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Educational
Exchanges between China and Countries
in the area of America and Oceania
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The American and Oceanian area is always one of
the priority areas for educational exchanges of China. Since the founding
of the People's Republic of China, especially after China's adoption
of the reform and open-up policy, friendly ties between China and
most countries in the American and Oceanian area have been moving
forward steadily, and the scale of educational exchanges and cooperation
is widening day by day.
Bilateral Intergovernmental
Agreements on Education Cooperation:
Presently, the Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE) has
signed agreements or memorandums of understanding on education exchanges
and cooperation with governments of the U.S., Australia, New Zealand,
and the provinces of Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta of Canada;
established regular consultation mechanism for educational exchanges
at ministerial-level with New Zealand and Australia. In 2003£¬the Arrangement
on Higher Education Qualifications Recognition between the Government
of the P. R. China and the Government of Australia and the Arrangement
on Mutual Recognition of Academic Degrees in Higher Education between
the Ministry of education of the P. R. China and the Ministry of Education
of New Zealand were signed. The MOE has also signed educational exchange
agreements with the Ministries of Education of Fiji and Republic of
the Marshal Island. In Latin America, the Chinese Government has signed
cultural and/or educational exchange agreements with 15 countries.
In accordance with these agreements or memorandums, China has been
conducting extensive exchanges with these countries in forms of exchange
of educational delegations, international students, scholarly visits
and educational resources; institutional exchanges, teaching of the
other party's language at home, and joint researches.
Intergovernmental Cooperative
Projects:
Government cooperative projects administered and coordinated
by DAOA include:
¡ò The Australia-China (Chongqing) Vocational
Education and Training Project (ACCVETP);
¡ò The China-Canadian Strengthening Capacity
in Basic Education in Western China Program (SCBEWC);
¡ò The China-U.S. Fulbright Program;
¡ò The U.S.-China Friendship Volunteers
program;
¡ò The China-U.S. E-Language Learning
System;
¡ò The China-Canada Scholar Exchange Program
(CCSEP);
¡ò The Australia Asia Award; andl The
China-New Zealand NZAID Scholarship.
Institutional Exchanges
Under the framework of the government agreements, higher
education institutions in China have been conducting a variety of
exchanges and cooperation with their counterparts in the American
and Oceanian area, and the contents of cooperation have evolved from
general academic exchange activities in the past to concrete exchanges
such as co-running of schools or academic programs today. The area
of America and Oceania is home to a host of profound quality educational
resources. By June 2004, of the 165 jointly-education programs that
issue foreign degrees approved by the State Academic Degree Committee
Administration of the State Council, 105 ones are cooperated with
foreign partners from the American and Oceanian area, accounting for
64% of the total number.
Cooperation with Multinational Companies
Through the active guidance, organization and coordination
of the MOE, internationally renowned multinationals, such as IBM,
SUN, Intel, CISCO, Motorola, Lucent, Texas Instrument, in the American
and Oceanian area have been supporting the teaching and research in
many Chinese schools and universities through the form of donation
of money, equipments, software and textbooks. By the end of 2003,
donation made by these companies reached 2.6 billion RMB Yuan.
Exchange of Students
Countries in the American and Oceanian area such as the
U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand are the major destinations
for Chinese citizens to study abroad. At present, according to incomplete
statistics, the number of Chinese students, regardless of the nature
and forms of their study, is as follows: over 64,800 in the U.S.,
some 54,000 in Canada, around 45,000 in Australia, and nearly 40,000
in New Zealand. The majority of these students are self-financed students.
In recent years, the number of foreign students coming to study in
China from the American and Oceanian area has been growing steadily.
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