2024 China Education Tour Opens in Beijing
Publish Date: 2024-05-21 | Visits: 667
The 2024 China Education Tour, organized by China Education Association for International Exchange(CEAIE), commenced on May 20, 2024, in Beijing. LIU Limin, President of CEAIE, H.E. Mr. Sashko Nasev, North Macedonian Ambassador to China, and Ioan Vasile Abrudan, President of Transilvania University of Brașov, Romania, attended and delivered speeches at the opening event. ZHAO Gang, Vice President of Beijing Foreign Studies University, and Bozena Martel, Education Counsellor from the Embassy of Slovenia, were invited to attend the event. The opening event was moderated by FU Bo, Deputy Secretary-General of CEAIE.
In his speech, LIU Limin highlighted the achievements of CEAIE, which serves as the Chinese Secretariat of the China-Central and Eastern European Countries Higher Education Institutions Consortium(CCHEIC). CCHEIC now includes over 350 member institutions from both China and Europe. Since its establishment, it has held eight annual meetings with over a thousand participants in total. It has also established 11 Academic Networks focusing on various disciplines such as science, engineering, agriculture, and medicine, launched the "China-CEEC Education Cooperation Space Exhibition" and established the "China-CEEC Educational Exchange Porta". These efforts have fostered practical results in educational exchange and cooperation, promoting mutual understanding and development between China and Central and Eastern European countries. LIU Limin expressed his hope for colleagues from China and Central and Eastern European countries to continue to uphold the principles of pragmatic cooperation and mutual benefit to further contribute to the development of education in the future.
Sashko Nasev mentioned in his speech that North Macedonia places great importance on promoting pragmatic educational cooperation between China and Europe. He expressed hope that more young Chinese people will come to North Macedonia for exchange and study, fostering mutual learning between civilizations.
Ioan Vasile Abrudan, representing the European Secretariat of CCHEIC, thanked the organizers on behalf of all foreign participants. He emphasized their continued commitment to actively participating in and supporting pragmatic educational cooperation between China and Europe, and their role in promoting educational green development transformation.
The China-Central and Eastern European Countries Education Capacity Building Project (China Education Tour) was launched in 2019. It aims to help Central and Eastern European countries better understand China's political, economic, and social development, as well as its education reform and practices. By visiting educational administrative departments and various educational institutions, and through discussions with Chinese education experts and scholars, the project promotes mutual understanding and deep cooperation between China's and Central and Eastern European countries' educational sectors. To date, it has hosted nearly 50 representatives and diplomats from Central and Eastern European countries. This year, 18 representatives from educational administrative departments, research institutions, and universities from nine Central and Eastern European countries visited Beijing, Ningbo, and Hangzhou. They also attended the ninth meeting of the China-Central and Eastern European Countries Higher Education Institutions Consortium held in Ningbo on May 24.
(By the Department of International Cooperation)
