習近平復信阿聯酋中文教學“百校項目”學生代表

新華社北京5月26日電 近日，國家主席習近平復信阿聯酋中文教學“百校項目”學生代表，勉勵他們學好中文、了解中國，為促進中阿友好貢獻力量。

習近平表示，我讀了你們每個人的信，從字裏行間、畫裏畫外感受到了大家對中國文化的熱愛，對兩國友好的期盼。5年前，我同穆罕默德總統共同啟動阿聯酋中文教學“百校項目”，如今看到“學中文”在阿聯酋已經成為一種新風尚，培養了一批像你們這樣的中阿交流小使者，我很欣慰。

習近平指出，你們在信中説，中國和阿聯酋“手拉手”40年了，希望中阿永遠是好朋友，中國人民也抱有同樣的願望。青少年代表著中阿友好關係的未來。歡迎你們來中國看熊貓、登長城，長大後到中國讀大學，也歡迎更多的阿聯酋青少年學習中文、了解中國，同中國的青少年交流交心、互學互鑒，把友誼的種子根植在心裏，為開創中阿關係更加美好的明天貢獻力量。

2019年7月，在習近平主席和時任阿聯酋阿布扎比王儲穆罕默德共同見證下，中阿雙方在北京簽署備忘錄，正式啟動阿聯酋中文教學“百校項目”。截至目前，阿聯酋已有171所學校開設中文課程，7.1萬名學生學習中文。近日，阿聯酋“百校項目”示範校哈姆丹學校和亞斯學校40名中小學生代表分別用中文致信習主席，表達對中國文化的嚮往和熱愛，立志做中阿友好的使者。

Xi replies to letters from student representatives of Chinese language education project in UAE

BEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has recently replied to letters from student representatives of the "Hundred Schools Project" of Chinese language education in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), encouraging them to master the language and know China, and contribute to promoting friendship between the two countries.

"I have read each letter from you," Xi said in his reply, "from the lines and drawings, I felt all your love for Chinese culture and your expectation for friendship between the two countries."

Xi recalled that five years ago, he and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan jointly launched the "Hundred Schools Project" of Chinese language education in the UAE.

"Now seeing that learning Chinese has become a new trend in the UAE, and a group of little ambassadors for China-UAE exchanges, like you, have been cultivated, I'm very pleased," Xi said.

"In your letters, you say China and the UAE have 'held hands' for 40 years, and hope that our two countries will always be good friends," Xi noted, "the Chinese people also share the same wish."

Noting that the youth represents the future of the China-UAE friendship, Xi welcomed the students to visit China to see the pandas and climb the Great Wall, and study at Chinese universities when they grow up.

The Chinese president also welcomed more UAE teenagers to learn Chinese and know more about China, hoping that they and their Chinese counterparts can exchange with and learn from each other, planting the seeds of friendship in their hearts, and contributing to a better future for China-UAE relations.

In July 2019, witnessed by Xi and Sheikh Mohamed, then crown prince of Abu Dhabi of the UAE, the two countries signed a memorandum in Beijing, officially launching the "Hundred Schools Project" of Chinese language education in the UAE.

Up to now, there are 171 schools in the UAE offering Chinese language courses, with 71,000 students learning Chinese.

Recently, 40 elementary and middle school student representatives from two demonstration schools of the "Hundred Schools Project," the Hamdan Bin Zayed School and the Yas School in the UAE, wrote letters respectively to Xi in Chinese, expressing their longing and love for Chinese culture and their aspirations to be ambassadors of the China-UAE friendship. ■