The young woman said she is excited by the level of development in China.
She noted the many roads and tall buildings.
She said Zambia does not have many tall buildings.
Violet Bwalya will study Mandarin during her year in China.
Then she will go to another school to study medicine.
Those classes will be taught in Mandarin.
Some Africans say language barriers affect the quality of a Chinese education.
A man from Uganda studies in English in Wuhan, central China.
But he says his professors cannot answer his questions because they do not speak English.
And he says he does not know much Chinese.
Chinese officials say more than 35000 Africans were studying in China at the end of last year.
For VOA Learning English, I'm Alex Villarreal.