Recently, the 2017 Yunnan-Thailand educational cooperatives and exchanges are to be unveiled in Yunnan University. During the event, leaders from institutions of higher education in Yunnan and Thailand held discussions on educational cooperatives and the teaching of the Thai language. Other activities will include a Thai higher education promotional exhibition and a series of dialogues between scholars from both sides. Yunnan University hopes to take this opportunity to establish a long-term mechanism for future Yunnan-Thailand collaborations. It will seek to set up a Yunnan-Thailand university alliance, strengthen the joint training of experts and promote accredit mutual recognition mechanism. The two sides will also explore new ways of achieving common prosperity and development, while jointly opening a new chapter in Yunnan-Thailand educational cooperation.

Currently, a total of 28 colleges and universities in Yunnan offer Thai language programmes. In 2016, more than 2,000 Thai students studied in Yunnan, while more than 4,000 Yunnan students study in Thailand.