The 2025 China–US Youth Choir Festival opened on 10 July in Fuzhou, the capital of China’s Fujian Province, bringing together about 1,000 young singers from roughly two dozen choirs in each country. Organisers said the week-long event, held under the banner “Singing for Peace,” aims to strengthen people-to-people ties at a time of political friction between the world’s two largest economies. Vice-Chairman Zhang Qingwei of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee told attendees that the festival builds on the historical links between Fuzhou’s Kuliang area and early 20th-century American residents, urging participants to ‘write a new chapter of friendship’. The gathering is co-hosted by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the Fujian provincial government. U.S. ensembles, including Utah’s One Voice Children’s Choir and choirs from Chicago and Tacoma, joined Chinese groups such as the Yuying Choir of Fuzhou No.16 Middle School for joint performances of the song “Kuliang! Kuliang!”. Beyond concerts, singers will stage flash mobs, visit campuses and take part in community exchanges across the city. Organisers and performers said the collaboration illustrates how cultural projects can soften geopolitical headwinds by highlighting shared interests among younger generations.