Young scholars - New York

Winners of the 2015 Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad Award - a scholarship given out annually by the China Scholarship Council - are joined by Zhang Qiyue (front row, fourth from left), Chinese consul general in New York, and Xu Yongji (front row, fi fth from left), education counselor at the Chinese consulate on April 17 at the Consulate General. Amy He / China Daily