The United States Educational Testing Service (ETS) has launched a scholarship program to recognize Chinese excellent test takers of its TOEFL and TOEIC.

ETS, the world's largest private educational testing and assessment non-profit organization, administers globally-recognized tests including TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) and GRE (Graduate Record Examination).

ETS plans to honor 80 well-performed students on the Chinese mainland who succeed in applying for studies abroad in 2010. The total sum of the scholarship is US$100,000.

"We are delighted to acknowledge outstanding academic achievement by Chinese students with the TOEFL and TOEIC scholarship program," said Phillip Tabbiner, President of the ETS Global.

Applicants must hold a grade point average of 80 or higher on a100-point scale. Winners will be announced in May 2010.

(Xinhua News Agency November 9, 2009)