On 2 November, Chargé d'Affaires Sun Yi of the Chinese Embassy in Afghanistan attended the awarding ceremony for  "Chinese Ambassador Scholarship"  held at Kabul University. Deputy Minister Ziarahman Aryoubi of Higher Education Ministry of Afghanistan , Chancellor Aziz of Kabul University , and more than 100 teachers and students attended the events.

Sun Yi presented scholarships and honorary certificates to the awarded students and congratulated them on their outstanding academic performances. He stressed that China and Afghanistan enjoy profound traditional friendship, and progressing practical cooperation. China stands ready to render sustained support to the growth of the Confucius Institute at Kabul University, so as to deepen education cooperation and people-to-people exchanges between the two countries, contribute to Chinese language education and talent cultivation for Afghanistan, and encourage more Afghan young people to carry forward the promotion of China-Afghanistan friendship.

The Afghan side thanked China for its long-standing support and assistance to Afghanistan's education cause, and expressed willingness to further expand education cooperation and enhance mutual understanding between the two peoples. The awarded students expressed their heartfelt appreciation to the honor, and their readiness to study hard and well, thus better serving Afghanistan's national development and China-Afghanistan friendly relations.