China will build 1,000 libraries and train 3,600 schoolmasters for the middle and elementary schools from poverty-stricken areas in central and west China over the next three years, according to an education aid program kicked off here Thursday.

Sponsored by China Mobile and the Ministry of Education, the program is designed to help improve the teaching level, school facilities and update management of middle and elementary schools in central and west China.

China Mobile, one of China's two major mobile service providers, donated 30 million yuan (3.75 million U.S. dollars) to initiate the program.