CHICAGO, May 17 (Xinhua)
-- Two dozen Chinese doctorate students
from nine universities in midwest
United States on Friday received an
annual Chinese government award for
self-financed students studying
abroad.
At the award-giving
ceremony, Zhao Weiping, Chinese consul
general in Chicago, said Chinese
students studying abroad have contributed
to China's development in the
past 30 years.
Zhao encouraged
them to serve their motherland in
various ways, and to enhance the
friendship between China and the
United States.
Joseph Walsh,
vice president for research of
Northwestern University, said his university
is impressed with Chinese students'
hard work and dedication
Some
2.6 million Chinese students had pursued
their studies abroad since the country
opened up to the outside world
in 1978. In 2012 alone, 399,600 Chinese
students were studying abroad and more
than 90 percent of them were
self-financed, according to official
figures.
