UK and China boost learning links 中英將加強(qiáng)教育合作

The internet can bring educational contacts

互聯(lián)網(wǎng)可加強(qiáng)教育領(lǐng)域的交流

The UK and China have signed a deal aimed at boosting education and training links.

Latest figures show an increase of 120% in the past year in the number of students wanting to come to the UK from China to study - from 655 to 1,445.

"Both countries realise the importance of the knowledge-based economy to our success and prosperity," said the Education and Employment Secretary, David Blunkett.

He was speaking after signing the agreement in Beijing with the Chinese Education Minister, Chen Zhili, during a five-day visit to China.

Chinese - Mandarin or Cantonese - is one of 11 non-European languages that English schools are allowed to teach under the national curriculum.

英國(guó)和中國(guó)簽署了一份旨在加強(qiáng)教育和培訓(xùn)方面合作的協(xié)議。

最新數(shù)字表明，去年想去英國(guó)學(xué)習(xí)的中國(guó)學(xué)生增長(zhǎng)了120%--從655增長(zhǎng)到1,445。

英國(guó)教育和就業(yè)大臣戴維-布倫基特說(shuō)：“雙方都認(rèn)識(shí)到以知識(shí)為基礎(chǔ)的經(jīng)濟(jì)對(duì)兩個(gè)國(guó)家的成功與繁榮的重要性”。

布倫基特是在與中國(guó)教育部長(zhǎng)陳至立在北京簽署協(xié)議后說(shuō)這番話的。他將在中國(guó)進(jìn)行為期5天的訪問(wèn)。

漢語(yǔ)－－普通話和廣東話－－是根據(jù)國(guó)家課程安排允許在英國(guó)學(xué)校教授的11門(mén)非歐洲語(yǔ)言之一。