Bonding through education and international diversity

Promoting people-to-people exchanges is high on the agenda of Chinese President Xi Jinping's ongoing visit to Australia as the two countries sign a series of agreements in a number of fields including education today.

In an article he wrote for Friday's Australian Financial Review newspaper, Xi cited Chinese students in Australia as evidence of vibrant exchanges between the two countries.

"China is the largest source of tourists for Australia while Australia is the second-largest destination of outbound Chinese students," Xi wrote. "In 2013 the mutual visits between our two countries exceeded 1.5 million, and more than 200,000 Chinese students are studying in Australia."