Chinese Government Scholarship Programme

Hey guy’s, so I just got all my papers through from the Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the European Union regarding my scholarship and all I can say is that it’s official. It makes it seem so real actually having something through the post rather than an email.

My letter reads:

“I have the honour to inform you that you have been selected to join the Chinese Government Scholarship Programme (EU Window) for 2010-2011 academic year.

While extending to you our warm congratulations, I hope that this will offer you an excellent opportunity to improve your Chinese language proficiency as well as your knowledge of Chinese culture and civilization, economy and trade, and people and society. Your study experience in China will not only benefit your own career development, but also to better understanding between the Chinese and European peoples…”

It is an exciting opportunity and I can’t wait to be able to focus my efforts fully on learning Chinese and increase my proficiency rapidly. Think I’ll have to do a HSK exam before and after to see how I get on.

I’ll let you know which university I have been admitted to soon and where I’ll be staying in China. In the mean time I have a lot to prepare, including visa’s, flights, time off work (if my company will let me. I also have to complete a ‘Foreigner Physical Examination’ form which I’m not even sure where to start with. I’ll have to contact my doctor. If anyone from the UK has ever had one of these examinations before let me know.

李华