80,000
Overseas Students Received in 2002
More and more foreign students are
coming to China. |
A total of 85,829 foreign students from 175
countries and regions came to study in China in 2002 -- a 42
percent rise over 2001. Of these, 95 percent were self-funded.
The majority of these students, numbering 63,000, studied in
fields relating to Chinese culture, and 4,000 opted for traditional
Chinese medicine.
