艾奥瓦州老朋友河北行④丨艾奥瓦州友好委员会董事：河北有很多新发展新建设 整个省份充满活力
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。
艾奥瓦州友好委员会董事卢卡·贝隆说到：“看到雄安新区从构思到实现的整个过程非常惊讶。河北省的其他方面也都很好，有很多新发展和新建设，整个省份充满了活力。”
FromJuly1toJuly3,adelegationof"oldfriends"fromIowa,theUnitedStatesvisitedHebeiProvince.Thisyearmarksthe40thanniversaryoftheestablishmentoffriendlyrelationshipbetweenHebeiandIowa.ThedelegationvisitedShijiazhuangandXionganNewArea,wheretheytouredschools,visitedvillages,tookboatrides,andenjoyedthebeautifulscenery,experiencingthevibrantdevelopmentofHebei.Fordecades,oldfriendsfromIowahavecontributedtothedevelopmentofcooperationbetweenHebeiandIowa,encouragingmorepeoplefromIowatoparticipateinthefriendlyexchanges.Thetorchoffriendshiphasbeenpasseddownthroughgenerations.
"Obviouslytodayhasbeenabsolutelyincredibletoseetheprogressthathasbeendonefromconceptiontorealization.EverythingelseinHebeiProvincelooksgreatincludingalotofnewdevelopment,newconstruction,andvibrantenergyabouttheprovince,"saidLucaBerrone,BoardMemberofIowaSisterStatesCommittee.