By  Ding Yan
　  Kunshan Daily
　  A delegation from State of Victoria (VIC), Australia, Jiangsu province’s sister state, paid a visit to Kunshan on Nov. 19. Headed by Ms. Mandy Dunn, Director of Eastern College Division of the Department of Education of VIC, the 33-person delegation carried out a three-day teaching and cultural exchange program in 11 primary and middle schools in the city, including Yufeng Experimental School, Kunshan Experimental School, Yushan Middle School, etc.
　  This exchange program is an initiative to input more educational and cultural information into teachers and students, establish friendly relations between the governments of the two places, and develop and strengthen inter-school communication and cooperation.
　  The Australian delegation deepened understanding and communication with their counterparts in Kunshan through cultural interaction, classroom teaching, student-involved games, etc. during the visit. Besides, the delegation also reached MOUs with Kunshan’s schools to establish sister school relations in a bid to widen educational opening and improve the internationalization of education.