On 23 January of this year, the China-Uzbekistan Forum on Cooperation in Higher Education was held in Tiankai Higher Education Science and Innovation Park in Tianjin, China. The forum participants - representatives of universities of the two countries - heard the welcoming speech of Liu Yiman, Deputy Secretary of the Tianjin Education Working Committee, and Inomjon Majidov, Rector of the National University of Uzbekistan. On the host side, the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology and the Cultural Tourism Bureau presented their reports. Importantly, rectors of universities in Uzbekistan also made presentations on educational co-operation.

The final part of the event included a ceremony of signing memorandums of co-operation between higher education institutions of Uzbekistan and China, as well as a joint performance of Chinese and Uzbek students.