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.A., Australia, New Zealand, and the provinces of Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta of Canada,etc.; established regular consultation mechanism for educational exchanges at ministerial-level with New Zealand, Australia and U.S.A. 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, which were renewed and upgraded in 2007 and 2008 respectively. 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:
    The China-U.S. Fulbright Program;
    The U.S.-China Friendship Volunteers program;
    The China-U.S. E-Language Learning System;
    The China-Canada Scholar Exchange Program (CCSEP);
    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.
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: nearly 400,000 in the U.S., some 50,000 in Canada, around 100,000 in Australia, and nearly 30,000 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.
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 2008, donation made by these companies reached 8 billion RMB Yuan.