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UK’s PM arrives in China to promote education and trade
Theresa May has announced new education links with China as she arrives for a three-day visit to boost trade and investment after Brexit.
The initiative includes the extension of a Maths teacher exchange programme and a campaign to promote English language learning in China.
The UK prime minister has claimed her visit “will intensify the golden era in UK-China relations”.
The education deal includes:
- Extension of a maths teacher exchange programme for a further two years to 2020, enabling around 200 English teachers to visit China
- Joint training of pre-school staff in the UK and China
- Better information-sharing on vocational education
- The launch of an “English is GREAT” campaign to promote English language learning in China
- Education deals worth more than £550m, which it is claimed will create 800 jobs in the UK
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