The Eighth China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week is held in Guiyang.
The Eighth China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week kicked off on Aug. 3 in Guiyang, the capital of China's Southwest Guizhou province. Tong Shijun, Chairman of ECNU’s University Council, attended the opening ceremony.
Education Cooperation Week, one of China's most important social functions with ASEAN, has been held in the city seven times since 2008. Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong and Cambodia Deputy Prime Minister Sok An expressed congratulations and well-wishes for the Week in their opening ceremony addresses.
The China-ASEAN Education and Training Alliance is founded.
At the ceremony, the China-ASEAN Education and Training Alliance was founded. The Alliance will act as a platform to explore new approaches toward conducting cooperation in education and share experiences in nurturing talent, while forging closer bilateral ties with ASEAN. It will also serve as a catalyst for further involvement in the One Belt and One Road initiative, which was launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Tong and other leaders of 30 Chinese universities unveiled the plaque of the Alliance with UNESCO’s Deputy Director-General Getachew Engida, as well as Sok An, Yuan Guiren, Chinese Education Minister Yuan Guiren, and Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Qian Hongshan.
Tong delivers a speech on ECNU’s cooperation with ASEAN universities.
At the China-ASEAN Education & Training Cooperation Forum, Tong delivered a keynote speech on ECNU’s cooperation with ASEAN universities. According to Tong, more than 500 overseas students at ECNU are from ASEAN universities, and ECNU will further its exchanges and collaborations with ASEAN universities in the future to ensure additional contributions are made to the development of ASEAN countries.
