The ongoing pandemic of novel coronavirus has impacted exchanges in the education sector between China and the US, but US universities still welcome Chinese students though the two countries face tensions in some areas, an education expert said.

"Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania has made it clear that the university will be open to all international students," said Doctor Chen Yan Davis, special adviser to the university's president and co-founder and chairman of the World Education Forum.

"I believe the president's voice can represent universities of the Ivy League, even all universities in the US, that Chinese students are welcomed to study in the country, and they would do everything they can to help them finish school," the special adviser said.

She made the remarks at a seminar, "The Strategy and Development of International Education Coping with the Challenge of COVID-19 Pandemic" on Sunday. She shared her views on the significance of education to the world, as well as necessity of educational reform amid the outbreak.