A Chinese delegation will head to Jerusalem to attend the sixth Asian Science Camp in Israel from August 26-31.

Among the 34 members, 24 are college students from Peking University, Tsinghua University and Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Six are middle school students.

"I'm very happy to participate in the event, because it will be my first overseas trip," said Yu Boya, 20, a maths freshmen from Tsignhua University. "It's great to listen to speeches by famous scientists, and also communicate with foreign peers."

This year's event is organized by Israel Scitech Network, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Three hundred young scientists, aged 17-21, from over 20 countries and regions, will arrive in Israel, accompanied by senior scientists from their countries who will head the delegations.

The idea of Asian Science Camp was co-proposed by chemist Lee Yuan-tseh from China's Taiwai Province and physicist Masatoshi Koshiba of Japan in September 2005 during the annual meeting of Nobel laureates in Lindau, Germany. Lee and Koshiba won respective Nobel prizes in 1986 and 2002.

The proposal aims to enlighten those science-talented youths through discussion and dialogue with top scholars in the world and to promote the international friendship and cooperation among the best young students of the next generation in Asia.