BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The following are the highlights of China's key education news from the past week:
-- China to build world-class higher vocational colleges
The Ministry of Education (MOE) and Ministry of Finance will jointly build up a batch of world-class higher vocational colleges with Chinese characteristics.
According to a guideline that was jointly released by the two ministries, China will concentrate on building around 50 quality higher-vocational colleges.
-- China regulates after-school training institutions
The MOE has made progress in regulating after-school training institutions. An overhaul by the ministry covered 401,000 after-school training institutions last year, targeting unlicensed operation and extracurricular programs that put students under too much pressure.
Nearly 270,000 after-school institutions were found to have problems, and 98.9 percent of them have completed rectifications.
-- New book to elaborate vision of community of shared future for humanity
A book has been published in Beijing to elaborate the concept of the community of a shared future for humanity.
The book, titled "The World and China: Build a Community of Shared Future for Mankind," explained what the concept is and how it presents a new idea for cooperation among countries and settlement of disputes through negotiation and exchanges. Enditem
