China-Russia International Education and Cooperation Union launched in Shandong

来源:sdchina.com 时间:2020-08-12 16:03:13

On August 11, Shandong-Russia Dialogue on Education Exchange and Cooperation and the inaugural meeting of China-Russia International Education and Cooperation Union was held in Jinan, capital of Shandong province. The event was co-hosted by the Foreign Affairs Office of Shandong Provincial People’s Government and Shandong Provincial Department of Education. It aims at building a high-end platform of friendship and cooperation between Shandong and Russia, and setting up a bridge for schools of both sides to carry out friendly exchanges.

Nearly 600 people from both China and Russia attended the event both offline and online, including leaders of 19 well-known universities, vocational colleges and middle schools in Russia, and leaders of 251 universities, vocational colleges, education bureaus and middle schools in Shandong province.

Deng Yunfeng, head of Shandong Provincial Education Department, said in his speech that the event is an innovative measure of educational exchange and cooperation between the two countries at the particular time of global pandemic, which is of great significance for further promoting the all-round educational exchange and cooperation between Shandong and Russia. Cai Xianjin, director of the Foreign Affairs Office of Shandong Provincial People's Government, pointed out in his speech that they would give full play to the advantages of their resources, continue to plan and hold educational exchange activities within the framework of "Meet at SCO summit", strive to provide a platform and opportunities for Shandong to conduct international cooperation in education, and consolidate the basis of public opinion for friendly exchange with SCO countries.

At the meeting, the China-Russia International Education and Cooperation Union was officially launched in the presence of Chinese and Russian representatives attending the meeting. The union is a non-profit organization jointly initiated by relevant universities, vocational colleges and middle schools in Shandong province and relevant schools in Russia, which aims to build a high-end platform for international education cooperation, gather high-quality educational resources from China and Russia, and play a positive role in promoting pragmatic cultural and people-to-people exchanges between China and Russia.

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