Jiangsu ramping up scholarships to attract more foreign students

By offering attractive scholarships, Jiangsu province hopes to establish itself as a hot spot for foreign students in China.

The province's educational bureau launched the "Study in Jiangsu Program" on Aug 13. Qualified foreign students will be granted from 50,000 yuan ($8,125) to 90,000 yuan each year.

Yang Shubing, director of publicity at the educational department, said that the province's ambition should be fulfilled by 2020 via the program.