The China Incarnate Word Education Center, jointly set up by China's Southern Normal University and the University of the Incarnate Word USA., opened Thursday in Guangzhou.

The center has enlisted 100 senior high school students from across China, including Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan.

They are the first group of students at the new center.

According to the center, all the courses will be conducted in English by teachers from United States. After attaining the required credit hours, students will get diploma issued also by the University of the Incarnate Word USA..

The new center is located in the Zhenlong Town, Zengcheng City, some 30 kilometers from Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong.

(Xinhua 10/13/2000)