China's prestigious Peking University has reached agreement with the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to help train professionals for the region's institutions of higher learning.

According to the agreement, Peking University will send prominent scholars to Ningxia to give lectures.

The University also plans to send faculty members to give classes in Ningxia. Candidates for doctoral and masters' degrees from Peking University will be selected as teaching assistants in colleges in Ningxia.

Teachers with outstanding performance will have opportunities to pursue advanced studies in Peking University as visiting scholars.

In additions to support on Internet technology, equipment and finance, Peking University will also provide Ningxia researchers with access to its laboratories and launch long-distance education in Ningxia's institutions of higher learning.

(Xinhua News Agency 08/25/2001)