Project ID: 58871

29 South African students receive Chinese Government Scholarship to study in China

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Scholarship Council [Government Agency]

Recipient

South Africa

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

Implementation (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2017-01-01

Actual start

2017-08-24

Description

On August 24, 2017, the Chinese Embassy in South Africa held a ceremony bidding farewell to the 29 South African students who were receiving Chinese Government Scholarships to study in China that year (2017年度“中国政府奖学金项目”). A total of more than 100 people including Ambassador Lin Songtian and his wife, South Africa’s Ministry of Higher Education representative Jepi Director, representatives of South African students attended the ceremony. Before this ceremony, the students had participated in three days of pre-departure training in Johannesburg. The total cost of the scholarships offered and the amount of time the students would spend in China is unknown.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

2

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Implementing agencies [Type]

Government of South Africa [Government Agency]