Chinese officials will have the opportunities to receive training at the Havard thanks to an agreement signed by the Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC), Tsinghua University and John F. Kennedy School of Harvard Thursday in Beijing.

According to the five-year program, 60 Chinese officials can receive trainings every year at the world top university, the first time for Chinese officials to be trained by Harvard as well as the first cooperation by the Chinese governmental consultation body, Tsinghua University and Harvard University.

The training program will render these officials to learn most advanced theories and working methods in public administration.

(People's Daily January 18, 2002)