U.S.-IOWA-MUSCATINE-CHINA-SCHOLARS PROGRAM-SIGNING

(220423) -- MUSCATINE (U.S.), April 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Sarah Lande (1st L) and Wanxiang America Corporation President Ni Pin (C, Front) sign the agreement of the "Sarah and Roger Lande Scholars" Program in Muscatine, Iowa, the United States, on April 20, 2022. China's Wanxiang Group earlier this week renewed its scholars program with Muscatine, a city on the western bank of the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Iowa, with Chinese Ambassador to the United States Qin Gang as a witness. The "Sarah and Roger Lande Scholars" Program, signed on Wednesday, will act as a strong motivator for the Muscatine School District and Muscatine Community College students to choose Chinese as their first foreign language and to continue their Chinese language study beyond the district's "world language" requirement. (Xinhua/Xu Jing) TO GO WITH Feature: Renewing China-U.S. friendship on the Mississippi