Uzbek and Chinese experts discussed innovative approaches to the education of preschool children at a forum held here on Friday.

The one-day forum opens a new direction in cooperation between the two countries, said Agrippina Shin, minister of preschool education of Uzbekistan.

It has become an effective platform for comparing notes, she said in her opening speech.

The forum was held as the two sides are implementing the consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries and are advancing cooperation in people-to-people exchanges and education, said Jiang Yan, Chinese ambassador to Uzbekistan.