Project ID: 69838

Chinese government funds scholarships for 56 Malawian students to study in China in 2019

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Malawi

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

2019-01-01

Actual start

2019-08-23

Actual complete

2019-08-23

Description

On August 23, 2019, the Chinese Embassy in Malawi held a reception to welcome winners of the 2019 Chinese government scholarship. Ambassador Liu Hongyang and Minister of Finance Mwanamweka attended the event and delivered speeches, and nearly 100 people attended the event, including the Director of the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education of Malawi, the recipients of the current scholarship, and the outstanding representatives of overseas students who have gone to China in the past. Ambassador Liu first congratulated the current scholarship recipients on their upcoming further education in China, saying that the Chinese government attaches great importance to cooperation in education in Malaysia. The scholarship program began in 2008, and this experience along with other short-term training opportunities have been provided to Malawi every year.   

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

2

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Malawi [Government Agency]