Chinahasaccepted(接纳)thelargestnumberofforeignstudentsinAsia(亚洲),accordingtothecountry'sMinistryofEducation.In2016thefigurestoodat440thousand,whichisanincrease(增加)of35%on2012.
210thousandforeignstudentscameforbachelor(学士)degrees(学位),takingup47.7%ofthewhole(整体).64thousandstudentscametoChinaforMasters(硕士)andDoctoral(博士的)programsin2016.
SouthKorea,AmericaandThailandtoppedthelistofcountriessendingstudentstoChina,followedbyPakistan,India,Russia,Indonesia,Kazakhstan,JapanandVietnam.Inall,205countriesandregionshadstudentsacceptedbyChina.
130thousandforeignstudentsstudiedatkindergartens(幼儿园),primary(小学)andmiddleschools.
ThenumberofstudentsfromcountriesinvolvedintheChinainspiredBeltandRoadinitiative,alsoknownasTheSilkRoadEconomicBeltandthe21st-centuryMaritimeSilkRoad,hassignificantlyincreased.In2016,studentsfromthe64countriesintheinitiativesaw200thousandstudentscomingtoChinatostudy,representinganincreaseof13.6%comparedwithoneyearbefore.
Thenumberofforeignstudentsmajoring(专业)ineducation(教育),science(科学),engineering(工程)andagriculture(农业)alldoubled.
Thetopfivemajorswerewesternmedicine(西医),engineering,economy(经济),management(管理)andChineselanguage(中文),andsawmorethandoublethepercentageofstudents.
Chinahasputmoremoneyinscholarships(奖学金)toattractforeignstudents,andstudentsfromover183countrieswereawardedin2016,70%higherthan2012.
词汇Words:
[xuéwèi]学位degree
[xuéshì]学士bachelor
[shuòshì]硕士master
[bóshì]博士doctor
[zhuānyè]专业major
[jiàoyù]教育education
[kēxué]科学science
[gōngchéng]工程engineering
[nóngyè]农业agriculture
[xīyī]西医westernmedicine
[jīngjì]经济economy
[guǎnlǐ]管理management
[jiǎngxuéjīn]奖学金scholarship
