中国驻美大使谢锋在2026鼓岭论坛发表演讲：中美人文交流「5年10万」倡议再启新程
中国驻美国大使谢锋11月4日以视频方式出席2026鼓岭论坛并发表主旨演讲《传承百年鼓岭情缘 共谱中美友谊新篇》，回顾鼓岭情缘与马斯卡廷友谊等中美民间交往故事，并介绍两国元首今年9月国事访问期间提出的人文交流新倡议。演讲由中国驻美国大使馆官网于11月4日发布。
谢锋在演讲中说，「中美关系希望在人民，基础在民间，未来在青年，活力在地方」。他回顾说，1992年，时任福州市委书记的习近平从报纸上看到「鼓岭」的故事，促成加德纳夫人访华完成丈夫遗愿，「鼓岭情缘」自此成为中美人民友谊跨越重洋、世代相传的写照；1985年习近平率团访问艾奥瓦州、住在马斯卡廷民众家中的经历，也使马斯卡廷成为「友谊之城」。
谢锋介绍，2023年提出的中美青年交流「5年5万」倡议已提前两年半实现预期目标；今年9月习近平对美国事访问期间，进一步提出「5年10万」倡议，为中美青年交流提供新平台。他还提到，飞虎队老兵、马海德医生等「中美关系之友」的故事历久弥新，美国青少年以匹克球文化交流访华、One Voice儿童合唱团演唱《我们在一起》等新篇章接续涌现。
谢锋表示，今年是中美关系「大年」，两国元首在半年内实现历史性互访，多次共同强调促进人文交流的重要性；下阶段，两国元首还有望在亚太经合组织（APEC）领导人非正式会议、二十国集团（G20）峰会期间两度会晤。他呼吁新时代涌现更多「鼓岭之友」「中美关系之友」，把「高层握手」的重要共识转化为「跨洋牵手」的实际行动。
鼓岭位于中国福建省福州市，是19世纪末以来西方人士在华聚居与避暑之地，加德纳夫妇的故事即源于此；鼓岭论坛是围绕这一民间友好渊源举办的中美人文交流活动，本届论坛上谢锋以「云端」方式与会致辞。
（来源：中国驻美国大使馆）
Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng Addresses 2026 Kuliang Forum, Citing New Five-Year Youth Exchange Initiative
Xie Feng, China's ambassador to the United States, delivered a keynote speech by video on November 4 at the 2026 Kuliang Forum, titled "Carrying Forward a Century of Kuliang Bonds, Writing a New Chapter of China-U.S. Friendship." The speech, published the same day on the website of the Chinese Embassy in the United States, revisited the Kuliang story and the Muscatine friendship and outlined a new people-to-people exchange initiative announced during the state visit in September.
Xie said that "the hope of China-U.S. relations lies in the people, its foundation is in grassroots connections, its future depends on the youth, and its vitality comes from local exchanges." He recalled that in 1992, Xi Jinping, then Party secretary of Fuzhou, read the Kuliang story in a newspaper and helped Mrs. Gardner travel to China to fulfill her late husband's wish, making Kuliang an enduring symbol of friendship between the two peoples. Xi's 1985 visit to Muscatine, Iowa, where he stayed with a local family, likewise turned Muscatine into a "city of friendship," he said.
According to Xie, the "50,000 in five years" youth exchange initiative proposed in 2023 reached its target two and a half years ahead of schedule. During Xi's state visit to the United States in September, a new "100,000 in five years" initiative was put forward to expand platforms for youth exchanges. He also cited the Flying Tigers veterans and Dr. George Hatem (Ma Haide) as lasting examples of friendship, alongside newer chapters such as U.S. youth pickleball exchanges in China and the One Voice Children's Choir performing for Chinese audiences.
Xie called this year a landmark year for China-U.S. relations, noting that the two heads of state exchanged historic visits within six months and repeatedly stressed people-to-people exchanges. The two leaders are also expected to meet on the sidelines of the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting and the G20 Summit, he said, calling for more "friends of Kuliang" to turn high-level consensus into concrete cross-Pacific cooperation.
Kuliang, in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, was a hill resort where Western residents lived from the late 19th century; the story of Milton and Elizabeth Gardner originated there. The Kuliang Forum is a people-to-people exchange event built around that history, and Ambassador Xie addressed this year's forum remotely.
(Source: Chinese Embassy in the United States)
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