NATIONAL NEWS: Foreign Student Enrollment In Chinese Universities Expected To Increase Significantly
By Wang Yan
By 2020 Chinese universities will enroll 300,000 students from abroad, up from 140,000 in 2005, a Chinese educational official announced at a conference in Xinjiang recently and reported by the Xinhua News Agency.
The report said the information was released by Mr. Cao Guoxing, director-general with the International Cooperation and Exchange Department of the Ministry of Education, at a conference in Shihezi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Mr. Cao also said that the current 20 percent annual growth rate in foreign student enrollments was expected to drop to eight percent after 2020.
He explained that a total of 568 universities in the mainland were qualified to enroll foreign students and that the majority of students from overseas major in Chinese language and traditional medicines. He referred to China's booming economy as a reason for the increase of students coming to the mainland over the next few years.
The report also said Mr. Guo announced that the Chinese government planned to increase the number of scholarships for foreign students to 10,000 per year from the current 6,700 in order to attract more foreigners to China.
When asked, an official with the Ministry of Education said he was not very clear about the conference but confirmed on Tuesday that Mr. Cao was in Xinjiang. "It must have been some kind of overseas education research conference," he said.
The official agreed with the number of 300,000 students in 2020.
"It could be much more," he said.
By 2020 Chinese universities will enroll 300,000 students from abroad, up from 140,000 in 2005, a Chinese educational official announced at a conference in Xinjiang recently and reported by the Xinhua News Agency.
The report said the information was released by Mr. Cao Guoxing, director-general with the International Cooperation and Exchange Department of the Ministry of Education, at a conference in Shihezi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Mr. Cao also said that the current 20 percent annual growth rate in foreign student enrollments was expected to drop to eight percent after 2020.
He explained that a total of 568 universities in the mainland were qualified to enroll foreign students and that the majority of students from overseas major in Chinese language and traditional medicines. He referred to China's booming economy as a reason for the increase of students coming to the mainland over the next few years.
The report also said Mr. Guo announced that the Chinese government planned to increase the number of scholarships for foreign students to 10,000 per year from the current 6,700 in order to attract more foreigners to China.
When asked, an official with the Ministry of Education said he was not very clear about the conference but confirmed on Tuesday that Mr. Cao was in Xinjiang. "It must have been some kind of overseas education research conference," he said.
The official agreed with the number of 300,000 students in 2020.
"It could be much more," he said.
2 Comments:
At 9:35 AM , The Admiral said...
Very interesting article. I was not aware that scholarships were awarded to foreigners.
It would be interesting to know what countries the scholars are from. I would assume developing countries?
Another interesting article would be a feature on some of the scholarship students in Beijing from foreign countries?
At 2:08 PM , freda said...
I agree that it would be interesting to find some overseas students receiving scholarships in China. Actually I haven't heard about this either before working on this story.
No idea to whom these scholarships are awarded, but it seems that they are awarded according to students' academic performances, (at least the officials said so) don't know if there are some requirements on nationalities.
Will keep an eye on this topic and see if more interesting stories could be provided in future.
Thanks.
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