Project ID: 37021

China gives 500 scholarships to Pakistani students

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Pakistan

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Scholarships/training in the donor country

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2010-12-01

Planned start

2010-12-17

Geography

Description

According to an official report from the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan in December 2010, China pledged to offer 500 scholarships to Pakistani students to help them learn the Chinese language and study spheres of advanced science and technology, which will take place over a period of next three years (supposedly 2011-14). The Chinese Embassy Cultural Counsellor Yang Linhai announced the scholarship while addressing a conference on the ‘Pak-China Friendship Year 2011’ cultural activities reception and opening ceremony of the Chinese experience centre. The event was organized by the Confucius Institute, National University of Modern Languages (NUML) of Islamabad. China is currently offering 500 scholarships for Pakistanis per year.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

6

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Pakistan [Government Agency]