China and asean countries are connected by mountains and rivers. They are good neighbors, good friends and good partners. Recently held in vientiane Laos China's 25th anniversary of china-asean dialogue relations of the summit, China emphasized that wants to be a priority to education and tourism cooperation, cultural exchanges and cooperation to build into the new relations between China and asean. Along with the continuous development of china-asean relations to deepen, the china-asean education exchanges and cooperation are set up for the people of both sides is intimate friends the bridge, for China and asean "diamond" ten years of cooperation of energy.
Students from both sides will break through "double 100,000"
September is the beginning of the school season, and Chen chunsheng from Vietnam's qinghua province is on his way to study in China. "Although it is the first time to go to China, the teachers of guangxi national normal university and my teacher in Vietnam have already docked. Well begun is half done, and I am confident that I will start studying abroad in China. "Chen said to our reporter.
While more and more asean students are studying in China, many Chinese students also choose to study in asean countries. Some universities in China that offer courses in the language and culture of asean countries also send students to the countries of the country for joint cultivation.
In Thailand, xie fangxin, from yunnan, China, is a junior at Chiang mai university, where she will study for 10 months. "The curriculum of the school is diversified and the humanities are the main ones. Studying in Thailand gives me a chance to learn and experience Thai culture at a close distance, which is very helpful for future employment." Xie fangxin told our reporter.
Chen chunsheng and xie fangxin are a microcosm of the two-way growth of china-asean education. According to the data, in 2015, there were 180,000 Chinese and asean students studying in asean, among which, the number of students from China to asean was more than 120, 000. According to the plan, by 2020, the number of chinese-asean foreign students will be more than 100,000.
In order to attract more outstanding students from asean countries to study in China, China is forming a third-level scholarship network for national, local and tertiary institutions. In addition to the scholarships offered by the Chinese government, the provinces of guizhou and guangxi also set up scholarships for students from asean countries and provide them with a good learning environment. In addition, some colleges and universities also offer preferential measures for students from asean countries.
"In view of the increasing frequency of education exchanges between the two sides, the plan to break the 'double 100,000' by the china-asean exchange students in 2020 is expected to be realized in advance." Yang xiuping, secretary-general of the china-asean center, expressed confidence.
The diamond decade has created a demand for diverse talents.
China established a dialogue relationship with asean in 1991 and promoted the dialogue to a strategic partnership in 2003. In 2013, the cooperation between China and asean entered the "diamond decade" from "golden decade". China has been asean's largest trading partner for seven consecutive years, and asean has been China's third largest trading partner for five consecutive years.
With the rapid development of china-asean economic and trade cooperation, the demand for talents has been diversified and high-end. More and more students from asean countries come to China, not only to learn the language itself, but also major in economics, finance and international trade. Many of them are active in the fields of bilateral trade, investment and tourism.
"An Indonesian student from our school was hired by a local hotel as a deputy general manager when he came back from school." Chen guichao, assistant principal of guilin tourism college, told the newspaper that the school received 160 asean students in 2015. As the tourism industry is the pillar industry of many asean countries, with the arrival of a large number of Chinese tourists, senior tourism talents with Chinese language and cultural background are very popular.
Southeast Asia has been an important hub of the maritime silk road since ancient times. Along with the advancement of "area", the old railway, China railway, and high iron and other large projects in promoting industrial level of asean countries increased at the same time, also create new jobs.
In the context of global integration, education has a unique mission in the process of promoting One Belt And One Road, said CAI xiande, President of Raman university in Malaysia. The construction of One Belt And One Road requires a large number of professional talents, which puts forward new requirements for education development of countries along the routes.
Let more people benefit from education exchanges and cooperation.
Also in the beginning of the school year, wu hongjuan, a volunteer teacher from China, dragged her suitcase for the first time to teach at shunhua foreign languages university in central Vietnam. "I am from guangxi, and my hometown is closer to the asean countries," she told the newspaper. I will carefully teach my Vietnamese students to learn Chinese and become the ambassadors of china-vietnam friendship and china-asean friendship. Speaking of this, wu hongjuan, who was on the stage for the first time, said that the pressure was very high, but she was very motivated.
