The student Baylsan Al-Bataineh from the Faculty of Medicine and the student Hazem Al-Smadi from the Faculty of Pharmacy won the Chinese Ambassador’s Scholarship for high school graduates for the year 2023. The Chinese Ambassador to Amman, Chen Chuandong, said, at the grant award ceremony that the idea of launching the grant comes from the common interest of the Chinese and Jordanian sides in education and youth development, emphasizing that the grant aims at investing in the friendship of the two countries and their common benefits. The ambassador also quoted the famous Chinese educational scientist Liang Xiaochao’s statement that: “If the youth is strong, then the country is strong, and if the youth is rich, then the country is richer, and if the youth is independent, then the country is independent, and if the youth is free, then the country is free." In the same context, he pointed to His Majesty King Abdullah II’s assertion that the youth must bear responsibility and play a role in shaping Jordan’s future and that their success depends on acquiring capabilities through education.

For their part, the two students, Al-Batayneh and Al-Smadi, expressed their thanks to the Chinese embassy for the scholarship, stressing that it supports youth’s opportunities to obtain education and plays an important role in strengthening relations between the friendly peoples of Jordan and China.

Interestingly, this is the first time that the Chinese Embassy in Amman has launched this grant, which was announced on the embassy’s official digital platforms.