MOSCOW- There were 48,000 Chinese students, excluding those of preparatory faculties, studying in Russia in the 2023-2024 academic year, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova on Monday.

This was almost 10,000 more than a year earlier, Golikova noted during the 25th session of the China-Russia Committee on Humanities Cooperation in Moscow.

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Golikova also said that more than 16,000 Russian students were studying in Chinese universities.

"Preserving a high level of academic mobility has been one of the main performance indicators in terms of the way the two countries have been working together," she added.

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According to Golikova, China and Russia have achieved significant results in the field of inter-university cooperation, the flagship among which is the Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, a project launched by Moscow State University and Beijing Institute of Technology.

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Currently, the university has 10 faculties with more than 2,500 students.

Golikova also believed that secondary vocational education is a promising field for the two countries to work together.