新华社美国得梅因4月24日电 24日，由美国艾奥瓦州友好委员会主办的习近平主席首次访问艾奥瓦州40周年纪念活动在得梅因市隆重举行。中国人民对外友好协会，河北省及石家庄市、正定县人民政府代表应邀出席，习近平主席在艾奥瓦州的老朋友及各界友好人士约150人出席活动。活动现场氛围热烈友好。

Des Moines, USA, April 24 (Xinhua Agency) -- The 40th anniversary of President Xi Jinping's first visit to Iowa, hosted by the Iowa State Friendship Committee of the United States, was ceremoniously held in Des Moines on April 24. Representatives of the Chinese People 's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the people' s governments of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang City, and Zhengding County were invited to attend the event, and about 150 of President Xi Jinping's old friends and friends from various circles in Iowa attended the event. The atmosphere at the event was warm and friendly.

与会各方深情回顾了习近平主席两次访问该州的温馨场景，一致表示，习近平主席40年前首次访问艾奥瓦州，播下了友谊的种子。40年来，在习近平主席长期亲自培育和推动下，以河北省和艾奥瓦州为代表的中美地方和民间交往取得丰硕成果。面向未来，双方应继续加强友城、青年、人文等领域交流合作，共同续写中美人民友好事业的新篇章。

The participants in the meeting fondly reviewed the warm scenes of President Xi Jinping's two visits to Iowa, and unanimously said that his first visit to Iowa 40 years ago sowed the seeds of friendship. Over the past 40 years, under the long-term cultivation and promotion of President Xi Jinping, China-US local and people-to-people exchanges, represented by Hebei Province and Iowa, have achieved fruitful results. Facing the future, the two sides should continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in such fields as friendly cities, youth and humanities, and jointly write a new chapter in the friendship between the Chinese and US people.

活动期间，河北省与艾奥瓦州青少年代表联袂奉献了精彩的文艺演出，举办了青少年交流图片展，非遗文化展等丰富多彩的配套活动。

During the anniversary, Hebei Province and young people 's representatives from Iowa State jointly presented wonderful artistic performances, and held a photo exhibition for youth exchange, an exhibition of intangible cultural heritage, and other varied supporting activities.