound travel stops for foreign tourists, including American tourists, and build more friendly bridges between people of all countries."

Han Decai, Executive Director of Greater China of American A&K International Tourism Company, said that the re holding of the China US high-level tourism dialogue is a concrete action to promote the "San Francisco Vision" into reality. We look forward to strengthening exchanges and interactions with the Chinese business community.

Liang Xuecheng, director of the Department of Tourism Management of Northwest University, said that the holding of this session of the China US High level Dialogue on Tourism has made both Chinese and American people see that the door of "two-way travel" is open. This is a positive and important signal for the development of tourism in both countries and the world, and is of great significance for promoting the recovery and development of tourism economy, promoting people to people and cultural exchanges between China and the United States, and deepening people to people understanding.

Zhou Bing, Chairman of Shaanxi Tourism Group, said that "helping the 'San Francisco Vision' to become a reality" is both an opportunity and a responsibility for Chinese tourism enterprises. As a tourism enterprise, it will actively implement the letter spirit of President Xi Jinping, further expand the China US tourism market with practical actions, promote exchanges between the two peoples with more and better tourism cooperation products, and make contributions to the stable, healthy and sustainable development of China US relations.