"What's your name? What city are you from?"
"My name is Tong Jiaxin, I'm from Xiamen."
"I also worked in Xiamen for a period of time, I have to train hard, come on!"
On July 5, 2017, the sun shines brightly with green grass at the Olympia Stadium in Berlin, Germany.
Youth football players from China and Germany are about to start a friendly match.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, who are visiting Germany, are also German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
"You are the hope for the development of football between China and Germany, as well as the successors to the cause of friendly cooperation between China and Germany. I hope you will carry forward the spirit of unity and struggle, learn and exchange football skills, and become good friends and partners." President Xi Jinping sent an affectionate message to the young players .
On the green field, the young players in red and white jerseys competed and fought fiercely, running and sweating.
In the audience, President Xi Jinping and Chancellor Angela Merkel cheered on the young players of the two countries, and exchanged their feelings of watching the game with smiles from time to time.
President Xi Jinping said that the football cooperation between China and Germany is constantly advancing.
It is believed that with the joint efforts of both sides, China-Germany football cooperation will surely yield more fruits.
A few days later, Tong Jiaxin and his teammates had another "fight in the rain" with young German players on the football field of the Werner Seremban Sports Park in the south of Berlin.
"Their transmission cooperation is very good, not just bowing their heads and dribbling the ball." Tong Jiaxin from Xiamen Renmin Primary School told reporters, "Although I failed to win, I still enjoyed the whole game."
Tobias Winter, who was working in the International Exchange Department of the German Football Association at the time, noticed that the German Chancellor and the visiting President Xi Jinping made a special trip to the scene to watch the friendly match between the Chinese and German youth football teams at the Olympia Stadium in Berlin. "This kind of attention and concern From the perspective of the whole world, it is extraordinary."
President Xi Jinping once talked about his understanding of football: "Football is a collective sport that pays attention to cooperation. Individual ability is important, but teamwork is the key to determining the outcome of the game. This is one of the reasons why I love football. ."
As the "world's No. 1 sport", football teaches people to work together, not be afraid of challenges, and strive to forge ahead.
As a "world language", football builds a bridge for communication between different ethnic groups and cultures, and is an important driving force for the progress of human civilization and the peaceful development of the world.
In the past five years, Tong Jiaxin has not forgotten President Xi Jinping's entrustment and insisted on participating in campus football training, rain or shine, day by day.
Even if he was accidentally injured in the game, it did not change the original intention of the football teenager.
On his bedside, there has been a photo taken with President Xi Jinping during the 2017 game in Germany.
"Whenever I see this group photo, I encourage myself to never give up." Tong Jiaxin said.
General planner: Fu Hua
Director system: Zhang Sutang
Planning: Sun Chengbin and Chen Erhou
Producer: Zhao Cheng Liu Jie Sun Zhiping Chen Kaixing Huo Xiaoguang Lai Xiangdong Fan Hua Qi Huijie
Coordination: Li Zhongfa Wu Dan Huang Yue
Text: Shang Jing Yan Zhihong
Photography: Wang Ye
Audio: Ng Wei Ling Dong Linna
Visual: Bi Xiaoyang Li Jing
Design: Jiao Xufeng Yin Zhe Lunma Development
Coordinator: Hu Ruohan and Wang Xiaojiao
Promotion: Li Ming Zhao Peng
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