The study camp, called "Rainbow Bridge", brings together 50 students, with 25 of them from China and another 25 from the US.

Han Xingwei, who comes from a poor mountain village in China, now studies at the Dalian Maritime University in northeastern China.

He explains he mainly lives on his scholarship, and his upcoming American trip has excited both him and his parents.

"This is my first trip overseas. I want to learn new things and broaden my visions. My parents feel proud of me for the fact that a student from a poor mountain village family gets a chance to visit the US. They also expect me to learn new things during the trip and share my experience with them as well as my fellow villagers when I return to the hometown."

Along with 24 other Chinese university students from low-income families, Han Xingwei will leave Beijing this Friday to start his US study camp.

The program also subsidizes a study camp for US students to come to China.

Sandra Jeffrey, program director of Americans Promoting Study Abroad, a nonprofit organization in Washington elaborates another benefit of the program.

"The young people of both countries, America and China, are the future leaders of the world, so we wanted to start their relationship at a young age. So if they begin interacting with each other, learning about each other's language and culture at a high school and college age, when they meet up later on in life, they have that relationship they've built from the past."

Initiated just last year, the Rainbow Bridge Program is organized by the China Next Generation Education Foundation and Bank of China.

Both organizations require the students to undergo a rigid selection process based on multiple factors, including academic performance and language skills.

Shen Jianguo, deputy-director of China Next Generation Education Foundation, also adds the effect of the charity program will be closely monitored.

"My foundation supervises the spending of funds that were raised for their tour. Meanwhile, we'll monitor the effect of their study tour, including whether the arrangement of a series of activities could improve their capabilities and knowledge level. I hope the project will benefit more children."