| China, EU sign agreement to create joint law school |
BEIJING, Jan 17 (AP) -- The European Union and China signed an agreement Wednesday to create a law school meant to improve their understanding of each other's legal systems.
The agreement was signed by EU Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner, who was in Beijing for talks on expanding EU-Chinese trade and economic ties by updating a 1985 commercial treaty.
The China-Europe School of Law will "improve the understanding of the Chinese legal profession of European and international law and will help European professionals, academics and students to widen their knowledge of Chinese law," the EU said in a statement.
The two governments said the law school will be run by a group of European academic institutions, and at least one Chinese partner. They did not say when it would begin operation, or where.
The EU said it would contribute ?18.2 million (US$23.5 million) to the project.
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