Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Jianchao announces:

At the invitation of the Governments of Hungary and Bulgaria, about 100 primary and middle-school students from Wenchuan quake-hit areas of China will visit the two countries respectively for recuperation from August 4 to 25.

Among the first countries establishing diplomatic relations with China, Hungary and Bulgaria both maintain traditional friendship with China. Inviting students from quake-hit areas for recuperation fully demonstrates the friendship of people in the two countries towards the Chinese people, and we express our appreciation and gratitude to that. We believe the recuperation tour will further enhance the mutual understanding and friendship between the people especially the youth of China and the two countries, enrich China-Hungary and China-Bulgaria friendly and cooperative relations, and further promote the development of the bilateral relations between China and the two countries.