Li, German leader make surprise visit to students

About 100 students and teachers from China and Germany were amazed to find that both the start and the end of the China-Germany Year of Language program included Premier Li Keqiang and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

On May 26, 2013, Li and Merkel met local students in Berlin at the launch ceremony of the program, an initiative meant to encourage peoples from both nations to study each other's language.

"It is such a great scene," said Anna Langkau, a 15-year-old 10th-grader from Germany who was almost overwhelmed by nervousness when shaking hands with the premier and the chancellor on Monday afternoon at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing.