Inner Mongolia, Mongolia agree to promote education cooperation

China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region and the Mongolian government signed an agreement on June 27 to promote educational and cultural exchanges between the two sides.

At a signing ceremony of a student exchange document, Hou Yuan, head of the education department of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, said the two countries have witnessed growing educational cooperation in recent years and Inner Mongolia is ready to promote exchanges with Mongolia in the coming days.

According to Mongolia's Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports, the agreement gives an opportunity to 150 Mongolian students to pursue higher education in Inner Mongolia and will further strengthen cooperation between the two sides.