习近平复信匈牙利匈中双语学校学生

近日，国家主席习近平复信匈牙利匈中双语学校学生，鼓励匈牙利青少年更多了解中国，做传承发展中匈友好事业的使者。

习近平指出，我和夫人很高兴在兔年春节收到你们的来信，我还记得2009年在匈中双语学校同师生们交流的情景。得知你们长期坚持学习中文，立志为中匈友好作贡献，我为你们点赞。

习近平强调，中匈都有着悠久的历史和灿烂的文化，两国人民传统友好，人文交流日益密切。欢迎你们高中毕业后到中国读大学，也希望越来越多的匈牙利青少年喜欢上中文、学习中文，有机会到中国走一走、看一看，更多地了解当今中国和中国的历史文化，努力做传承发展中匈友好事业的使者。

匈中双语学校成立于2004年9月，是中东欧地区唯一一所使用中文和所在国语言教学的公立全日制学校，现有12个年级20个班，在校学生530余名。2009年10月，时任国家副主席习近平访问匈牙利期间，曾到匈中双语学校考察。今年春节前夕，该校学生胡灵月、宋智孝代表全校学生致信习近平主席和夫人彭丽媛教授，按照中国风俗拜年，讲述在校学习中文12年的感受，表达将来到中国上大学、为匈中友好作贡献的愿望。

Xi encourages Hungarian youths to learn more about China, become envoys of friendship

Chinese President Xi Jinping encouraged Hungarian youths to learn more about China and become envoys of the China-Hungary friendship in a recent reply letter.

In his reply to a letter from students of the Hungarian-Chinese bilingual school in the Central and Eastern European country, Xi said he and his wife were glad to hear from the Hungarian students during the Spring Festival of the Year of the Rabbit, and he still remembers chatting with teachers and students of the school in 2009.

Xi said he would like to give the students a thumbs-up upon hearing that the students have kept learning Chinese for a long time and are committed to making contributions to the China-Hungary friendship.

He emphasized that both China and Hungary have a long history and a splendid culture, and people of the two countries enjoy a traditional friendship and increasingly close cultural exchanges.

The students, Xi said, are welcomed to study in Chinese universities after graduation from high school, hoping that more and more Hungarian youths will love and study the Chinese language.

Xi also said that he hoped they have the opportunity to travel around the country, learn more about today's China as well as its history and culture, and strive to become envoys to carry forward and develop the China-Hungary friendship.

Founded in September 2004, the Hungarian-Chinese bilingual school is the only full-time school in Central and Eastern Europe that uses Chinese and the local language for instruction. Currently, the school has 12 grades and 20 classes with more than 530 students.

During his visit to Hungary in October 2009, Xi, who was then China's vice president, visited the school.

Before the Spring Festival, two students whose Chinese names are Hu Lingyue and Song Zhixiao, wrote a letter to Xi and his wife, Professor Peng Liyuan, on behalf of all students in the school, conveying their New Year's greetings. In their letter, they also spoke about what it felt studying Chinese in the school for 12 years, and expressed their willingness to study in Chinese universities and contribute to the Hungary-China friendship.