Harvard to train more Chinese officials

Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), a renowned public policy research institution, is stepping up cooperation with China to train more public administration elites for the world's most populous country.

HKS recently renewed an agreement with Tsinghua University to train Chinese government officials in management skills at Harvard, the latest step in the university's efforts to establish a foothold in China. The original agreement was signed in 2002 to let Chinese officials spend six weeks in the US and four at the Kennedy School.

In addition, the school is cultivating other programs to bring senior Chinese officials to the US for a semester. "We are going to extend a number of our executive education programs," HKS Dean David Ellwood said.