Prime Minister Kim Min-seok speaking during a visit to Tsinghua University in Beijing, Tuesday. Courtesy of prime minister's office
BEIJING/SEOUL — Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok paid a visit to his alma mater, Tsinghua University, in Beijing on the second day of his trip to China on Tuesday and discussed relations between the two countries with University President Qiu Yong.
Kim, who earned a Master of Law degree from the prestigious school in 2010, said during the closed-door meeting with Qiu, also a secretary of the Communist Party of China, that studying at the university remains one of his most beautiful memories, according to his office.
The university is also an important producer of talent that lead China's present and future, Kim was quoted as saying, adding that he visited the university to encourage Korean students studying there and to think about how to move relations between the two countries forward.
Kim said the relations between Korea and China have steadily moved forward, despite various ups and downs, and he hopes the trend will continue in the future, and that exchanges between youths of the two countries are important in further developing the ties.
