李克强总理老挝参观华文学校寮都公学
周五，李克强总理在老挝首都万象参观一所华文学校。华文学校寮都公学于1937年由当地华人筹资建造，现有学生2800多名，教授汉语和老挝语，提供从幼儿园到高中的课程。
VIENTIANE, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday visited a Chinese-language school in the Laotian capital of Vientiane.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (2nd L, front) visits the Lieutou Chinese School in Vientiane, Laos, Sept. 9, 2016. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)
The Lieutou Chinese School, founded in 1937 and financed by local Chinese, now hosts more than 2,800 students. It teaches both Chinese and Laotian and offers courses from kindergarten to high school.
The Chinese premier received a warm welcome on the campus, where students sang well-known Chinese songs and recited a poem that highlighted China-Laos friendship.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (C) visits the Lieutou Chinese School in Vientiane, Laos, Sept. 9, 2016.(Xinhua/Wang Ye)
Li also watched a group of students writing Chinese calligraphy and encouraged the youngsters to make contributions to the development of their countries and to the friendship between the two countries.
While meeting with a team of over 20 volunteer teachers from China, Li praised them for sowing the seed of friendship. He expressed the hope that the teachers will promote exchanges between the two peoples.
Li told the students and faculty that China and Laos enjoy strong mutual political trust, long-standing friendship, and close people-to-people and cultural exchanges.
Li arrived in Vientiane on Tuesday for a China-ASEAN leaders' meeting, a meeting between leaders of ASEAN nations and those of China, Japan and South Korea, and an East Asia Summit. He also made an official visit to Laos.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R, front) talks to a woman as he walks into a local shop in Vientiane, Laos, Sept. 9, 2016.(Xinhua/Wang Ye)
