On January 17, 2024, President Xi Jinping wrote a reply letter to representatives of Kenyan students and alumni at Beijing Jiaotong University, encouraging them to continue contributing to the friendship between China and Kenya and between China and Africa.

Xi Jinping pointed out that China and Kenya enjoy a time-honored friendship. The Belt and Road Initiative has turned the ideals of development and revitalization of China and Kenya into reality, and closely linked the well-being of the two peoples. The Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway is a flagship project and a successful example of China-Kenya Belt and Road cooperation. Xi noted that he is glad to see that they have bonded with China through this road to happiness and that they are witnesses, beneficiaries, and, more importantly, builders and disseminators of the China-Kenya and China-Africa friendship and cooperation.

Xi Jinping stressed that looking ahead, the magnificent picture of the Belt and Road Initiative and the grand blueprint of the China-Kenya comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership need to be realized by more promising young people like them. He expressed the hope that they can learn professional knowledge well, continue the traditional friendship, devote themselves to bilateral cooperation, tell well stories of China-Africa friendship, and make greater contributions to the building of a high-level China-Africa community with a shared future.

Recently, representatives of Kenyan students and alumni at Beijing Jiaotong University wrote a letter to President Xi Jinping, expressing their great pleasure in coming to China to learn railway operation and management knowledge. They expressed their hope to serve as a bridge of friendship between Kenya and China and contribute to enhancing friendship and cooperation between the two countries and building a community with a shared future for mankind.