Press Release: Education & culture: EU and China launch people-to-people dialogue

The European Union and China are taking their co-operation to a new level with the launch of a "people-to-people" dialogue covering education, culture, youth, research and multilingualism.

Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, and Liu Yandong, Chinese State Councillor, have signed a joint declaration in which the EU and China commit to strengthening contacts and exchanges between their peoples in order to deepen understanding and trust.

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European Commission: Speech/12/279: A year's good plans shall start with spring http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/279&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Speech/12/274: EU-China High-Level People-to-People Dialogue http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/274&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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