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Education expo attracts 650 schools around the world

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-10-11 11:29

China Education Expo 2008 to open on October 18 has attracted 650 schools from 30 countries and regions, said the organizer on Friday.

The China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE) was the chief sponsor of the expo, which had the theme "Going Global for the Future".

Jiang Bo, secretary general of the CEAIE, said 300 schools of 14 countries, including Britain, Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Holland and Russia, would attend.

Canadian schools would feature as the "guest country group."

Great demand was attracting more foreign schools to the expo, Jiang said. The United States, Canada and Europe were the top three destinations for Chinese students.

Each year since 2002, more than 100,000 Chinese students had gone abroad and the number was thought to be around 200,000 this year.

The annual event was initiated by the CEAIE in 2000 and participants must be approved by their respective countries and regions.

Jiang said the two-day expo in Beijing would feature a forum on international education. The expo would tour six other cities and is expected to attract 100,000 people in total.