Bridge role of people-to-people exchanges hailed

Friendly people-to-people exchanges can be conducive to states' relations, with talent exchanges and cooperation in particular serving as bridges and bonds for mutual learning among civilizations, said Zhang Jianguo, administrator of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs.

Zhang made the observations on Thursday in New York City at a ceremony celebrating the 30th anniversary of the founding of the New York office of the China Association for International Exchange of Personnel.