Exchanges of young people contribute to friendship

Exchanges: Students vow to strengthen friendship When Sat Aslanbek watched a movie starring Chinese action star Jackie Chan on television at the age of 7, the Kazakh boy developed an interest in China and started to learn about the language, culture and history of the neighboring country. I expect to see more bridges of cooperation and exchanges established between people in China and Central Asian countries," he said. Nowadays, multifaceted and all-around people-to-people exchanges, especially among young people, between China and Central Asian countries epitomize their concerted efforts in building the Belt and Road Initiative based on equality, mutual benefit and win-win cooperation, he said. "As President Xi stressed in his letter, young people shoulder the responsibility to carry forward the friendly relations between China and Central Asian countries from generation to generation," said Saodat Nasirova, the Uzbek director of the Confucius Institute of Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies, the first Confucius Institute established in Central Asia. Ganiev said he believes that the people-to-people exchanges between China and Central Asian countries will certainly be facilitated when the leaders sit down and discuss practical cooperation during the upcoming China-Central Asia Summit.