Increased exchanges, scholarships prioritized

Southwest University in Chongqing plans to increase exchanges and develop scholarships with educational institutions in countries included in the Belt and Road Initiative.

The initiative, proposed by President Xi Jinping in 2013, is expected to enhance cooperation between China and Central Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Southeast Asia.

"Currently most of our overseas students come from the Belt and Road regions, such as Kazakhstan, Thailand and Vietnam," said Liu Meng, deputy director of SWU International College. "In the future, the school will make more efforts to attract students from those areas with better scholarship programs."