The first stage: 1840- 1870. During this period, most of the international students went abroad with foreign missionaries or were funded by the church, mostly in the United States. The original intention of the church is to train priests and preach for them in China.

Most of these international students do not work in this field after returning home. Hong Rong, the first college student in China to study in the United States, has been fighting for the Qing government to send China students to study in the United States since he returned home, which led to the Qing government's approval to send young students to study in the United States in three times 1872- 1875. The number of the first generation of international students is small, and most of them go abroad through private channels, which has nothing to do with national dispatch.

The second stage: 1870- 1889. After the failure of the two Opium Wars, the Qing government realized the necessity of learning from the West. From 65438 to 0872, the Qing government sent 30 "young children" aged 10 to 16 to study in the United States every year, systematically studying natural science, arithmetic, photoelectricity and other disciplines.

188 1 year, due to the opposition and attack of conservative forces, these international students were forced to drop out of school before their study period expired. In the late 1970s, in order to build the navy and train naval technicians, the Qing government selected outstanding students from the school graduates before and after Mawei Ship Administration to study in Britain, France and other countries.

During these twenty years, the Qing government sent the first batch of 120 students to study in the United States. There are 78 students studying in Europe, and about 1 10 students are temporarily sent abroad for internships and work. At this stage, China people began to understand the West, the social atmosphere gradually opened up, and began to have self-funded students.

The third stage:1890-1911year. After the Sino-Japanese War, the domestic situation was unprecedentedly tense. In order to change this situation, the Qing government was forced to send several groups of official students to Japan and European countries, among which Japan had the largest number.

And strongly support self-funded study abroad. Since then, the United States has returned the balance as a Geng scholarship. 1909-1910/During the period, the Qing government sent 180 "Geng Ying" students to study in the United States.

At present, the number of people studying in Japan, Europe and America at public expense and at their own expense is 100 times that of the previous two stages. Lu Xun, Chen Duxiu, Cai Yuanpei, Hu Shi, Huang Xing and Soong Ching Ling are all at this stage. The representative of.