Vice President Xie Yuan met with the delegation led by Mr. Greg Hughes, speaker of the House of Utah Representatives.

Vice President Xie extended warm welcome to Speaker Hughes’s second visit to China this year, highly appreciated the efforts made by him and the State of Utah for developing the friendly ties with China. Vice President Xie said, Chinese local governments and our people cherish the friendship with Utah and hope our two sides could maintain this good momentum, further deepen the cooperation and exchanges in various fields, make contributions to a healthy and sustainable bilateral relationship.

Speaker Hughes said that the current U.S.-China relationship was not as good as before. However, Utah has been enjoying long-lasting friendship with China. He believes that through our joint efforts, we will get through the tough times eventually. Utah would like to lead as an example among all states in the U.S. to carry out friendly cooperation with Chinese local governments. 

Mr. Brad Herbert, son of the Governor of Utah Gary Herbert, made a speech on behalf of his father, declaring the day of October 11th as “Utah-China Friendship Day”. He said that Utah attaches great importance to cooperating with China. The State of Utah, as a reliable friend of China in the U.S. , wishes to further enhance the friendly ties with Chinese local governments, extend cooperation fields and achieve win-win development.