The scientific and commercial relations between China and Debrecen are being fortified.
Mayor Lajos Kósa travelled to China to talk about China’s role as potential investor in Debrecen. He met Chen Feng-Xian, vice-president of the Foreign Office of the Chinese Communist Party. Following the meeting Lajos Kósa said that it is an important objective of the government to contribute to the strengthening of the commercial, scientific and economic cooperation between China and the European Union and Debrecen could play a major role in this. The mayor would like to agree about the establishment of a Confucius Institute at the university. The local government also aims to introduce the teaching of the Chinese language in the secondary schools.