Government College University signs two accords with China Three Gorges University - Press Release issued by Government College University.

Lahore -- October 29, 2018 (PPI-OT)

Following is the text of press release issued by Government College University (GCU)

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The Government College University Lahore has signed two agreements and a memorandum of understanding with the China Three Gorges University (CTGU), Yichang. The significance the MoU is to set up a special Winter School for Chinese students every year in Lahore. Prof Dr Khalid Manzoor Butt, the Chairperson of GCU Political Science Department, and Dr. Huang Yinping, the Vice President of CTGU, signed these agreements during the former's visit to China to attend the President's Forum of South-Asian-Hubei Universities Alliance hosted by the Chinese government.

Prof Butt represented Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Hassan Amir Shah at the President's Forum. Briefing the media about the agreements on Sunday at the university's Syndicate Committee Room, Prof Khalid Butt said each year for the next five years, about twenty Chinese students would attend the Winter School at GCU Lahore for three weeks to study subjects like Pakistan Studies, Pak-China Relations and English.

As per the MoU, each Chinese student would pay $ 180 to GCU Lahore for attending this winter school. Both the universities also agreed to exchange six students and one teacher every year for a period of five months besides holding joint conferences, training workshops and seminars. Prof Butt said that CTGU, a reputed public sector university China, had also signed two important agreements with GCU for promotion of Pakistan Studies in China and China Studies in Pakistan to bridge the cultural and language barriers between the two friendly nations.

He said that GCU would facilitate CTGU in establishing and strengthening the Pakistan Studies Center in Hubei, China, while CTGU would support the activities of the GCU Center of Excellence, China Studies. For the...