Photos by courtesy o f Jia o Wei
From June 18 to 24, 1991, representatives of 24 countries and regions gathered in Taian in Shandong Province, East China, to exchange experiences in rural education.
Li Tieying, State Councillor and Minister of the State Education Commission, met with M.F. Mayor, General Director of the UNESCO (see photo 1). During the symposium, 28 theses and documents were published. The representatives, many from African countries, visited primary, secondary and vocational schools, as well as kindergartens, in China’s rural areas (see photos 2 and 3).