President of the Edgar Snow Memorial Foundation Sidne Ward and Samuel Colin Maclean, a family member of American journalist Edgar Snow visited Xinhua News Agency in Beijing on Thursday, and they shared observations and reflections from the trip to China.

"As Edgar Snow was a journalist 90 years ago, to see journalism today in China and to connect is very important to us," said Ward when meeting with Xinhua President Fu Hua.

The guests were on a visit to China, during which they retraced Edgar Snow's journey to northwest China's areas including Shaanxi and Ningxia and attended an international symposium at Peking University (PKU) in Beijing themed on "Legacy of Edgar Snow: International Symposium on Contemporary Value and Inspiration to the World."

This year marks the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March by the Red Army under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and also the 90th anniversary of Snow's first visit to the CPC's Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia revolutionary base, which inspired his renowned work "Red Star Over China."

"I think he would be very surprised about the changes in the development of infrastructure of journalism in this country, but also the infrastructure generally of the country," said Maclean during his visit to Xinhua.

When meeting the guests, Fu said that Xinhua News Agency will continue to strengthen research on Snow under new circumstances, thoroughly explore and report on his historical contributions and contemporary influence, ensuring that the bridge of friendship built by Edgar Snow extends further and wider in the new era.