24 middle school students from Washington state in the United States set off to visit China. President Xi Jinping attended a welcome banquet jointly held by American friendship groups in San Francisco, USA.
Song Guoxuan said that he hoped that after arriving in China, the students would actively participate in various activities with an open mind. Grayson Riddle, a 17-year-old middle school student from Stillakum Middle School, told the China News Service reporter that he was grateful for the opportunity to go to China and was looking forward to every second of this trip.