Hong Bopei, the new and charming American ambassador to China came to Nanjing on December2. This is Hong’s first business visit to Jiangsu since he took the office. “Sooner there would be more American overseas student in Nanjing.” Hong Bopei said to reporter in fluent Chinese. “Nanjing will be a more important point in the America-China relationship.”

Hong Bopei was quite interested in the photo exhibition of “Nanjing Memories in SINO-America Engagement”. He nodded and said: “It is nice!” while listening to the explanation. Hong spent more times in enjoying the poster introducing Nanjing Ming Dynasty city wall, American Flying Tigers, Pearl S. Buck and Leighton Stuart. “This content is good”, Hong Bopei said, “History didn’t lie. Nanjing is the best Model of Cooperation and Communication between China and America.”
 
Hong Bopei is a famous China hand in America. He is quite good at Chinese humor. Once he was making speech in Center for Chinese and American Studies, Nanjing University, Hong Yinixing, famous economist and secretary of the Party committee of Nanjing University hosted the conference. Hong Bopei said in Chinese at the very beginning: “Your secretary’s family name is ‘Hong’, so do I. We are the same ‘Hong’. So we are family members.” What he said received the audience smile and applauses.

Not long before, American president Barack Obama announced a big scale America-China communication project, which is sending 100,000 American youth to study in China in the next 4 years. Hong Bopei is a firm supporter of this project. He said: “I can not say how many students will come to Nanjing. But Nanjing is no doubt an important point in this project. Education is the base and the key point in the friendly cooperation between America and China. Nanjing will play an important role in the America-China cooperation and communication.”（Nanjing Daily）