Educational leaders from China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) met?in Pyongyang?on Tuesday to discuss ways to promote cooperation.

Some 37 representatives from 14 Chinese universities including Tsinghua University and Fudan University and 21 representatives from 11 Korean universities including Kim Il Sung University, Kim Chaek University of Technology attended the Second Forum of the DPRK-China University Presidents.

They will discuss many issues including communications and cooperation in higher education and students studying abroad.

Jun Yong Jin, vice chairman of Korea-China Friendship Association, said in a speech that the forum showed the determination of the two countries' educators to carry on the traditional DPRK-China friendship for generations.

Xu Yongji, deputy-director of International Cooperation and Communication Department of China's Ministry of Education, said that currently 865 DPRK students are studying in China, while some 60 Chinese students are pursuing further study in the DPRK, one of the countries with the highest quotas of scholarship.

He said he wished that the forum could become an important platform for high education cooperation between the two countries.

The First Forum of the China-DPRK University Presidents was held in China's Jilin University on Dec. 22, 2009.