Uzbekistan and China’s Ministers of Education Discuss New Stages of Cooperation in Samarkand
2025-11-01 21:00:00 / News of ministry
During the meeting, the parties discussed expanding cooperation between the two countries in the fields of education, science, and innovation, particularly in promising areas such as engineering education, digital technologies, vocational training, and teacher preparation.
Qo‘ng‘irotboy Sharipov emphasized that Uzbekistan–China cooperation has taken on a consistent institutional character in recent years and provided information on the achievements made during 2024–2025. In particular, 29 joint educational programs have been launched between higher education institutions of the two countries, and the International Mathematical Center named after Muhammad al-Khwarizmi has been established at Urgench State University in cooperation with Peking University. The meeting also discussed plans to establish the Samarkand branch of Xi’an Petroleum University and an Engineering Innovation Laboratory in collaboration with the Beijing Institute of Technology.
The parties agreed to further develop the activities of the “Uzbek–Chinese Vocational Education Alliance,” expand the “Chinese Workshops” project across all regions, and strengthen cooperation in the field of digital education. Qo‘ng‘irotboy Sharipov also proposed taking practical steps to further promote the teaching of the Chinese language, as well as to train simultaneous interpreters and highly qualified linguists.
At the end of the meeting, both ministers agreed to elevate cooperation to a new stage and to advance concrete initiatives within the framework of the Second Uzbekistan–China Education Forum, which will be held in Tashkent on November 2–3.