Beijing Int´l Education Expo opens

The 2008 Beijing International Education expo opens in the capital. In its fifth year, the expo is one of the largest platforms of its kind in Asia. Besides providing information about international student exchanges, this year, the expo also focuses on the capital's rich educational resources.

The 2008 Beijing International Education expo opens in the  capital.(Photo: CCTV.com)

Even on land, you can feel the exhilaration of rowing. Through simulation, these people are rowing in a five-hundred-meter competition. The simulator makes use of "isokinetic rowing". That means rowers will overcome the same force as if they were rowing in water.

Interactivity is the feature of this year's expo. For the first time, the expo offer visitors a chance to learn how athletes practice for Olympics.

A visitor said, "Extremely hard. Now you see I'm out of breath. It's my first attempt at professional rowing. Before I have only rowed on lakes in parks. "

The expo also showcases latest developments in the capital's education system. In September, high middle school students in Beijing will have a new subject. It will call upon students to apply their knowledge to paper - to design and build a creation all their own.

Wang Wei, physics teacher of Beijing Shunyi No. 10 Middle School, said, "Our school is one of the experimental sites for the course. The result is if there are 50 students, there will be 50 productions. It helps the young minds to create based on a full-round knowledge like Math, physics, art and so on."