Over 1,300 Indian Students Received Chinese Visas After Two-Year Covid Wait
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“More than 1,300 Indian students have obtained visas to come to China, and nearly 300 businessmen in two batches took a chartered flight of China Airlines to Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province,” China's foreign ministry statement stated
Over 1,300 Indian students received the Chinese visas to resume their studies following two years of Covid-19 travel ban. The recent development as informed by the Chinese foreign ministry comes as a big relief out of 23,000 students who are currently enrolled in various Chinese universities, mostly medical colleges.
China'a foreign ministry’s Asia Affairs director general, Liu Jinsong informed the Indian ambassador Pradeep Rawat about the progress on Tuesday. “More than 1,300 Indian students have obtained visas to come to China, and nearly 300 businessmen in two batches took a chartered flight of China Airlines to Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province,” read the foreign ministry statement.
Meanwhile, India recently issued advisory for students pursuing medicine in China cautioning of poor pass percentage in FMG (Foreign Medical Graduate) Examination of the Medical Council of India (MCI). According to Indian Embassy, only 6,387 out of 40,417 students cleared the FMGE exam from 2015 to 2021 counting only 16 per cent pass percentage.
“The prospective students and parents may please note this fact while deciding on seeking admission in Chinese universities for clinical medicine programme,” it said.
