China to advance opening-up of education

China's Minister of Education Chen Baosheng on Oct 21 called for promoting the opening-up of education and introducing high-quality education resources from abroad.

Chen made the remarks at a high-level seminar on education held in Beijing.

Chen urged efforts to deepen people-to-people and cultural exchanges between China and other countries, encourage student mobility around the world, and reform the global education governance system.

China has become the largest source of international students in the world and Asia's largest destination for international students, Chen noted.

Chen called for strengthening high-end international technological exchanges and promoting integrated development of information technology and education, as well as deepening international cooperation in education.