Thailand's former deputy prime minister, Thailand in power, Mr Lang west, the association's chairman, said the people-to-people and cultural exchanges have become a highlight of relations between China and asean, and the two sides is an important component of the friendly relations and cooperation. We should strengthen people-to-people and cultural exchanges and continue to promote and deepen the friendly and cooperative relations between China and asean countries.
As the china-asean education communication annual work consultation was held in Bangkok, Thailand earlier this year, the curtain of the china-asean education exchange year was opened. Based on the design education exchange years and is expected to nearly 300 event will be held throughout the year, major cities throughout China and asean countries, let both sides more people a chance to benefit from the exchanges and cooperation in education.
In addition to organizing the face-to-face exchanges between young people in China and asean countries, China and asean have also mapped the future education cooperation. China will set up a china-asean maritime silk road scholarship and will provide 1,000 scholarships to the 10 asean countries next year. In August this year, the second china-asean education ministerial roundtable was held in guiyang, China, and adopted the china-asean education cooperation action plan (2016-2020). This is the first education exchange and cooperation plan between China and asean, covering basic education, education, professional education, student exchange, think tank cooperation and other fields.
From the case to the practical, from single to two-way, the top design, from the folk spontaneous to china-asean education exchanges and cooperation is closer to the hearts of the younger generation, promote cultural exchanges between the two sides level, strengthen friendly public opinion based on both sides.
In the first half of this year, guangxi university of electronic science and technology recruited nearly 500 students from asean countries. Dong huihua, a teacher at the school's international student administration center, is often busy at four or five in the morning. Dong Huihua in an interview with our reporter said that an increasing number of asean countries students to China to study life, close to experience China, reading Chinese, as the younger generation, they will become the most active to promote the development of china-asean relations continue factor.
