On January 27, 2025, President Xi Jinping sent a Chinese New Year card in return to friends in U.S. State of Iowa. Xi Jinping said that 40 years ago when he visited the beautiful State of Iowa, he was warmly received by the people there, which is still fresh in his memory. China and the United States share extensive common interests and broad space for cooperation and can become partners and friends. China and the United States can help each other succeed and achieve common prosperity for the benefit of both countries and the world at large. Xi expressed his hope that the two peoples will pay more visits to each other and have more exchanges, jointly write new stories of friendship between the two peoples, and make new contributions to the development of China-U.S. relations. Earlier, 58 people from Iowa of the U.S., including friends Luca Berrone, Gary Dvorchak and Sarah Lande, former U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad and his wife, former President of the World Food Prize Foundation Kenneth Quinn, as well as representatives of teachers, students and parents from Iowa who participated in the initiative of inviting 50,000 young Americans to China on exchange and study programs for a five-year period, jointly sent a Chinese New Year card to President Xi Jinping. In the card, the U.S. friends recalled President Xi Jinping's first visit to Iowa in 1985, and extended New Year wishes to President Xi Jinping for the Year of the Snake. The representatives of teachers, students and parents thanked President Xi Jinping for putting forward the initiative of "50,000 in five years", shared their feelings about visiting China, and expressed their expectations to visit China again.
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