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On June 18, 2019, the Chinese Embassy in Belarus presented thirty-one Belarusian high school and university students studying Chinese the "Chinese Ambassador Scholarship" (Official Title "中国大使奖学金"). The ceremony was held at the Beijing Hotel in Minsk. Students were selected from sixteen schools including Belarus State University, Minsk State Linguistic University, Grodno State University, Mogilev State University, and Minsk School No. 10. The value of the scholarships is unknown. The Chinese Ambassador Scholarship was founded in 2016 with the goal of encouraging Belarusian students to learn the Chinese language and culture and strengthen the China-Belarus relationship. 2019 was the fourth year in a row the scholarship was awarded. Between 2016 and 2019 the scholarship was awarded to 106 university and high school students.