中国第一夫人彭丽媛周五在北京设茶会款待德国总统夫人埃尔克·比登本德，旨在展示北京的软实力，促进双边关系更加紧密。
Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan hosted her German counterpart, Elke Buedenbender, in Beijing on Friday for a tea reception in a bid to showcase Beijing’s soft power and foster closer bilateral ties.
据官方通讯社新华社报道，彭丽媛强调了中国与德国在教育、文化等领域的丰富合作。
Peng stressed the rich cooperation with Germany in areas including education and culture, according to official news agency Xinhua.
她还表示，希望两国人民“更多互访，不断加深相互了解，并增进更密切的人文……”
She also expressed hope that people from the two countries would “visit each other more often, continuously deepen mutual understanding and foster closer people-to-people...