艾奥瓦州老朋友河北行①丨马斯卡廷对华友好委员会主席：年轻人会成为我们两国友好关系的未来
长城网·冀云客户端讯（记者赵博轩实习生李石米雯婷）7月1日至7月3日，艾奥瓦州老朋友代表团来到河北进行友好交流活动。今年是河北与艾奥瓦州缔结友好省州的40周年。老朋友代表团一行先后到石家庄和雄安新区，进学校、访乡村、乘游船、赏美景，感受河北的发展活力。几十年来，艾奥瓦州老朋友为推动两省州友好合作关系发展作出了积极贡献，带动越来越多的艾奥瓦州民众参与到双方的友好交往中，友谊的火炬在两省州人民手中代代传承。
马斯卡廷对华友好委员会主席丹·斯泰恩说到：“在教育领域，石家庄外国语学校的一些学生将于今年秋天来到艾奥瓦州，然后我们也会让一些学生来中国。这些年轻人了解彼此的国家和文化，是我们两国友好关系的未来。”
FromJuly1toJuly3,adelegationof"oldfriends"fromIowa,theUnitedStatesvisitedHebeiProvince.Thisyearmarksthe40thanniversaryoftheestablishmentoffriendlyrelationshipbetweenHebeiandIowa.ThedelegationvisitedShijiazhuangandXionganNewArea,wheretheytouredschools,visitedvillages,tookboatrides,andenjoyedthebeautifulscenery,experiencingthevibrantdevelopmentofHebei.Fordecades,oldfriendsfromIowahavecontributedtothedevelopmentofcooperationbetweenHebeiandIowa,encouragingmorepeoplefromIowatoparticipateinthefriendlyexchanges.Thetorchoffriendshiphasbeenpasseddownthroughgenerations.
"Forexample,ineducation,someofthestudentsfromthatschool(ShijiazhuangForeignLanguageEducationGroup)willcometoIowaatthisfall,andthenwe'llhavesomeofourstudentscometoChina.So,theseyoungpeoplearelearningabouteachother'scountriesandcultures.Thentheycanbeleadersinthefuturefortherelationsbetweenourtwocountries,"saidDanStein,ChairmanoftheMuscatineChinaInitiativeCommittee.