Guizhou Government Scholarship (GGS) is established to promote mutual understanding and friendship between China and other countries, attract more international students to study in Guizhou universities, improve educational quality for international students and enhance internationalization of Guizhou higher education. GGS provides financial support for international students, teachers and scholars to study and research in Guizhou universities.
Guizhou Government Scholarship for Southeast Asia 2016 was established under a collaboration framework among ASEAN-China Center (ACC), Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) and GPDE (Guizhou Provincial Department of Education)/CAECW(China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week Secretariat). SEAMEO proposed that GPDE should offer the Scholarship for Southeast Asia to promote understanding and friendship between youths from Southeast Asia and China. By September 2016, 55 students from Southeast Asia will commence their studies in universities and colleges in Guizhou Province, P. R. China.