On the initiative of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Uzbekistan, on the territory of the Second Beijing University of Foreign Languages on 22 January of this year in Beijing (PRC) was held the Uzbek-Chinese forum of hundred universities with the participation of 37 educational institutions of Uzbekistan and 110 universities of China. Representatives of relevant ministries and embassies of the two countries, as well as representatives of educational institutions spoke at the plenary session. Within the framework of the forum, the “Beijing Declaration on Cooperation between Higher Education Institutions of Uzbekistan and China” was announced.

Vice-Rector Professor Tony Zou of “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage made a presentation at the humanities section. In the final part of the forum, a ceremony of collective signing of memorandums of cooperation between educational institutions of PRC and Uzbekistan was organised.