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In order to promote the mutual understanding, cooperation and exchanges between China and other countries in the world, the Chinese government has set up a series of scholarship programs to sponsor international students, teachers and scholars to study and conduct research in China’s universities. The China Scholarship Council (CSC), entrusted by the Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE), is responsible for the admission of the applicants for Chinese Government Scholarship prog...rams. A total of 289 designated Chinese universities offer a wide variety of academic programs in Science, Engineering, Agriculture, Medicine, Law, Economics, Management, Education, Liberal Arts, Philosophy, History and Fine Arts for scholarship winners at all levels. For details of the Chinese Government Scholarship, please visit Study in China website at: www.csc.edu.cn/studyinchinaor www.campuschina.org The Education Office of the Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco is authorized to receive application forms from states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Nevada and Northern California. Applicants should be non-Chinese nationals. The deadline for application is March 15th , 2021. Please visit our website for details: http://sanfrancisco.lxgz.org.cn//po/tab5050/info144230.htm

Production lines for a newly approved COVID-19 vaccine developed by State-owned Sinopharm Group were running at full throttle on Monday as more than a dozen vaccine manufacturers in China gear up to ensure a smooth and sufficient rollout of doses. http://on.china.cn/3bgTxNg

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has swept the whole world and has wreaked havoc in every aspect of our lives, has brought negativity and great loss to us all. 2020 has been a tough year. Please check the link below for the top 10 world news events of the year selected by the People’s Daily. http://en.people.cn/n3/2020/1231/c90000-9805115.html

It comes to the year of holiday seasons. We wish you and your family a happy Holiday!

Winter Solstice, 22nd solar term of the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Dec 21, marking the arrival of the coldest season in a year. To keep warm, people eat dumplings and glutinous rice balls, drink osmanthus wine and wear new clothes during this period.