Official praises engineering education

Engineering education in China has made a "significant contribution" to the country's economic takeoff, and online courses in the field are benefiting engineering students around the world, the head of UNESCO's International Center for Engineering Education said on Sunday.

Yuan Si, executive director of the center, said China has gradually built up a complete engineering education system and has trained many as it has developed its economy over the last few decades.

"China now has the world's largest engineering education system and has a huge reservoir of engineering talent," he said at the Second International Forum for Online Engineering Education, which was held in Beijing. The theme for this year was "No Boundaries: Promoting the Global Sharing of Online Engineering Education Resources".