During the "Global Mayors Dialogue · SCO Summit Cities" event held in Tianjin on July 8, Dilsora Tokhirovna Mirzaakhmedova, Uzbek associate professor at the School of Foreign Studies, Minzu University of China, highlighted education is a bridge connecting countries and people. More Uzbek students have studied in China, and when returning to Uzbekistan, they become the core force of the country's development, she noted.