On 1 August 2023, the Award Ceremony of 2021-2022 Chinese Ambassador Scholarship was held at Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM). Witnessed by their friends and family members, 30 outstanding XMUM students proudly received the scholarship certificates from H.E. Ambassador Ouyang Yujing. Mr. Zhao Changtao, Education Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy, and Prof. Wang Ruifang, President of Xiamen University Malaysia, also attended the Award Ceremony. 

During his speech, Ambassador Ouyang Yujing warmly congratulated the scholarship recipients. He spoke highly of their diligence and hard work, while encouraging them to aim high and dare to take on responsibilities; build a strong body and be a positive and healthy dream chaser; try to learn Chinese and be a bridge to promote China-Malaysia friendship.

“The young generation is the future of China-Malaysia friendship. I wish you can take the opportunity to realize your dream and make your life meaningful, and enrich and glorify the centuries-old China-Malaysia friendship with your unique contributions. Welcome you to visit China, enhance mutual understanding and develop long-term friendships with Chinese youth, and devote yourselves to contributing to the building of a China-Malaysia community with a shared future,” said Ambassador Ouyang.

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Ambassador Ouyang Yujing congratulating the scholarship recipients

XMUM President Prof. Wang Ruifang expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the Chinese Embassy and H.E. Ouyang Yujing for providing continued support to the university. During his speech, he gladly reported the latest progress of XMUM. Currently, more than 6,800 students from 38 countries are studying with XMUM. 22 undergraduate programmes, 9 masters and 5 PhD programmes are being offered. XMUM faulty members and students have won multiple research awards and have published more than 1,330 papers in SCI journals, including 189 papers authored by XMUM undergraduates. 79 publications were selected as Top 1% Highly Cited Papers globally. Prof. Wang reiterated XMUM’s commitment to build a multi-cultural campus and to attract outstanding students from diverse cultural backgrounds with generous scholarship offer.

The Chinese Ambassador Scholarship was set up by the Embassy of China in Malaysia in 2016 to facilitate cultural communication and friendship between Malaysia and China and to encourage outstanding Malaysian students to pursue their study at XMUM. The recipients not only need to possess outstanding academic records, but also need to demonstrate active participation in social activities, especially activities that help to promote the friendship and goodwill between the peoples of the two countries. For the academic year of 2021-2022, after a stringent selection process, 30 students from 17 XMUM bachelor’s degree programmes have been chosen to receive this honour.

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Ambassador Ouyang and President Wang together with the scholarship recipients