The Ministry of Education issued big data on studying abroad： China became the largest destination country for studying abroad in Asia.
BEIJING, Beijing, March 30 (Xinhua) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Education that in 2017, the number of students studying abroad in China exceeded 600,000 for the first time, reaching 608,400, an increase of 11.74% year-on-year, and continued to maintain its position as the world’s largest source of international students. In addition, in 2017, there were 489,200 foreign students studying in institutions of higher learning in China, and China has become the largest destination for studying in Asia.
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— — In 2017, the number of students studying abroad in China exceeded 600,000 for the first time.
According to the data of the Ministry of Education, in 2017, the number of students studying abroad in China exceeded 600,000 for the first time, reaching 608,400, up by 11.74% year-on-year, and maintained its position as the world’s largest source of international students.
Statistics show that the continuous growth of the scale of studying abroad has made China students lead the world. Over the past 40 years of reform and opening up, the total number of overseas students has reached 5,194,900, and 1,454,100 people are currently studying and researching at relevant stages abroad.
Taking 2017 as an example, the destinations of China students studying abroad are still relatively concentrated, and most of them go to developed countries and regions in Europe and America to study. The Belt and Road countries have become new growth points. In that year, the number of students studying in countries along the "Belt and Road" was 66,100, an increase of 15.7% over the previous year, exceeding the overall growth rate of overseas students. Among them, 3,679 people were sent by the state, involving 37 countries along the "Belt and Road".
According to the Ministry of Education, in 2017, China sent 31,200 people abroad to study in 94 countries. There are 12,800 visiting scholars, accounting for 41.17% of the total number sent, and 13,200 graduate students, accounting for 42.29%, which have trained a large number of short-term talents and strategic reserve talents with international vision and competitiveness. The number of overseas students sent by the company to study abroad is aimed at the needs of the industry, which has doubled compared with the previous year, reaching 35,900, with an increase of 119.71%. Among the students studying abroad in 2017, there were 541,300 students studying at their own expense, accounting for 88.97% of the total number of students studying abroad.
Returned overseas students
— — In 2017, 480,900 international students returned to China to serve.
It is worth noting that in recent years, the trend of high-level talents returning is obvious, and more and more China students choose to return to China.
In 2017, the number of overseas students returning to China increased by 11.19% compared with the previous year, reaching 480,900, of which 227,400 were graduated with master’s degree and postdoctoral degree, up by 14.90% year-on-year.
According to the Ministry of Education, in 2017, the service scale of China students studying abroad and returning to China increased, and the degree of fit with the national strategy and industry demand continued to improve, and the development trend continued to improve.
From 1978 to the end of 2017, it is not difficult to find that the number of returned overseas students has steadily increased, and the trend of high-level talents returning is obvious. In the meantime, among all kinds of overseas students, a total of 3,132,000 international students chose to return to China for development after completing their studies, accounting for 83.73% of the number of international students who have completed their studies. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, with the increasing number of returned overseas students, 2,313,600 people have completed their studies and returned to China, accounting for 73.87% of the total number of returned overseas students since the reform and opening up.
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— — Last year, 489,200 foreign students studied in universities in China.
With the improvement of China’s comprehensive national strength and international influence, China is becoming an important destination country for studying abroad.
According to the data of the Ministry of Education, in 2017, there were 489,200 foreign students studying in colleges and universities in China, with the growth rate of more than 10% for two consecutive years, including 241,500 students with academic qualifications, accounting for 49.38% of the total, with a year-on-year increase of 15.04%.
According to the Ministry of Education, in 2017, the work of studying in China has been steadily and orderly promoted, the scale of international students has been continuously expanded, the structure of students has been continuously optimized, the attractiveness of China government scholarships has been continuously improved, and the development trend of studying in China is generally good, with high-level and high-quality development.
According to statistics, in 2017, all kinds of foreign students from 204 countries and regions studied in 935 colleges and universities in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, including about 75,800 master’s and doctoral students. The scale of studying in China continues to expand, and China has become the largest destination for studying in Asia.
The top 10 countries of origin studying in China in 2017 were Korea, Thailand, Pakistan, the United States, India, Russia, Japan, Indonesia, Kazakhstan and Laos. There are 317,200 international students from countries along the Belt and Road Initiative, accounting for 64.85% of the total number, with an increase of 11.58%. There are 341,900 international students from 11 eastern provinces and cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, accounting for 69.88% of the total.
It is noteworthy that the distribution of disciplines of international students in China is more reasonable, and the number of students majoring in liberal arts still ranks first, accounting for 48.45% of the total number; The number of students studying engineering, management, science, art and agronomy has increased significantly, with year-on-year growth rates exceeding 20%. (End)