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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Wednesday, November 28, 2001

2300 Students to Be Sent to Study Abroad

China has decided to send 2, 300 government-funded students and scholars abroad next year to study subjects ranging from basic sciences to the humanities.


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China has decided to send 2, 300 government-funded students and scholars abroad next year to study subjects ranging from basic sciences to the humanities.

The number is higher than the 1,747 last year, according to sources with the China Scholarship Council.

  • China Began to Send Students Abroad Since 1978
    • China began to send scholars and students abroad in 1978, when the country began implementing its reform and opening-up policies.

    The move aims to help upgrade research levels in China's major universities and research institutes.

  • Candidates Shall Come Back After Study
    • Selected candidates are required to take foreign language exams, sign contracts before leaving and must return at the time designated by the council or pay a fine for violating the contract.

    Since 1996 China has sent 9,551 government-funded scholars and students to 46 countries and 6,745 of them have finished their studies and come back home.





    China Scholarship Council

    The China Scholarship Council (CSC) is a non-profit institution with legal person status affiliated with the Ministry of Education.

    The objective of the CSC is to provide, in accordance with the law, statutes and relevant principles and policies of China, financial assistance to the Chinese citizens wishing to study abroad and to the foreign citizens wishing to study in China in order to develop the educational, scientific and technological, and cultural exchanges and economic and trade cooperation between China and other countries, to strengthen the friendship and understanding between Chinese people and the people of all other countries, and to promote world peace and the socialist modernization drive in China.

    The tasks of the CSC are to use legal and economic means to manage the affairs of the Chinese citizens studying abroad and of the foreigners studying in China, take charge of the management and utilization of China Scholarship, determine the relevant assistance projects and modes, formulate management regulations and put the scholarship to best use; manage the bilateral and multilateral exchange or unilateral scholarships between China and other countries; manage other matters concerning educational exchanges and scientific and technological cooperation on behalf of relevant organizations, institutions and individuals inside and outside China; provide financial support to the projects conducive to the development of China's education and its friendly relations with other countries; strive for donations from home and abroad, expand the sources of the Scholarship and increase the Scholarship; establish contacts with its counterparts at home and abroad and carry out exchange and cooperation with them.



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