教育部發留學最新數據 去年逾54萬人出國留學

More Chinese students returned from abroad after graduating in 2016, according to the Ministry of Education last Wednesday.

教育部上週三表示，2016年，更多中國學生從海外畢業後歸國。

In 2016, 544,500 Chinese students studied overseas, 144,900 more than in 2012; while the number of returnees in 2016 was 432,500, 159,600 more than in 2012, said Xu Tao, head of the international division of the ministry.

教育部國際司司長許濤稱，2016年我國出國留學人員總數爲54.45萬人，較2012年增長14.49萬人。2016年留學回國人員總數爲43.25萬人，較2012年增長15.96萬人。

Nearly 80% of Chinese students abroad went to an English-speaking country in 2016. The US, the UK and Australia were the preferred destinations, Xu said.

2016年，出國留學人員中赴英語國家的人佔近八成。美國、英國和澳大利亞是首選留學目的地。

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More than 90 percent of students studying abroad had no financial support to cover their tuition fees in 2016. The percentage has remained around 92 percent since 2012, he said.

許濤表示，2016年，超過90%的學生是自費留學。這一比例自2012年以來一直保持在92%左右。

The number of foreign students studying in China continued to rise. More than 440,000 overseas students studied in China in 2016, up 35 percent than 2012.

此外，前往中國留學的外籍學生的數量繼續上升。2016年來華留學人員總數超過44萬人，比2012年增長35%。

About 50,000 foreign students from 183 countries received scholarships from the Chinese government last year, accounting for 11% of all foreign students in China, an increase of 70% from 2012, he added.

去年，來自183個國家的約5萬名來華留學生獲得了中國政府提供的獎學金，佔來華留學人員總數的11%，較2012年增長70%。