Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Yandong (second from left) and Egypt's Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Ahraf El-Shihy (third from right) cut the ribbon for the opening ceremony of the higher education fair. [Photo by Hou Liqiang/China Daily]

A China higher education fair was launched in Cairo University in Egypt on Saturday. Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Yandong and Egypt's Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Ahraf El-Shihy cut the ribbon for the opening ceremony and also visited the fair.

The fair attracted 19 prestigious universities, including Peking University, Tsinghua University. These Chinese universities also held a forum of Chinese and Egyptian university chiefs on the same day with 18 Egyptian universities。