In the letter, sent on January 27, Xi pointed out that Edgar and Helen Snow actively promoted the Chinese Gong He* (Gung Ho) movement of industrial cooperatives, and played an important role in establishing the Shandan Peili School in Gansu province.
The Chinese people, he added, bear in mind the contributions made by international friends, including the Snows, to China's revolution and construction, as well as their sincere friendship with the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese people.
The Chinese president said he highly appreciates the positive contributions made by the Helen Foster Snow family to the development of China-US relations over the years.
He expressed his hope that Foster and the foundation will continue to follow the example of the Snows and make new contributions to enhancing the friendship and cooperation between the Chinese and American people.
Foster recently wrote to Xi, recalling the contributions made by Helen Snow to enhancing people-to-people friendship between the United States and China.
He also vowed to carry forward her spirit of promoting friendship and cooperation between the people of the two countries and create a bridge for US-China people-to-people exchanges and interaction.
- Xinhua
* The Gung Ho (工合; pinyin: gōnghé; lit. “to work together”) movement was initiated in Shanghai by Edgar, Helen Foster Snow and others in 1937.
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