China will provide 500 scholarships over 5 years to Afghans to study in China

In a Joint Statement on Deepening Strategic and Cooperative Partnership between China and Afghanistan on 28 October 2014, China has agreed to provide 500 government-sponsored scholarships over the next five years to encourage more Afghan youths to study in China. China reaffirmed its pledge to provide the scholarship at the Foreign Ministerial Conference of the Istanbul Process on Afghanistan in November 2014. This is not the first time China has provided scholarship to Afghan students. During an interview with Ambassador Deng Xijun on 21 October 2013, the Ambassador mentioned that China had provided scholarship to "hundreds of Afghan students". On 27 September 2013, an MOU was signed under which China would provide scholarship to Afghan students from Kabul university (See Project ID#34671).

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Project reactivated as no reason is given to deactivate + this is a project + no duplicate found. Details on the status of the project are yet to be found. From China ECCO in Afghanistan: 四、双方同意，中阿两国将以2015年中阿建交60周年作为“中阿友好合作年”，以此为契机，举行一系列纪念活动。双方同意在文化、教育、青年、妇女、公民社会、媒体等领域加强交流与合作，进一步增进两国人民之间的了解和友谊。中方将邀请阿方派团来华出席第十四届亚洲艺术节。中方将继续鼓励和支持阿学生来华学习，未来五年将通过各种渠道向阿方提供500个中国政府奖学金名额。中方将支持在阿开展汉语教学。中方将推动两国媒体加强互动，支持阿方促进妇女权利和赋权妇女的努力，为阿富汗妇女儿童提供力所能及的帮助。双方同意互免持外交护照人员签证，并采取进一步措施便利两国人员往来。

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