New Zealand minister visits Beijing-based education

On July 17, a group of officials from New Zealand visited JJL Overseas Education, a consultancy in the international education sector.

The delegation included Chris Hipkins, Minister of Education in New Zealand and Clare Fearnley, New Zealand's ambassador to China.

Chris Hipkins says the visit is part of efforts to strengthen the education relationship between the two countries.

The consultancy, founded in 1999, has built up partnerships with more than 2,000 educational institutes in New Zealand, the United States, Canada and other Western countries, according to Zhang Shijie, the CEO of the company.

This April, the agency set up a subsidiary in Auckland.