People-to-people exchanges
China and Spain have a fruitful cooperation in various fields, such as science and technology, culture, education and tourism.
China has officially included the Spanish language in its high school curriculum, and Spain also will make efforts to integrate the Chinese language into the Spanish national education system.
At present, there are eight Confucius Institutes and eight Confucius classes in Spain.
By the end of 2017, Chinese students studying in Spain had exceeded 13,000, while Spanish students studying in China had surpassed 4,000.
According to TourSpain, 514,000 Chinese travelers came to Spain in 2017, spending 790 million euros, with the highest per capita consumption among countries. In contrast, China received 156,000 Spanish tourists in 2017, up by 4.28 percent compared with the previous year.
As of June 2018, the two countries had established 26 pairs of friendly provinces and cities.
