North China city offers fellowship to Mongolian students

HOHHOT, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Erenhot, a city on the China-Mongolia border, will offer fellowships to students from Mongolia to study in the city, confirmed local authorities on Sunday.

Starting from this year, a total of three million yuan (about 460,000 U.S. dollars) are to be distributed annually. So far 433 Mongolian students have received the money.

According to the city education authorities, Erenhot, in north China's Inner Mongolia, has received more than 3,000 students from Mongolia since 1998. There are more than 400 in the city currently.