HE BRITISH COUNCIL IN CHINA
Since reopening its office in 1979 the British Council has expanded its operation in China rapidly in response to the continued opening of China to the West and more particularly as Sino-British relations have grown closer since 1984. The Council aims to respond to China's expressed development needs; to promote an increased flow of information about Britain and British expertise, goods and services and to promote Britain as a dynamic enterprising society by:
managing 4 scholarship schemes, which together provide some 700 awards a year ranging from six month senior professorial attachments to three year PhDs in priority areas of science, technology, medicine and social sciences.
managing over 40 industrial scholarships a year to provide training in British companies for officials and engineers from state enterprises receiving technical assistance from Britain. There is also a project in process control under the umbrella of the State Science and Technology Commission which will bring together various elements of the British programme, including links and training awards.
managing the ODA-funded English Language Projects programme providing 40 lecturers a year to national key universities.
running English Language resource centres in the Council offices in Peking and in the Shanghai Jiaotong University in Shanghai.
operating the Academic Links with China Scheme providing financial assistance to British universities to form cooperative links with Chinese institutions.
competing for education contract work in particular under World Bank funded development programmes; recent successes have been a £0.5m contract with the Karamay Oil Corporation and £50,000 contract with the Ministry of Petroleum Industry.
providing assistance to British Publishers, which includes organising book exhibitions, workshops and providing assistance in international copyright law to encourage Chinese participation in the relevant international conventions.
encouraging Chinese provincial authorities and individual enterprises to send more students to Britain by setting up and running information centres open to all students in Peking, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu.
sponsoring with the Chinese Ministry of Culture a small arts programme concentrating on a mixture of touring well known artists and companies and providing workshops by British artists and performers.
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