With the continuous improvement of China's comprehensive national strength, the cultural centripetal force and cultural radiation power are increasing day by day, more and more foreign students choose to study in China. The latest statistics show that China has surpassed France and became the third largest importer of foreign students after the United States and Britain.
In fact, from the very beginning of its establishment, New China accepted foreign students from China. Up to now, the number of foreign students studying in China has grown from the earliest dozens to 377,000 in 2014; the country of origin has grown from the initial three Eastern European socialist countries to 203 countries and regions; from only Tsinghua University and Peking University A few colleges and universities accept foreign students and have developed into 775 universities, research institutes and other teaching institutions nowadays.
China, just like a magnetic pole, attracts more and more people of insight. "Studying in China and going to China" has become the initiative of many students in many countries.
China's energy, leveraging study territory
"I chose to come to China because I have learned a little Chinese in my country and I am particularly interested in China. I chose to study International Trade as it is very economic for me in China." The Australian boy loves Chinese culture and has given himself a Chinese name, He Mo Xiu. He is currently studying for a doctorate at Beijiao Jiaotong University. He said: "Now I have a Chinese girlfriend who wants to establish a family in China or return home to work for an Australian-Chinese trading company."
Since the reform and opening up for more than 30 years, China has become an important engine of world economic growth. The rapid development of China has leveraged the traditional world political and economic map. With the improvement of China's national strength, more and more foreign students choose to pursue their degree programs.
"In Asia, 72% of non-Japanese and foreign students in China choose to pursue a degree program." The reason is that in addition to Japan and South Korea, China has more advantages in education resources and levels than other Asian countries , The cost of studying abroad is also much lower than that of Europe and the United States.
Africa is an old friend of China. As many as 84% of overseas students from China set their academic goals for study. This is not hard to understand. "China's rapid growth in non-investment growth has risen 50 times between 2003 and 2013 and the economic exchanges between China and Africa have become increasingly closer.
Chinese charm, to attract global talent
Park Jun-jung, 26, from Daejeon, Korea, has studied for 3 years in Chinese language and literature at the School of Liberal Arts, Beijing Normal University. "At that time, I was still in high school and saw in the news that China always reported rapid development, an increasingly prosperous economy and a very developed tourism industry." The South Korean guy still remembered the scene when he first made the decision. "What attracts me more is China To the vast territory, with thousands of years of history and culture.
"In the early years, only people who wanted to be sinologists come to understand Chinese culture, and others did not understand or care about it." In retrospect, Cheng Ai-min, dean of Nanjing University's College of Overseas Education, marveled at him. "Now it's not the same. Strong, rapid economic development, cultural influence is getting stronger and stronger. "
Why choose China? Lin Liqing, an Singaporean student, has a very simple answer: "Because of the charm of Chinese culture." She is studying for a Ph.D. in classical documentary studies at the School of Liberal Arts, Beijing Normal University. When she was in junior high school, she was deeply attracted by Chinese aphorisms, such as "Old Wu and old, young Wu and young people" Reading catchy, a short sentence contains many connotations, Chinese culture is too interesting!
Chinese Confucianism has a profound impact on Southeast Asian countries. In recent years, there has been a sudden rise in the number of overseas students studying in the region. In Thailand, for example, the number of students coming to China in the past 10 years increased almost six times.
China prospects, gather talent treasure
Not long ago, Zhang Xibin, Party Secretary of Nanjing University, visited Britain and met a special "student." The "student" is a British diplomat who studied at a class that trained diplomats at Nanjing University. He warmly told Zhang Yi Bin, I hope the British cities and Chinese cities have more exchanges.
According to the incomplete statistics, graduates from China have graduated from the list of foreign students who have come to China. They will find many names that shine: the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Massimov, the Ethiopian President Mulatu, the Thai Princess Sirindhorn, the Jordanian Princess Raya. Among the returned overseas students, more than 40 people hold posts of Deputy Minister or above in their home countries. Nearly a hundred of them have successively served as ambassadors and counselors in China. Others have become well-known scholarly scholars and big entrepreneurs, while more are their own construction Valuable person
Lin Liqing's hope is to return to China as a university teacher after graduating from a Chinese doctor. "I want to disseminate Chinese culture, the most impressed my Chinese wisdom spread out." Lin Liqing is now eager to do so. She said with a smile: "Singaporean friend has a 4 - year - old child. When I saw her, she taught her to write down a Chinese character and to teach Chinese friends and relatives to back their history books in China.
With the continuous development of economic globalization, with the gradual integration of China into the world, after another batch of students studying in China are like seeds, after graduating from their studies, they not only promoted their own construction but also brought Chinese culture back to China. It not only enhanced mutual understanding between China and other countries, but also enhanced China's international image and world influence.
More and more foreign friends sending their children to China to receive Chinese education have become a very interesting and thought-provoking social phenomenon in China nowadays.
While many Chinese parents are tangled in their academic burdens and pressure to go to school to send their children out of the country as "small overseas students", more and more foreign friends have begun to send their children to China to receive Chinese education. And this has become a very interesting and thought-provoking social phenomenon in China nowadays.
Hope children have "Chinese wisdom"
According to the International Herald Tribune, Ma Xueya is a 70-year-old Chinese American who settled in New York City for more than 40 years. Recently, one of them was carrying out formalities to send two young granddaughters born in the United States to Beijing to read kindergarten.
Ma Xueya's son was born in the United States, now is a certified public accountant; daughter-in-law is Italian, costume designer. According to common sense, their two daughters should, like their father, accept the open education in the United States and grow into an internationalized talent, continuing the proliferation of a family in the United States.
However, this family is breaking the barriers of thinking and distance: sending children to China for enlightenment and learning Chinese has become the consensus of the family. Foreigners to send their children to China, "map" what is it? Ma Xueya's answer is - China's strict education and profound Chinese culture.
The rise China is experiencing and the unlimited possibilities for its future development are touching more overseas people who hope their children can have "Chinese wisdom."
Wang Wei (a pseudonym) and Liu Mei (a pseudonym) who got a U.S. green card, a faculty and visiting scholar at Yale University returned to China three years ago with a son who was born in the United States. The child has now ended her kindergarten career in Shanghai and started to attend elementary school near Tsing Hua Yuan in Beijing.
Liu Mei said: Strict traditional Chinese education and the collectivist atmosphere have avoided the over indulgence of freedom that the Western education may freely develop. Today, their son grew up on campus in China into a high-quality student with good grades, good personality and strong physique. "He has been working harder and harder because of his constant recognition and hard work and hard work in a superior environment," said Wang Wei.
These views, and an article recently circulated on the Internet entitled "American Couple: Why do we send daughters to China? The article coincides. Chinese mother graduating from Peking University and American father graduating from Stanford University elaborated on their reasons for her family to emigrate to China, where her daughter, Kay, was educated in China. "Beautiful Campus Memories," "A Fair Faith in China's Education System," and "Chinese Culture is a Valuable Spiritual Wealth" are three reasons listed by Kay's mother.
