A Study on the Language Requirements in Scholarship Policies by Popular Regions in China for International Students

21世纪以来，随着“一带一路”和“留学中国计划”政策的深入实施，来华留学生人数持续攀升。奖学金政策是吸引和培养国际学生的重要手段，其中的语言要求对于确保留学生教育质量具有基础性作用。本研究参考我国教育部来华留学统计数据，选取北京、上海、江苏、浙江、辽宁五个来华留学热点地区，根据格兰提出的“优秀语言政策”的三大原则，探讨五地区现行留学生奖学金政策文本中关于留学生语言要求的规定。研究发现，目前来华留学生奖学金政策中的语言要求缺乏效能评估、成本效益考量和参与式民主。在此基础上，本研究为各地区奖学金政策的语言要求提出改进建议，以期达到更高效、更经济、更民主的政策目标。With the advancement of the “Belt and Road Initiative” and the “Study in China Program” in the 21st century, the number of international students coming to China has increased rapidly. Scholarship policies serve as an important means to attract and cultivate international students, with language requirements playing a fundamental role in ensuring the quality of education for these students. This study refers to the statistical data on international students coming to China from the Ministry of Education and selects Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Liaoning as the five popular regions for studying in China. Based on the three principles of the “Good Language Policy” proposed by Grin, it examines the language requirements for international students in the current scholarship policy documents of these five regions. The study finds that the language requirements lack effectiveness evaluation, cost-effectiveness consideration, and participatory democracy. The study proposes suggestions for improving the language requirements in the scholarship policies of each region, with the aim of achieving more efficient, economical, and democratic policy objectives.