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From July 27 to 28, President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of the 31st Summer Universiade in Chengdu and hold a welcome banquet and related bilateral activities for foreign leaders who come to China to attend the opening ceremony and visit.
The Universiade is a global youth sports event and an important platform for cultural exchange.
"Strive for excellence and become ambassadors of friendship between the two peoples"
On November 16, 2018, the Butuka School in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, which was built with China's assistance, was officially opened.
"Match friendship, match level"
On June 8, 2018, Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin watched the Sino-Russian youth ice hockey friendly match at the Tianjin Stadium. The two kicked off the game together in the middle circle of the ice rink. Xi Jinping and Putin took photos and talked cordially with the young players, encouraging them to unite and work hard, to meet friends with the ball, to show friendship, to improve the level of the game, and to become good friends and partners through learning and exchanges, and to be successors to the cause of Sino-Russian friendly cooperation.
"Becoming good friends and partners"
He expressed to the ball players that you are the hope for the development of the football industry between China and Germany, and also the successors of the friendly cooperation between the two countries. I hope you can carry forward the spirit of unity and hard work, learn and exchange football skills, and become good friends and partners.
"There may be many names for future world champions here"
At the welcome banquet held by President Ninisto and his wife, Chinese and Finnish ice and snow athletes who had just participated in the World Figure Skating Championships presented sportswear to the couple of the two heads of state.
"This is what Cuju used to be."
He introduced, "This is what we gave you. This is what Cuju used to be."
On that day, he also took selfies with Manchester City star Aguero at the event venue, creating a relaxed atmosphere. This selfie later became popular on Twitter and was referred to by British media as "Aguero uploading one of the most surreal selfies in history.".
"How much is the transfer fee?"
In July 2014, when Xi Jinping visited Argentina, he was given a top Argentine football club Boca Juniors No. 10 uniform. Earlier, the Argentine Congress had presented Xi Jinping with the No. 10 uniform of the Argentine national team, so he humorously asked: "How much is the transfer fee?"
"You have many fans in China"
In March 2014, Xi Jinping paid a state visit to the Netherlands at the invitation of King Willem-Alexander of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. When attending the opening ceremony of the China-Netherlands Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum, Xi Jinping praised the Dutch team as the "uncrowned king" of world football and won applause and laughter.
At the state banquet arranged by the king, the legendary Dutch goalkeeper Van der Sar was also invited to attend.
"I enjoy sports such as swimming and mountain climbing."
In February 2014, Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, creating a precedent for Chinese heads of state to attend large-scale international sports events abroad.
In an interview with Russian television, Xi said, "Speaking of sports, I like swimming, mountain climbing and other sports, and I learned swimming 4. I was five years old. I also like football, volleyball, basketball, tennis, martial arts and other sports. In ice and snow events, I love ice hockey, speed skating, figure skating and snow skills."
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