Recently, in the second "Global Poverty Reduction Cases Collection Campaign" jointly organized by CIPC, China Internet News Center, World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Fund for Agricultural Development, United Nations World Food Programme and Asian Development Bank, Taking the Initiative to Undertake Overseas Corporate Social Responsibility through Education and Poverty Alleviation-- A case study of “China Three Gorges-Pakistan Scholarship Program” was rated as the best case for poverty reduction after four joint reviews by seven organizers.

The Program was officially launched at the end of 2017, and the program is the first full scholarship program funded by Chinese enterprises to assist immigrants from the Pakistan reservoir area with long-term planning. Jiangxi University of Science and Technology (JXUST) and Punjab University (PU) are undertaking the most important teaching and implementation part of the scholarship program in the form of "2+2" joint training. PU in Pakistan provides students with professional studies for the first two years, while JXUST in China trains students for professional studies, for the next two years.

The scholarship program aims to improve China's poverty reduction and development discourse system from multiple perspectives and levels, demonstrate the replicable path of China's poverty reduction program, and provide experience for sustainable development in developing countries. The program has been highly affirmed by the education authorities and schools of the two countries and widely supported by the public.

Since the implementation of the program, a total of 33 students from two batches have been enrolled, and the first batch of 18 graduates has been successfully accepted by China Three Gorges South Asia Investment Company. These students are expected to be the backbone of the construction of "Belt and Road Initiative" and "China-Pakistan Economic Corridor". This marks the successful implementation of the new model of "order-based training" of talents by Chinese and foreign universities, Confucius Institutes and Chinese enterprises, and provides a new example of inter-university cooperation, school-enterprise cooperation and Sino-foreign cooperation for domestic universities.