On 2 June 2026, the Chinese Embassy in Slovakia, together with the China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE) and the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic, co-hosted the China-Slovakia Higher Education Dialogue in Bratislava. H.E. Ambassador CAI Ge attended and delivered an opening speech. More than 50 people participated in the event, including Mr. Róbert Zsembera, State Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic, Mr. Yang Jun, Secretary General of CEAIE, Mr. Vladimír Hiadlovský, President of the Slovak Rectors' Conference and Rector of Matej Bel University, as well as representatives from higher education institutions in both countries.

H.E. Ambassador CAI noted that China has always made education a strategic priority, which has enabled its higher education sector to achieve remarkable progress and steadily expand the scale of international cooperation. He stated that China and Slovakia now enjoy the best-ever bilateral relations, and expressed hope that all participants would seize the opportunities presented by China’s 15th Five-Year Plan, fully align their interests and needs, drive new progress in the development of their respective higher education institutions, and jointly contribute to China-Slovakia higher education cooperation.

Representatives from both Chinese and Slovak sides delivered briefings on the higher education systems of respective countries, engaged in in-depth exchanges, and identified fields of mutual interest for fostering collaboration. The participants spoke highly of the event.