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International Education Exchange Event Slated for Capital

The 2002 International Education Cooperation Week (IECW), the largest international education cooperation and exchange event hosted in China since its entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO), will take place in Beijing from September 24-30.

It will include a Sino-US Education Cooperation Forum on September 25, followed by an International Education Exposition on 28. During the forum, a three-day event, Chinese and foreign officials and experts will discuss topics including strategies for China's higher education following its entry to the WTO; the management and development of universities; and remote-education and joint-venture schools the latter focusing on the development of private higher education, international cooperative education, the adjustment of China's educational policies and laws and other social issues.

The exposition will invite world renowned educational institutions such as Harvard University, the US Educational Foundation, the US Educational Testing Service, and the British and Australian embassies in China to give eight lectures on scholarship and university application; options for management training; TOEFL and its future development; and other topical issues.