Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 31. Recently, President Xi Jinping replied to the students of the Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual School in Hungary, encouraging Hungarian teenagers to learn more about China and to be ambassadors for the inheritance and development of China-Hungary friendship.
Xi Jinping pointed out that my wife and I are very happy to receive your letter during the Spring Festival of the Year of the Rabbit. I still remember the exchange with teachers and students at the Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual School in 2009.
Knowing that you have persisted in learning Chinese for a long time and are determined to contribute to the friendship between China and Hungary, I give you a thumbs up.
Xi Jinping emphasized that both China and Hungary have a long history and splendid culture, the peoples of the two countries are traditionally friendly, and people-to-people and cultural exchanges are getting closer.
You are welcome to study in China after graduating from high school. I also hope that more and more Hungarian teenagers will like Chinese and learn Chinese. They will have the opportunity to visit China and learn more about China today and its history and culture. Try to be an envoy to inherit and develop the cause of China-Hungary friendship.
The Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual School was established in September 2004. It is the only public full-time school in Central and Eastern Europe that uses Chinese and the language of the host country for teaching. It currently has 12 grades and 20 classes with more than 530 students.
In October 2009, when then Vice President Xi Jinping visited Hungary, he visited a Hungarian-Chinese bilingual school.
On the eve of the Spring Festival this year, students Hu Lingyue and Song Ji-hyo of the school sent a letter to Chairman Xi Jinping and his wife, Professor Peng Liyuan, on behalf of the whole school. They paid New Year greetings in accordance with Chinese customs, told about their feelings of learning Chinese at the school for 12 years, and expressed that they would come to China to study in universities and contribute to the friendship between Hungary and China. wishes.