Reported by People’s Daily Online that a China-Italy institute was started in Shanghai on September 17th 2006. “The institute, co-established by China’s prestigious Tongji University, the Polytechnic University of Milan and the Polytechnic University of Turin, is aimed to foster talents in engineering and information technology”, and “a first batch of more than 80 students have been recruited by the China-Italy Institute. They will study at Tongji University for three years and at a cooperative school in Italy for one year. Both Chinese and Italian bachelor’s degrees are to be offered upon their graduation”.