Belarus and China: new aspects of cooperation

4 сентября 2013

Member of Standing Committee of Political Bureau of Central Committee of Communist Party of China Liu Yunshan arrived in Minsk today. The development of the relations of the two countries and the intergovernmental cooperation was discussed in the Council of the Republic. Moreover, the agreement in the sphere of mass media was signed between the National State TV and Radio Company of Belarus and the Central Television of China.


Anastasia Bogomolova reports: One of the issues of the meeting was the development in the media sphere. Two holdings - CCTV of China and Belteleradiocompany of Belarus - signed a new cooperation agreement. A lot has been done since the first meeting of the heads of the companies: the project of the Belarusian radio in Chinese has been launched and the news office of the TV News Agency was opened in Beijing.


Gennady Davydko, Chairman of Belteleradiocompany: We are planning to hold a week of Chinese television in Belarus and a week of Belarusian television in China.


The development of telecommunications gives the opportunity to assist the development of the economies of the two countries. The IT sphere is the priority aspect of Belarusian-Chinese relations.


Another issue which was discussed is education. Belarusian higher education institutions are prestigious in China, thus the number of Chinese students in Belarus is growing. At the same time, China is in trend among Belarusian school graduates.


The education process is also aimed at cooperation. Specialists of the leading higher education institutions of China teach and after passing the courses, there is an opportunity to undertake an internship in China.