1,171 foreign students lose govt scholarships

An official with China Scholarship Council said an annual evaluation system has been effective in ensuring the quality of foreign recipients of Chinese government scholarships.

The evaluation system was introduced in 2002, and 1,171 recipients of the State-level scholarship have lost the approval needed to receive scholarship money, said Cao Shihai, deputy secretary-general of the China Scholarship Council. Cao spoke on Thursday, the first day of the two-day 17th China Annual Conference for International Education, held in Beijing.

The council, which reports to the Ministry of Education, issues and administers the scholarships.