Ambassador Masood Khalid and President China Association for Higher Education Mr. Du Yubo agree to strengthen bilateral educational linkages

January 29,2018

Mr. Masood Khalid, Ambassador of Pakistan to China met President China Association for Higher Education (CAHE) Mr. Du Yubo on 29 January 2018 at the Ministry of Education.
 
During the meeting, Ambassador Masood Khalid expressed satisfaction over the cooperation in education sector. He noted that academic exchanges between the Chinese and Pakistani universities at the scholars and expert level are an important component of bilateral relations and the frequency of exchanges needs to be increased. Ambassador highlighted that the cultural and educational corridors complement the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
 
Mr. Du agreed with Ambassador’s proposals to strengthen academic exchanges and vowed to make efforts to further deepen the cooperation in education sector. He also briefed the Ambassador on the progress of the CPEC Universities Consortium established last year. He also invited the Ambassador to attend to attend the China Higher Education Expo, the 2nd Annual Conference of the CPEC Universities Consortium in Zhejiang University and the Inaugural Meeting of the Belt and Road Research Center of CAHE in Yunnan University.
 
Both sides agreed to intensify the cooperation in the education sector and promote university to university linkages and academic interaction.