Overview

Chinese government provides scholarships through Sino-Cuban Education Exchange Project

Commitment Year•2001Country of Activity•CubaSector•EducationFlow Type•Scholarships/training in the donor country

Status

Project lifecycle

Implementation

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2001

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

China Ministry of Education
Cuba Ministry of Education

Loan description

Chinese government provides scholarships through Sino-Cuban Education Exchange Project

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In April 2001, Cuba and China signed the "Agreement on Educational Exchange between the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and the Ministries of Education and Higher Education of the Republic of Cuba". According to this agreement, colloquially referred to as the "Sino-Cuban Education Exchange Project," Cuba can send 150 students to China each year on a full scholarship On October 24, 2019, China and Cuba renewed the education exchange agreement until 2022

Staff comments

This information is reflected on the Chinese Embassy in Cuba website as of July 2020; thus, this project has been coded with Implementation status, as it is assumed several rounds of scholarships have come to pass since the initial signing in 2001.