African professionals start legal studies program at Beijing university

More than 30 legal professionals from nearly 20 African countries started comprehensive Chinese legal courses at Beijing Foreign Studies University on Tuesday.

The studies are aimed at enhancing legal exchanges between China and Africa and providing further legal support amid deepening cooperation.

The African professionals are the first to undergo the one-month training on Chinese legal issues under the China-Africa Legal Professionals Exchange Project sponsored by the China Law Society and organized by the university's law school.