More scholarships for Latin American students

The Chinese government will provide more scholarships to students from Latin America, an official of the Ministry of Education said yesterday.

The ministry will increase the number of bursaries extended to students from countries of Latin America and other developing nations in the next few years, Zhao Lingshan, the ministry's official in charge of foreign students' study in China, told China Daily.

"The scholarship policy adjustment was based on Premier Wen Jiabao's promise of adding 10,000 more government scholarships to students from developing countries within five years at the United Nations Millennium Development Goals conference on Sept 25," Zhao said.