The people-to-people exchanges are also booming. There are four Confucius Institutes and several Chinese schools in Kenya. The Language and Culture Center at Kenyatta University funded by the Chinese government has been completed.

The China-Africa Joint Research Center has become an important platform for China-Africa scientific and technological cooperation as well as an incubator for Kenyan young talents.

Since 1982, Chinese government has been offering scholarships to Kenyan students every year. So far, over 1,000 Kenyan students have obtained the Chinese Government Scholarship.

More than 2,400 Kenyan students are now studying in China. On the other hand, more and more college students from China come to Kenya for academic and social practice.

Sun said China is one of the earliest countries to establish diplomatic ties with Kenya. In recent years, China-Kenya relations have undergone leapfrog development.

In a couple of days, President Kenyatta will visit China again to attend the Beijing Summit of FOCAC and exchange views on cooperative development with leaders of China and other African countries.

The ambassador was echoed by Collette Akoth Suda, the principal secretary of the State Department for University Education of Ministry of Education Kenya.

In her remarks read by Tabby Mungai, director of student affairs at the ministry, Suda cited the Mombasa-Nairobi standard gauge railway (SGR) as a successful major project that China and Kenya have co-operated to complete.