If you like to visit the university campus in China, you will find that there are more and more students of different colors these years. Although the proportion of international students in all college students is still very small, their growth rate is much higher than the enrollment expansion of domestic freshmen. China Education Statistics Yearbook shows that the number of freshmen enrolled in China University has increased from 6 1 000 in 2005 to 20 14, an increase of 82%. In contrast, the number of college students admitted each year in China increased from 5.04 million to 6.98 million, an increase of 38%. According to the annual data released by the Ministry of Education, if all kinds of international students are added up, their stock will increase from 290,000 in 2065,438+065,438+0 to 440,000 in 2065,438+06, and the number of institutions of higher learning that accept international students will increase from 660 to 829. China has become the largest destination for studying abroad in Asia. Many international students come to China only for Chinese language training, and those who have diplomas, that is, undergraduates, masters or doctors, deserve more attention. Their growth rate is particularly alarming. In the decade after 2005, the number of students enrolled increased from 1.5 million to 38,000, with an increase of 1.58%.

The Outline of the National Medium-and Long-Term Education Reform and Development Plan issued on 20 10 puts forward a clear development goal for the development of China's universities: "By 2020, ... a number of internationally renowned, distinctive and high-level universities will be built, and several universities will reach or approach the level of world-class universities, and the international competitiveness of higher education will be significantly enhanced." In order to implement the outline, the Ministry of Education subsequently formulated an ambitious plan to study in China, indicating that the number of students studying in China will increase to 500,000 by 2020. Educational policy makers in China realize that internationalization is an important symbol of world-class universities.

Generally speaking, the higher the ranking of universities in China, the larger the scale and proportion of international students. From 2000 to 2005, the proportion of international students in China Renmin University increased rapidly from 3.8% to 8.3%. In 20 10, there were 32 19 international students studying in Tsinghua University for more than one semester, including 2,263 academic students, and the scale and proportion of international students ranked first among universities in China. In 20 16, Beijing Normal University plans to recruit 245 undergraduate students. In the same year, Beijing Normal University enrolled 2590 domestic undergraduates, accounting for nearly 10% of international students. However, Jiangnan University, which ranks around 50 in the country, enrolled only 75 international students in 20 14.

Because the world's "first-class" universities do not depend on China University or officials of the Ministry of Education, but are determined by the global university rankings published by some international media. So simply speaking, it is to improve the ranking of universities among world famous schools by expanding the proportion of international students. Therefore, foreign students will be given various preferential policies, and the learning level and achievements of natural international students are not as good as those of domestic international students.