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Formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China . Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division had a registered population of 8.7 million people. A core city of the Yangtze River Delta, its position on the Hangzhou Bay 180 kilometres (110 mi) southwest of Shanghai gives it economic power, and moreover, it has also been one of the most renowned and prosperous cities of China for much of the last 1,000 years, due in part to its beautiful natural scenery; the city’s West Lake is its most well-known attraction.
For the purpose of attracting more international students and scholars to study and engage in scientific research in universities and colleges of Zhejiang Province, improving the level of international students and the quality of international education, as well as promoting international students' understanding of and friendship with Zhejiang, the Zhejiang Provincial Government established this scholarship program in 2009.