Dr. Ashraf Sobhy, minister of youth and sports met on Tuesday 12th of February 2019, with Mr. Shi Yu Wen, Chinese Cultural Counselor in Cairo at his office, to discuss the bilateral cooperation in both youth and sports fields.

The meeting tackled number of issues to put new visions in the fields of cooperation between the Egyptian and Chinese sides in the coming period through mutual programs and projects, and working on exchanging  of experiences between the two sides.They also agreed  to enhance communication between the Egyptian and Chinese youth through brotherhood youth weeks.

The Chinese cultural counselor invited Dr. Ashraf Sobhy for an official visit to China in March to exchange views with China's youth and sports officials, and visit a number of sports institutes and facilities in Beijing and youth camps in China.

Dr. Sobhy explained the Ministry's keenness to activate the relations with the Chinese side through various aspects including the development of the Chinese innovations, entrepreneurship and small projects, and establishing a forum for investors from the Egyptian and Chinese youth to view the industrial products and their investment fields.

The Minister of Sports pointed to the benefit from China's strategy to win many Olympic medals in various games, and know about China's experiences in organization the Olympic Games, calling for setting a series of training courses to teach the Egyptian youth investing in China the Chinese language, to be hosted in Civil Education centers related to the ministry.

Dr. Ashraf Sobhy also stressed the importance of attracting the Chinese investment to the Egyptian sports market and working on developing the Chinese folk sports in Egypt. He also proposed establishing joint sports academies between Egypt and China in football, volleyball, table tennis, kung Fu and squash to share experiences between the two sides. In addition to this, the possibility of establishing an industrial youth city in Egypt to support young businessmen from Egypt and China was also discussed.

At the end of the meeting, the minister of youth and sports agreed with the Chinese Cultural Counselor to sign a cooperation protocol between the Egyptian and Chinese parties, including the agreed terms of cooperation. 

The protocol is signed after the completion of its preparation and reviewing  it with the concerned authorities.