中国和东盟国家山水相连，是好邻居、好朋友、好伙伴。近日在老挝万象举行的中国-东盟建立对话关系25周年纪念峰会上，中方强调，要以教育和旅游合作为优先方向，将人文交流合作打造为中国与东盟关系新支柱。伴随着中国-东盟关系的不断发展深化，中国-东盟教育交流合作正为双方人民架起连心桥，为中国-东盟“钻石十年”的合作注入新动力。
双方互派留学生将突破“双十万”
9月正是开学季，来自越南青化省的陈春胜即将启程去中国留学。“虽是第一次去中国，但广西民族师范学院的老师和我在越南的老师已经对接上。好的开端是成功的一半，我对即将在中国开始的留学生活充满信心。”陈春胜对本报记者说。
在越来越多的东盟国家学生到中国留学的同时，很多中国学生也选择到东盟国家留学。中国一些开设东盟国家语言文化专业课程的院校，还将学生送到对象国，进行联合培养。
在泰国，来自中国云南的谢芳馨正在清迈大学读大三，她将在这里学习交流10个月。“学校课程设置多样，以人文类为主，来泰国留学让我有机会近距离了解和体验泰国文化，对将来就业很有帮助。”谢芳馨告诉本报记者。
陈春胜、谢芳馨是中国-东盟教育交流双向增长的一个缩影。数据显示，2015年中国-东盟互派留学生达18万人次，其中以中国赴东盟的留学生居多，约12万人次。按照计划，到2020年，中国-东盟互派留学生人数将双双超过10万人次。
为吸引更多东盟国家优秀学生来华深造，中国正形成国家、地方、高校三级奖学金网络。除中国政府提供的奖学金外，贵州、广西等省区还专门设立东盟国家留学生奖学金，并为他们提供良好的学习生活环境。此外，一些高校也为东盟国家留学生提供减免学费等优惠措施。
“鉴于双方教育交流日趋频繁，2020年中国-东盟互派留学生突破‘双十万’的计划有望提前实现。”中国-东盟中心秘书长杨秀萍信心满满地表示。
“钻石十年”催生多样化人才需求
中国与东盟1991年建立对话关系，2003年将对话关系提升为战略伙伴关系。2013年，中国与东盟的合作从“黄金十年”步入“钻石十年”。中国连续7年成为东盟第一大贸易伙伴，东盟连续5年成为中国第三大贸易伙伴。
中国-东盟经贸合作取得飞跃性发展，对人才的需求呈现出多样化、高端化趋势。越来越多的东盟国家留学生来中国，不再局限于学习语言本身，还主修经济、金融、国际贸易等专业。他们中很多人留学归国后，活跃在双边贸易、投资、旅游等领域。
“我们学校一名印尼留学生毕业回国后，立即被当地一家酒店聘为副总经理。”桂林旅游学院校长助理陈贵超告诉本报记者，该校2015年接收了160名东盟国家学生。由于旅游产业是东盟多个国家的支柱产业，随着大批中国游客的到来，有汉语语言文化背景的高级旅游人才非常抢手。
东南亚地区自古以来就是“海上丝绸之路”的重要枢纽。随着“一带一路”建设的推进，中老铁路、中泰铁路、雅万高铁等大项目在促进提升东盟国家工业化水平的同时，也创造出新的就业岗位。
马来西亚拉曼大学校长蔡贤德认为，在全球一体化的时代背景下，在推进“一带一路”建设进程中，教育承担着独特的使命。“一带一路”建设需要大量的专业人才，这对沿线国家的教育发展提出了新的要求。
让更多民众在教育交流合作中受益
同样是在开学季，中国汉语教师志愿者吴红娟拖着大行李箱，第一次到越南中部顺化外国语大学执教。她告诉本报记者：“我是广西人，家乡和东盟国家距离更近。我会悉心教好我的越南学生，让他们学好汉语，成为促进中越友好、中国-东盟友好的使者。”谈到这里，第一次正式登上讲台的吴红娟表示，压力很大，但动力十足。
泰国前副总理、泰中友协会长功·塔帕朗西表示，人文交流已成为中国与东盟关系的一大亮点，也是双方友好合作关系的一个重要组成部分。加强人文交流，可以持续推动和深化中国与东盟国家的友好合作关系。
随着今年年初中国-东盟教育交流年工作磋商会在泰国曼谷举行，中国-东盟教育交流年的大幕徐徐开启。根据教育交流年的设计方案，预计全年将举行近300项活动，遍及中国和东盟各国主要城市，让双方更多民众有机会在教育交流合作中受益。
除了组织中国与东盟国家的年轻人、业内人士进行面对面交流，中国与东盟还绘制了未来教育合作的路线图。中方将设立“中国-东盟海上丝绸之路奖学金”，明年将面向东盟十国提供1000个奖学金名额。今年8月在中国贵阳举行的第二届中国-东盟教育部长圆桌会议，通过了《中国-东盟教育合作行动计划（2016-2020）》。这是中国与东盟之间首个教育交流合作5年行动计划，内容覆盖基础教育、高等教育、职业教育、学生交流、智库合作等多个领域。
从务虚到务实，从单一到双向，从民间自发到顶层设计，中国-东盟教育交流与合作正拉近双方年轻一代的心灵距离，提升双方人文交流的水平，夯实双方友好的民意基础。
广西桂林电子科技大学今年上半年招录了近500名东盟国家留学生，连日来，这里迎来东盟国家留学生报到高峰。该校留学生管理中心教师董惠华经常忙到清晨四五点。董惠华在接受本报记者采访时表示，越来越多的东盟国家学生到中国学习生活，近距离感知中国、解读中国，作为年轻一代，他们将成为促进中国-东盟关系持续发展的最活跃因子。
中国与东盟的双向教育交流蓬勃发展，正为双方关系发展提供更多智力支撑和人才支持，也将为共同建设更加紧密的中国-东盟命运共同体做出重要贡献。
