The China Scholarship Council (CSC; Chinese: 国家留学基金委员会; pinyin: Guójiā Liúxué Jījīn Wěiyuánhuì) is China's Ministry of Education body that provides support for international academic exchanges with the country and is the primary vehicle through which the Chinese government awards scholarships.

[1] CSC also manages the National Construction High-Level University Postgraduate Program scholarship, which funds a number of graduate students each year.

[10] In October 2020, a United States–China Economic and Security Review Commission report noted that certain CSC scholarships require that recipients "support the leadership of the Communist Party and the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics; love the motherland; have a sense of responsibility to serve the country, society, and the people; and to have a correct world view, outlook on life, and values system.

[13][14] Radio Free Asia subsequently reported that this practice had been happening for at least a decade and involved tens of thousands of Chinese students studying abroad.

[14] In November 2023, The Daily Telegraph was reported that CSC scholarship recipients were required to receive Chinese Communist Party "ideological training" before entering the United Kingdom.