Recently, Consul-General Dr Sun Zhaoyang met with the rowing team members of the University of Queensland. Deputy Consul-General Ms Li Suyun, Consul Mr Zhang Xianfeng, Vice-Consul Shi Haoyan, and Ms Sun Jie, the Strategy and Partnership Manager (Greater China) of UQ were present.

Dr Sun relayed President Xi Jinping’s reply to the team members, praising their contributions to the youth exchanges between China and Australia. He hopes that they would continue to help to deepen friendship between China and Australia in future.

The rowing team members all expressed that President Xi’s sincere and kind words in the reply greatly inspired them. They were very glad to have established a cross-border friendship with Chinese students through the competition and would continue to contribute their strength to consolidating the friendship between China and Australia.