The Background of the project

The project evolves from the increasing international significance of China - its culture, economy and politics. Thus far, western countries have reacted to this change in China's role relatively slowly. Therefore, the idea of creating a Finnish - Chinese network for co-operation in secondary education, especially in upper secondary education, is of great importance.

The schools that participate in the network constructed by The Finnish National Board of Education have diverse starting points and goals which are reflected in the school-specific projects. As the co- ordinating school, Ressu Upper Secondary School is responsible for creating and developping the network as a whole and furthering the evaluation process.