President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi held his first meeting on Tuesday with presidents of Chinese universities.
During the meeting, Sisi called on the Chinese professors to provide more scholarships for Egyptian students and enhance bilateral cooperation in the fields of education and training.
He also called for launching an Egyptian-Chinese initiative to expand joint cooperation, share Chinese-Egyptian science and technology and technical education so that Egypt could achieve the desired progress.
Many Chinese universities should be set up in Egypt to make good use of the Chinese scientific and technological progress, Sisi added.
The President called for increasing the number of Egyptian and Chinese students in the two countries' universities, especially in the applied science's field.
