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Slovenia, China to boost coop in sports and education

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Preparing for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, China has shown interest in boosting cooperation with Slovenia in sports and sports infrastructure.

Makovec Brenčič signed the memorandum on Friday with head of the General Administration of Sports of China Liu Peng, who is also the president of the Chinese Olympic Committee.

Before meeting with Peng, Makovec Brenčič also met with Chang Lizeng, the head of the Chinese national sports team, to present what Slovenia can offer in the area of sports infrastructure, such as the Planica Nordic Centre, and staff training, especially in winter sports.

"Slovenia has a wide range of skills and a rich tradition in winter sports, not just in its infrastructure, but also in education, coaching, training young athletes and various sports products. Our strong suit is ski-jumping, cross-country skiing and of course alpine skiing," said Makovec Brenčič.

An official invitation was also extended to the Chinese to visit Slovenia to further boost cooperation in China's preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympics.

During her visit, Makovec Brenčič also met with Chinese Deputy Education Minister Liu Limin to discuss signing a memorandum of cooperation in education. She told the STA that she would attend in October a meeting of education ministers of China and Central Europe to outline the planned memorandum.

The pair discussed encouraging knowledge transfer in higher education, mobility, openness, exchanges of teachers and students, as well as collaboration between schools in Slovenia and China.

The Slovenian minister also met with Zhen Han, the dean of the Faculty of Foreign Studies in Beijing, where students can attend Slovenian courses.

Makovec Brenčič and Zhen discussed how the two countries are currently collaborating in teaching the Slovenian language and culture and said that this would be worth adding to the memorandum, the Slovenian minister said.

According to her, there is much interest among the Chinese for Slovenian. "The aim of the cooperation is therefore to encourage teaching Slovenian as an important subject among European languages taught at the faculty, as well as to transfer as much knowledge about Slovenian culture as possible to China," she added.

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