China-Germany ties at a glance
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China started to send students to Germany in 1974.
The Goethe-Institute is Germany’s worldwide cultural institute. Established in 1988, its Beijing branch was the earliest overseas cultural organization in China.
The two countries signed a mutual recognition agreement on higher education qualifications in April, 2002, the first of its kind signed by China and a developed western country.
Germany is also China’s biggest partner in vocational education cooperation.
By the end of March 2018, there were 19 Confucius Institutes and six Confucius Classrooms in Germany.
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