On January 1, 2025, President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan sent a New Year card in return to representatives of high school teachers and students in the U.S. State of Washington, extending their New Year wishes and saying that 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. During the Second World War, China and the United States fought together for peace and justice, and the friendship between the two peoples stood the test of blood and fire and is growing ever stronger. Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan expressed their hope that the youth of China and the United States will continue to actively participate in the initiative of inviting 50,000 young Americans to China on exchange and study programs in the next five years, strengthen exchanges and interactions, enhance mutual understanding, carry forward traditional friendship, and contribute to the development of China-U.S. relations and world peace.

Earlier, representatives of teachers and students from the U.S.-China Youth and Student Exchange Association, Lincoln High School and Stadium High School, all in the U.S. State of Washington, who had participated in the "50,000 in five years" initiative to visit China, sent a New Year card to President Xi Jinping and his wife and all Chinese people. More than 100 teachers and students signed the card. Teachers and students wrote in Chinese on the card: "Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the 80th anniversary of the World Anti-Fascist War. Embracing the New Year, long live peace, and may China-U.S. friendship last forever!"