China and Spain will promote Paralympics sports events for disabled people by interchanging information, knowledge and experiences.
In a ceremony presided by Spain's secretary of State Sports, Jaime Lissavetzky, China's Paralympic national Committee and Spain's Paralympic Committee signed on Thursday in Madrid, Spain's capital, a cooperation accord to promote Paralympic sports.
The accord was signed by Spain's Paralympic Committee president Miguel Carballeda and by China's Paralympics Committee vice president Shen Zhifei.
The accord foresees interchange of experiences and knowledge about Paralympics sport in many sectors, including organization of sports events, science, technology applied to Paralympic sports, sponsorship, medicine, among many others.
The two countries' Paralympics committees will promote actions to improve performance, knowledge and techniques of Paralympic athletes and coaches by granting them professional training in both countries.
(Xinhua News Agency April 25, 2008)