Chinese TV Series on World Famous Universities Screening

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Chinese TV Series on World Famous Universities Screening

The biggest TV station in China, China Central Television (CCTV), is to screen the series "World Famous Universities" to China's TV viewers, the world's biggest potential market in education.

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The biggest TV station in China, China Central Television (CCTV), is to screen the series "World Famous Universities" to China's TV viewers, the world's biggest potential market in education.

The 100-episode television series provides in-depth informationabout the world's top universities and is currently showing.

Since 2001, 30 universities in 16 countries, including Harvard and Oxford universities, have been filmed for the TV documentary series, said Pan Chao, the spokesman of CCTV.

Statistics from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) show that China has the greatest number of overseas students in the world. At the end of 2000, the number of students studying abroad exceeded 1.6 million, with 380,000 of these from China who are studying in 103 countries.

"As the only nation-wide TV station, CCTV 's shooting of the TVseries shows the Chinese government's deep concern about China's higher education in a globalized world." said Wang Danyan, a senior official of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.

The series has aroused great interest from viewers. Additional information about the universities filmed has been requested through the hotline and CCTV's website, said Wang.

Recently more and more Chinese students have been going abroad to pursue further study. China's entry into the World Trade Organization promoted an upsurge in overseas studies.

The series will offer wide-ranging information about these universities, including their history, educational theories and research groups, said Pan Chao, director of the youth department of the CCTV juvenile center.

"Lack of information about foreign universities is the main problem facing Chinese students," said Xu Xiaoping, vice-presidentof the New Oriental School, China's biggest training school for students who expect to study abroad.

"This series could go some way to solving the problem," Xu said."It will be a valuable reference for students. "

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