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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) — The Forum of Foreign Alumni of Soviet and Russian Universities opened in Beijing on Tuesday, bringing together about 200 representatives from more than a dozen countries, including China, Bangladesh, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, and Mongolia.
Speaking at the forum's opening ceremony, Sergei Kramintsev, Minister-Counselor of the Russian Embassy in China, noted that Russian-Chinese educational contacts are on the rise, recalling that 2026-2027 have been declared the years of educational cooperation between Russia and China.
According to its statistics, approximately 66,000 Chinese citizens are studying in Russia, 56,000 of whom are pursuing undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs. Another 10,000 are taking preparatory language courses. Meanwhile, approximately 21,000-22,000 Russian students are studying in China at any one time each year.
The two-day forum aims to strengthen and expand the Russian language, cultural, and educational space abroad, develop international university cooperation, and establish direct contacts between representatives of ministries and departments in the fields of education and healthcare through the participation of graduates of Soviet and Russian universities, as well as leaders and members of alumni associations.
The event was organized by Rossotrudnichestvo and its representative office in China /Russian Cultural Center in Beijing/ together with the Tula State Pedagogical University named after L.N. Tolstoy. -0-
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