BEIJING, July 5 (Xinhua) -- The "China-Russia Youth Entrepreneurship Incubator," a people-to-people exchange program, has been activated in northern China's Tangshan City, China Youth Daily reported Friday.

Initiated in 2016, the program will be conducted this year in two sections, involving a total of 24 cities of the two countries, four more than last year.

The China part of the first section will see young entrepreneurs from Russian cities of Rostov, Saint Petersburg, Bryansk, Ufa, Ulyanovsk and Kazan visit and attend activities focusing on entrepreneurship education and economic cooperation in six Chinese hosting provinces or cities, including Sichuan, Guizhou, Jiangsu, Chongqing and Qingdao.

Carried out in the form of classes given by entrepreneurship mentors, field visits, internship, business negotiations and cultural activities, the program aims to improve entrepreneurship knowledge and promote cooperation in making innovations and starting a business, according to the report.