KIEV, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- A course on the history of Chinese music kicked off for the first time at a Ukrainian university here on Monday.
Maksym Tymoshenko, president of the Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music, the first Ukrainian university to include such a subject in its curriculum, said at the launch event that the new course "is a great breakthrough at the national level, a great achievement for our countries."
The academy pays special attention to cooperation with China in all areas, Tymoshenko told Xinhua, adding that it has been a lasting and fruitful process to deepen the cultural ties between the two countries.