President Xi Jinping has recently replied to a verbal message from the teachers and students of the U.S. youth pickleball cultural exchange delegation from Montgomery County, Maryland, who visited China under the initiative of inviting 50,000 young Americans to China for exchange and study programs in five years.

Xi Jinping congratulated the delegation on its successful visit to China, saying that he was pleased to see that pickleball has become a new bond for youth exchanges between China and the United States. The future of China-U.S. relations depends on the youth. Xi Jinping expressed his hope that the delegation members will become a new generation of envoys for friendship between the two countries and make greater contributions to enhancing friendship between the two peoples.

Earlier, teachers and students of the U.S. youth pickleball cultural exchange delegation from Montgomery County, Maryland, wrote a letter to President Xi Jinping to express their gratitude for the "50,000 in five years" initiative he put forward. They shared their experience of visiting China and engaging in pickleball exchanges in April this year, saying that they forged unforgettable friendships with Chinese youths during the trip. They expressed their hope to invite Chinese young people to visit the United States.